Dr Valentina Risdonne

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Profile

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Valentina is the Conservation Laboratory Coordinator in the Conservation Laboratory 711a at Marshagate (最准的六合彩论坛E). She is a Conservation Scientist, trained in Italy and in the UK. She worked in both university and museums settings for almost a decade, applying a wide range of analytical techniques and equipment, and producing

Her experience in academic environments includes a BSc (University of Perugia) and an MSc (university of Parma) in Conservation Science, a PhD awarded at Northumbria University (Departments of Conservation of Fine Arts) and postdoctoral research at the University of Glasgow (Kelvin Centre for Conservation and Cultural Heritage Research).

Her experience in Museums settings include several internships and occasional professional assistance positions at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) between 2015 and 2017 and a position as research assistant at Historic Royal Palaces in 2019. She joined once more the V&A in 2022 as Laboratory Coordinator and she is now a 0.5 FTE Conservation Scientist in the Science Laboratory.

During the last decade of combined education, training and work experiences she worked on several research projects, either alone or as part of a wider research team, covering different periods, materials and analytical methods. She worked with UK and international researchers and professionals.

She has been involved with students and conservators training and also volunteered for students training and union activities. She is an Art and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) alumna. She was a representative for the CDP Students Group, encompassing all PhD students researching with major UK cultural institutions, between 2017 and 2021, and she was the strategic lead representative for the postgraduate community at Northumbria University between 2017 and 2019.

She is an early career member of the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, and a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
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Contact Details

Office: ConsLab 711a, 最准的六合彩论坛E Marshgate Building听
Office hours: Tuesdays, 10.00-12.00. No need to book, just ring the bell of the lab. Additional times available upon request.
Email: v.risdonne@ucl.ac.uk

Appointment

Conservation Laboratory Coordinator
MSc Conservation of Contemporary Art and Media
History of Art Department

Research Themes

Traditional and Modern Material deterioration, Care and Conservation of Museum Collections, Environmental Monitoring and Development of Multi-analytical protocols for analysing works of art

Research

Valentina worked on several research projects, either alone or as part of a wider research team, covering different periods, materials and analytical methods. She investigated the deterioration of contemporary and traditional materials. She worked extensively on Asian lacquer and historical plaster casts, but also on paintings, manuscripts, photographs and glass objects.
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Selected Publications

Journal Articles

Risdonne, V., Burgio, L., Khanjian, H. and Schilling, M. (Under Review) Comparative analysis of the stratigraphy of V&A Asian lacquer objects. 2023 Seventh Forbes Symposium.

Risdonne, V., Melita, L.N., Burgio, L. and Morris, R. 2023. Scientific investigation of the Minsterley Maidens鈥� Crowns. The European Physical Journal Plus.

Melita, L.N., Amato, S.R., Risdonne, V., Ledwina, L., North, S., Nevin, A. and Burgio, L. 2023. Francis Williams: shedding light on the production, materials and techniques of a portrait of a Jamaica scholar. X-Ray Spectrometry.

Botticelli, M., Risdonne, V. Visser, T., Young, C.T., Smith, M.J., Charsley, J.M., Rutkauskas, M., Altmann, Y. and Reid, D.T. 2023. Reflecting the past, imag(in)ing the past: macro reflection of painting materials by fast MIR-hyperspectral analysis. The European Physical Journal Plus.

Botticelli, M., Risdonne, V. and Young, C.T. 2023.

Theodorakopoulos, C., Risdonne, V., Freese, S., Diraoui, S. and Jonas, U. 2023.

Risdonne, V., Francescutto Mir贸, A., Morio, S. and Theodorakopoulos, C. 2022.The Victoria and Albert Museum Plaster Casts by the Nineteenth-Century Workshops of the Notre-Dame Cathedral: Scientific Analysis and Conservation. Heritage, 5, pp. 3427-3445.

Charsley, J.M., Rutkauskas, M., Altmann, Y., Botticelli, M., Risdonne, V., Smith, M.J., Visser, T., Young, C.R.T., Reid, D.T. 2022. Imaging and Applied Optics Congress 2022, Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group).

Charsley, J.M., Rutkauskas, M., Altmann, Y., Risdonne, V., Botticelli, M., Smith, M.J., Young, C.R.T., Reid, D.T. 2022. Optics Express, 30(10), pp. 17340-50.

Risdonne, V. 2022. Materials and techniques for coating of the nineteenth-century plaster casts: a scientific and archival investigation of the Victoria & Albert Museum cast collection. PhD thesis. Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne. EThOS ID: uk.bl.ethos.859685

Risdonne, V., Hubbard, C., Borges V. H. L. and Theodorakopoulos C., 2022. Studies in Conservation, 67(4), pp. 186-208.

Risdonne, V., Hubbard, C., Puisto, J. and Theodorakopoulos C., 2021. Heritage Science, 9(1), pp. 1-20.

Risdonne, V., Burgio, L., Schilling, M.R. and Khanjian, H., 2018. Investigation of Burmese lacquer methods: a technical examination of the V&A Burmese shrine. Journal of Cultural Heritage, 30, pp.16-25.

Risdonne, V., Burgio, L., Schilling, M. and Khanjian, H., 2017. Scientific Analysis of the V&A Burmese Shrine. Arts of Asia, 47(5), pp.56-62.

Conference papers

Risdonne, V., Borghese, B. and Burgio, L. Technical examination of Leonardo da Vinci鈥檚 Codices Forster II and III. Science and engineering for cultural heritage and conservation Conference - Imperial (SERCH) 鈥� London, 20 September 2023

Risdonne, V., Burgio, L., Khanjian, H. and Schilling, M. Comparative analysis of the stratigraphy of V&A Asian lacquer objects. Seventh Forbes Symposium 鈥� Washington DC, 9-11 June 2023

Zanini, R., Risdonne, V., Abate, F., Melita, L. N., Liefkes, R., Burgio, L. and Traviglia, A. Portable XRF to assess glass alteration in museum settings: advantages and limitation. TechnArt 2023 鈥� Lisbon, 7-12 May 2023

Pereira-Pardo, L., Jasperse, J., Lafuente, A., Dryburgh, P., Sandstroem, E., Troalen, L., Longoni, M., Bruni, S., Chan, S. F., Risdonne, V., Burgio, L., Kogou, S. and Gibson, A. The Woven Archive. Material Characterization of Textile Collections in Archives and Libraries. TechnArt 2023 鈥� Lisbon, 7-12 May 2023

Blogs and online resources

Teaching and Supervision

HART0184 Science of Contemporary Materials (2023/2024, Term 1)