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Dr. Lucia Burgio

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Science Section, Conservation Department, Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London SW7 2RL, UK
Interests: pigments; Asian lacquer; American lacquer; heritage science
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Dr. Giovanni Castellazzi

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Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering (DICAM), University of Bologna, V.le Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy
Interests: structural analysis; finite element analysis; finite element modeling; mechanical properties; stress analysis; construction structural dynamics; mechanics of materials; simulation building
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Dr. Carlos Chastre

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Department of Civil Engineering, NOVA University of Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal
Interests: strengthening of structures; FRP composite structures; stone masonry structures; precast concrete structures; cyclic tests; materials and durability
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Prof. Dr. Ana Crespo-Solana

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Institute of History (IH) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
Interests: maritime history and archaeology; early modern shipwrecks; historical GIS; shipbuilding; network studies
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Prof. Dr. Kristian Fabbri

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Department of Architecture, University of Bologna, Viale Europa 596, 47521 Cesena, Italy
Interests: heritage building; indoor and outdoor microclimates; building energy performance; monitoring campaign; building simulation; cultural heritage
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Dr. Francesco Fassi

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Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy
Interests: photogrammetry; laser scanning; topography; mobile mapping; CH digitalization; 3D
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Dr. Antonio Alvarez Fernandez-Balbuena

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Facultad de Óptica, University Complutense of Madrid, Arcos de Jalon 118, 28037 Madrid, Spain
Interests: lighting; colour; cultural heritage damage; virtual photonic restoration
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Dr. Assunta Florenzano

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Laboratorio di Palinologia e Paleobotanica, Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Viale Caduti in Guerra 127, 41121 Modena, Italy
Interests: palynology; archaeological sites; pastoralism; cultural heritage; Southern Italy
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Dr. Anabel Ford

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President of Exploring Solutions Past: The Maya Forest Alliance and Director of ISBER/MesoAmerican Research Center, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-2150, USA
Interests: archaeology; Mesoamerica; Maya; cultural heritage; forest gardens; El Pilar
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Prof. Dr. Marco Gaiani

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Dipartimento di Architettura, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento, 2-40136 Bologna, Italy
Interests: cultural heritage digitization; real-time rendering; 3D modeling; architecture; archeology; reverse modeling; 3D scanning; photogrammetry; virtual reality
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Dr. Enrique García-Macías

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Department of Structural Mechanics and Hydraulic Engineering, University of Granada, 18001 Granada, Spain
Interests: structural health monitoring; operational modal analysis; multifunctional composite materials; system identification
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Dr. Sorin Hermon

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Andreas Pittas Art Characterization Lab, Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Center, Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus
Interests: digital cultural heritage; knowledge graphs; scientific visualisation; heritage at risk; 3D documentation
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Dr. Craig J. Kennedy

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Institute of Sustainable Building Design, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK
Interests: historic building materials; heritage science; aged biopolymers; X-ray diffraction; electron microscopy; X-ray fluorescence; spectroscopy; conservation philosophy; parchment; industrial heritage
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Dr. Marta Manso

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Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, New University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: X-ray spectroscopy; X-ray fluorescence imaging; Raman spectroscopy; elemental and structural characterization of cultural heritage materials
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Dr. Silvano Mignardi

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Department of Earth Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Interests: archaeological ceramics; provenance; pigments; ancient mortars; ore microscopy
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Dr. Costanza Miliani

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CNR-ISTM, Via Elce di Sotto, 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
Interests: non-invasive spectroscopy; painting techniques; painting conservation; color changes

Dr. Artemios Oikonomou

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Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Center (STARC), The Cyprus Institute, 2121 Nicosia, Cyprus
Interests: archaeological science; analysis of inorganic materials; technology and provenance of materials; glass analysis; analytical techniques; SEM-EDS; XRF; LA-ICPMS
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Prof. Dr. Vincenzo Palleschi

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Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds ICCOM, Rome, Italy
Interests: spectroscopy; cultural heritage; forensic analysis; industrial diagnostics; environment
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Dr. Claudia Pelosi

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DEIM Department, University of Tuscia, Largo dell’Università, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
Interests: spectroscopy; materials for cultural heritage; wood coatings; conservation materials; innovative materials for cultural heritage; multispectral imaging for cultural heritage; coatings for stones
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Dr. Emeline Pouyet

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Laboratoire d’Archéologie Moléculaire et Structurale (LAMS), CNRS, Sorbonne Université, 75005 Paris, France
Interests: material characterization; synchrotron radiation; X-ray fluorescence; materials; X-ray imaging; FTIR analysis; X-ray; spectroscopy; X-ray diffraction; materials science

Dr. Fernanda Prestileo

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CNR-ISAC (National Research Council, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate), Area della Ricerca di Tor Vergata, Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
Interests: conservation of cultural heritage; preventive conservation; safeguarding of cultural heritage; non-destructive techniques for diagnostics on cultural heritage; microclimate monitoring
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Dr. Claudia Principe

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Laboratorio di Archeomagnetismo IGG-CNR Villa Borbone , Viale dei Tigli 6, 55049 Viareggio (LU), Italy
Interests: geoarcheology; archaeomagnetism; volcanology

Dr. Ling Qin

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School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, Beijing, China
Interests: Neolithic jade in Eastern China; early agriculture developments in China; theory and practice of early civilizations study in a comparative perspective around East Asia

Prof. Dr. José Ignacio Rojas Sola

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Department of Engineering Graphics, Design and Projects, University of Jaen, Campus de las Lagunillas, s/n, 23071 Jaen, Spain
Interests: engineering graphics; industrial heritage; industrial archaeology; history of technology and industrial revolution; historical inventions; mechanical engineering; computer-aided design; computer-aided engineering
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Dr. Xavier Romão

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Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, 4100 Porto, Portugal
Interests: risk management; multi-hazard risk; vulnerability assessment; disaster impact assessment
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Prof. Dr. Vasilis Sarhosis

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School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
Interests: masonry; ageing infrastructure; computational mechanics; remote sensing; structural inspection; digital twin; cultural heritage
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Prof. Dr. Marc Aurel Schnabel

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Design School, Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University, Suzhou, China
Interests: digital and smart heritage; virtual augmented environments/metaverse; digital twin; digital supported participatory design; digital design andragogy
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Prof. Dr. Luigi Sorrentino

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Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Antonio Gramsci 53, 00197 Rome, Italy
Interests: unreinforced masonry structures; architectural heritage; seismic vulnerability and strengthening; non-destructive testing; data-driven fragility models; rigid-body dynamics
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Prof. Dr. Miriam Stark

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University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
Interests: early state formation; southeast asian archaeology; archaeological landscapes; economic archaeology; ceramic ethnoarchaeology; archaeological method and theory; ceramic analysis; cambodian archaeology

Dr. Diego Tamburini

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Department of Scientific Research, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London, UK
Interests: organic materials; chromatography; mass spectrometry; dyes; textiles; archaeological wood; Asian lacquers; Oriental art
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