Our Committee

After graduating from UCL, with an MA and an MSc in conservation in 2010, I worked as an object conservator at the Imperial War Museum and MOLA. Currently, I'm an archaeological conservator at the London Museum. I specialise in the conservation of Roman objects, waterlogged organics and the display of archaeological objects in non-museum environments. I'm interested in sustainability, H&S and disruptive conservation practices. I represent the AG on wider archaeological groups such as the Archaeological Archives Forum and the 21^st-Century Challenges for Archaeology Program.

I completed a BA in Conservation/Restoration at Antwerp University in 2018, specialising in ceramics, and an MA in Conservation of Archaeological and Museum Objects at Durham University In 2020. After this I worked at Dorset Museum, supporting their on-site gallery redevelopment project, before moving to the London Museum (formerly Museum of London) to work with their archaeological collection. I now work for both London Museum and MOLA , where I treat freshly excavated archaeological material from sites in and around London. Besides my current work, my interests include glass and ceramics conservation and museum outreach projects. Before joining the Archaeology Group committee, I was a member of Icon's Emerging Professionals Network committee, where I helped organise various webinars and online panel sessions.

I work for the Hampshire Cultural Trust in Winchester, which has been home since 2007. This is my second stint on the Archaeology Group Committee, having previously served from 2008–2016.

In a former life I gained a BA (Hons) in ceramics and worked as a studio potter and a violin teacher in Devon, before completing the MA Conservation of Historic Objects at the University of Lincoln in 2007.  I became accredited in 2011 and have since completed an MA in Regional and Local History and Archaeology, graduating with distinction in 2015.  My interests are archaeological, ceramic and natural science conservation and I enjoy combining all these and more through work.

I graduated from the UCL Institute of Archaeology with an MSc in Conservation for Archaeology and Museums in 2021, and an MA in Principles of Conservation in 2019. I currently work as a freelance conservator for archaeology and museum collections in the Southwest, and have a strong interest in archaeological inorganics, ceramics analysis, and the archaeology of Devon and Cornwall. I am also involved in research and training as a pottery specialist, leading a project funded by Historic England to build a fabric type series for medieval and post-medieval archaeological pottery in Devon and Cornwall. I am a keen advocate and representative for diversity, equity, and inclusion in all my work and hope to bring this with me to the role of Events Officer for the Archaeology Group.

I am an archaeological conservator working for myself as a freelance conservator and also in post excavation finds and reporting for Cornwall Archaeological Unit. Since graduating from Cardiff University’s then named Archaeological Conservation degree in 2001 I have over twenty years of experience conserving archaeological objects and undertaking practical excavation works on archaeological sites in Britain and the Middle East. I also spent seven years working in the Royal Cornwall Museum managing, stabilising and conserving museums objects and archives and more recently, five years working on an historic landscape conservation community project in West Cornwall.

After a number of years as chair of the Group, I am sharing the communications role, mainly dealing with the website. I am also involved with the update to First Aid for Finds. In March 2019, I retired from the Museum of London (now London Museum) from the post of conservation manager of archaeology, objects and paper. I started at the Museum in 1980 as an archaeological conservator conserving finds from the numerous excavations, many of them waterlogged sites. I led the archaeological conservation team until 2001 and then took on the wider management role.

My areas of interest included involvement of volunteers in conservation, archaeological archive standards and display case materials. I am a Fellow of IIC and before retirement I was an assessor for PACR and an Honorary Research Fellow, University College London. Through these roles and my years at the Museum, I feel privileged to have been involved in the training of archaeological conservators from many conservation programmes.

After initially training in conservation in Italy, I graduated from UCL with an MA in Principles of Conservation in 2019 and an MSc in Conservation for Archaeology and Museums in 2021. I previously worked as a freelance conservator specialising in archaeological materials. I am currently the Senior Metals Conservator for Historic Environment Scotland.

In addition to my work in the UK, I also undertake conservation fieldwork internationally, most recently at sites in Egypt, Greece, and the US. Before training as a conservator, I worked as a jeweller and gemmologist. I am interested in the different forms conservation training can take, and in increasing access and diversity in our field.

Since 2019 I have worked at the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, Netherlands as a conservator of organic archaeological materials. I have a MA in Art History (2004) and trained in book and paper conservation in Amsterdam (2008). I specialise in papyrus, parchment and leather conservation.

I have freelanced and have also held posts in a number of institutions including the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; the Palace of Yogyakarta (Indonesia); the National Gallery of Australia; the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia; and the University Library Leiden. I teach at the University of Amsterdam on the Masters programme for Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage.