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Daniela Di Martino
Researcher of the Department of Physics "Giuseppe Occhialini" of Milano Bicocca University, Physics Degree at Milano University, Physics PhD at Pavia University. Professor of "Physics and Physics Didactics" at Science of Primary Education, and teaching assistant of "Physics 2" at Physics Bachelor.
She designs and experiments with innovative teaching paths in physics applied to cultural heritage, mainly aimed at primary and lower secondary schools, and also to increase the attractiveness of STEM in a gender-inclusive manner. She designs and conducts non-destructive investigation campaigns on cultural heritage. Since 2019, she has been the Principal Investigator of a project for the study of glass gems (GEMMAE) in collaboration with Dr. Elisabetta Gagetti, Prof. Maria Pia Riccardi (University of Pavia) and the National Archaeological Museum of Aquileia. Since 2014 she has designed and conducted experiments at large-scale facilities to test new methodologies, protocols, and non-destructive investigations, mainly in physics applied to cultural heritage.
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Elisabetta Gagetti
She holds a degree in Ancient Literature and a specialisation in Classical Archaeology from the University of Milan and a PhD in Greek and Roman Archaeology from the University of Perugia.
She currently collaborates with the Department of Historical Studies of the University of Milan. Her main area of research is sumptuary art, in terms of execution techniques and the functions of iconographic and ideological media. She is interested in glyptic from the Hellenistic period to the early Middle Ages and its reuse on liturgical objects. She focuses especially on ancient glyptic and micro-sculpture. She has also worked on other luxury arts (jewellery, silver plates, cotton textiles as iconographic media). She has also dedicated herself to studying the image of Antiquity in cinema, focusing on Italian silent movies.
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Maria Pia Riccardi
She has been working at the University of Pavia since 1994, as Associate Professor in Mineral Georesources and Mineralogical-Petrographic Applications for the Environment and Cultural Heritage at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. She holds a degree in Geological Sciences and a PhD in Mineralogy and Crystallography, both from the University of Pavia. She teaches ‘Applied Petrography’ in the Master’s Degree in Applied Geological Sciences, and ‘Governance and Enhancement of Natural Resources’ in the Bachelor’s Degree in Management. She is Vice-Director of the CISRIC Interdepartmental Study and Research Centre for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage; Scientific Director of the Arvedi Laboratory - Pavia; member of the UISPP International Commission - Archaeometry of artefacts and inorganic materials and their technologies in Prehistory and Protohistory.
She is interested on the following research areas: archaeometric studies of archaeological and historical-artistic artefacts, methodologies and diagnostic protocols for the conservation of cultural heritage, design of innovative materials for historical buildings. Her areas of interest range from the study of rocks and petrogenetic processes, to historical materials and artefacts (archaeometry and diagnostics for conservation and planned maintenance), to the design of new materials (materials science).
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Maya Musa
Technologist at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Pavia. She is an Italian gemologist and academic researcher, with a specialization in developing methodologies and diagnostic protocols for the study of materials.
After completing her Master and PhD in Environmental Sciences, she specialised as a post-doctoral researcher in the application of electronic microscopy and Raman spectroscopy for crystallinity studies following the interaction between different matrices and mineral phases. From 2013 to 2017 she worked at the Gemological Education and Certification Institute (GECI) of Milan, first as an Advanced Technologies Analyst and then ad a Science Researcher & Technology Developer; during these years, she obtained her diploma as a gemologist, recognised by CIBJO. In 2018, she moved to Switzerland, where she worked for GRS – GemResearch SwissLab as a Senior Scientific Gemologist and then for Gulf Institute of Gemologist (GIG) in Muscat (Oman) as Research Department Director. In addition to investigations using advanced analytical techniques on gemological material, she has developed several multi-technique protocols, with a main focus on non-invasive applications and on original samples. She has also worked on archaeometric diagnosis and didactics related to these areas of research.
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Giulia Marcucci
Researcher at the Department of Physics “Giuseppe Occhialini” – University of Milano Bicocca.
She began to explore the potential of neutron techniques during her Master’s thesis. While working in England, she was given the opportunity to carry out her first experiments at the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source (Science and Technology Facility Council). With her PhD project, she has contributed to the advancement and improvement of neutron imaging techniques to reveal the most hidden details of ancient archaeological finds without damaging them.
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Aquileia Museum collaborators
Marta Novello
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Annalisa De Franzoni
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Giacomo Zatti
PhD candidate in Earth and Environmental Sciences at Pavia University. He works on raw materials for the production of ceramics and the development of hyperspectral methods for the mapping of these materials.
As part of his Master’s thesis in Geosciences for the Sustainable Development, he studied, from an archaeometric perspective, some of the majolica produced in the Pavia area in the 17th and 18th centuries. The majolica ceramics are conserved and exhibited at the Civic Museums of Pavia.
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Francesca Sgarbi
Bachelor thesis student in Physics Applied to cultural heritage, at the Department of Physics "Giuseppe Occhialini" of Milano Bicocca University.
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Claudia Rabaioli
Junior research assistant in Theory and Technology of Communication applied to Gems' Samples, at the Department of Physics "Giuseppe Occhialini" of Milano Bicocca University, to design the strategic communication of the GEMMAE's project and to collect audiovisual and photographic material.
Master in Theory and Technology of Communication at Milano Bicocca University, and Bachelor in New Technology of Art at Santa Giulia Academy of Fine Arts. She collaborates with the Multimedia Signal Processing Laboratory of the Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication; her researches focus on merging multimedia signals with the creative production field, through computational models for affective state detection.
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Laura Cristina
Holder of a research scholarship at the Physics Department “Giuseppe Occhialini”, University of Milano Bicocca, in the field of the study of gemological samples.
She graduated in Cultural Heritage Conservation Science at the University of Milan, and developed an interest in the application of analytical techniques for the study of Cultural Heritage. She has worked with Raman spectroscopy, FTIR spectroscopy, SEM-EDX, imaging techniques and, thanks to her work experience at the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (Brussels), hyperspectral imaging.