Conservation Center Lecturers and Affiliated Faculty

Institute Lecturers for the Conservation Center
2023 – 2024

Samantha Alderson
Assistant Director, Science Conservation, American Museum of Natural History

Sarah Barack
Head of Conservation, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum

Maria Fredericks
Sherman Fairchild Head of Conservation, Thaw Conservation Center, The Morgan Library & Museum; Conservation Consultant, Villa La Pietra

Christine Frohnert
Research Professor and Time-Based Media Program Coordinator; Proprietor, Bek + Frohnert, LLC

Leslie Ransick Gat
Objects Conservator and Proprietor, Art Conservation Group

Dr. Abed Haddad
Assistant Conservation Scientist, Museum of Modern Art

Alexis Hagadorn
Head of Conservation, Columbia University Libraries, Columbia University

Lia Kramer
Freelance TBM Conservator, New York, NY

Kate Lewis
Agnes Gund Chief Conservator, Museum of Modern Art

Michael Alan Miller
Associate Paintings Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Paintings Conservation Center, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Peter Oleksik
Associate Media Conservator, Museum of Modern Art

Kerith Koss Schrager
Head of Conservation, National September 11 Memorial & Museum

Julia Sybalsky
Conservator, The American Museum of Natural History

Jessica Walthew
Objects Conservator, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum

Steven Weintraub
Conservator, Proprietor, Art Preservation Services

The Samuel H. Kress Program in Paintings Conservation
2023 – 2024

Dianne Dwyer Modestini
Clinical Professor Emerita, Conservator of the Kress Program in Painting Conservation

Dr. Matthew Hayes
Assistant Professor of Paintings Conservation, Co-Chair of the Conservation Center

Molly Hughes-Hallett
Associate Conservator for the Samuel H. Kress Collection

Research Faculty in the Conservation Center
2023 – 2024

Senior Research Scholars

Christine Frohnert
Director, Time-Based Media Program, The Conservation Center; Proprietor, Bek + Frohnert, LLC

C. Richard Johnson, Jr.
Visiting Research Professor; Geoffrey S. M. Hedrick Senior Professor Emeritus of Engineering, Cornell University

Dr. Marco Leona
Research Professor; David H. Koch Scientist in Charge, Department of Scientific Research, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Christopher McGlinchey
Project Director, Getty Conserving Canvas Lining Adhesive Research Project; Fine Art Conservation Science Consultant

Dianne Dwyer Modestini
Clinical Professor Emerita, Kress Program in Painting Conservation

Research Fellows

Kristin Patterson
Getty Conserving Canvas Lining Adhesive Research Fellow (January 2023 – Present)

Judith Praska Distinguished Visiting Professor in Conservation and Technical Studies

Pamela Hatchfield (Fall 2023)
Head of Objects Conservation Emerita at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Project Coordinator, Held in Trust

Judith Praska Distinguished Visiting Assistant Professor in Conservation and Technical Studies

Jen Munch (Spring 2024)
Proprietor, Jen Munch Art Conservation, NYC

Additional Conservation Consultants Villa La Pietra
2023 – 2024

Rachel Danzing
Paper Conservator, Proprietor, Rachel Danzing Art Conservation

Maria Fredericks
Sherman Fairchild Head of Conservation, Thaw Conservation Center, The Morgan Library & Museum

Pam Hatchfield
Robert P. and Carol T. Henderson Head of Objects Conservation Emerita, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Project Coordinator, Held in Trust

Michele Marincola
Chair and Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of Conservation, The Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU

Jack Soultanian
Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Deborah Trupin
Textile Conservator in private practice; formerly Textile Conservator, NY State Bureau of Historic Sites

Guest Lecturers to the Conservation Center
2023 – 2024

Allison Agsten
Inaugural Director, Center for Climate Journalism and Communication, University of Southern California

Maryan Ainsworth
Curator Emerita, European Paintings, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Laura Allen
Curator of Native North American Art, Montclair Art Museum 

Drew Anderson
Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rachael Perkins Arenstein
A.M. Art Conservation, LLC

Lisa Barro
Proprietor, Conservator of Photographs and Works on Paper, Barro Conservation

Reinhard Bek
Conservator of Contemporary Art, Modern Materials, and Media, Bek & Frohnert, LLC

Sean Belair
Associate Conservator, Arms and Armor Department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bill Brand
Artist & Film Preservationist, BBOptics

Eric Breitung
Research Scientist, Department of Scientific Research, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Amy Brost
Assistant Media Conservator, Museum of Modern Art

Susan Brown
Acting Head of Textiles, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum

Angela Campbell
Conservator, National Parks Service

Savannah Campbell
Project Media Preservation Specialist - Video and Digital Media, Media Preservation Initiative, Whitney Museum of American Art

Ian Cartwright
Archaeological Photographer, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford

Brian Castriota
Freelance Conservator, Time-Based Media & Contemporary Art, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh; Freelance Conservator, Time-Based Media & Contemporary Art, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin

Lucy Commoner
Conservator Emerita, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Mary Coughlin
Assistant Professor of Museum Studies, Corcoran School of the Arts & Design, The George Washington University

Gabrielle Crowther
Conservator, Art Conservation Group LLC

Lee Ann Daffner
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Conservator of Photographs, Museum of Modern Art

Margo Delidow
Assistant Conservator, Whitney Museum of American Art

Jean Dommermuth
Paintings Conservator, NYC; Conservation Consultant, Villa La Pietra

Charles Douglas
Sepp Leaf Products, Inc.

Deena Engel
Clinical Professor Emerita, Department of Computer Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University

Daniel Etzion
Senior Conservation Assistant, Art Conservation Group

Patricia Falcāo
Time-based Media Conservator, Tate, UK

Donald Farnsworth
Director, Magnolia Editions

Ameya Grant
Assistant Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rebecca Gridley
Conservator, Art Conservation Group

Christina Hagelskamp
Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dr. Maggie Holtzberg
Folklorist, Massachusetts Council on the Arts

Amy Hughes
Paper Conservator, National Gallery of Art

Edward Hunter
Interim Curator and Conservator in Charge, Arms and Armor Department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Agathe Jarzcyk
Conservator, Time Based Media, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Elena Kanagy-Loux
Fashion and Textile Designer

Nora Kennedy
Sherman Fairchild Conservator in Charge, Sherman Fairchild Conservator of Photographs, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Jennifer Kim
Conservator, Autry Museum of the American West

Jon Klacksman
Archivist, Anthology Film Archives

Travis Kray
AudioVisual Technician, Museum of Modern Art

Naomi Kroll Hassebroek
Senior Conservator, Historic Architecture, Conservation and Engineering, National Park Service

Willow Lawson
White Earth Band of Ojibwe and Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate

Yue Ma
Director for Collections and Research, Museum of the Chinese in America

Abigail Mack
Sculpture Conservator, Co-Owner, Monumenta

Hélia Marçal
Lecturer in History of Art, Materials and Technology, University College London

John Marciari
Charles W. Engelhard Curator of Drawings and Prints and curatorial chair, The Morgan Library & Museum

Julie Martin
Director, Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.)

Brian McCormick
Photographer, Christie’s Auction House

Chris McDonald
Artist & Sound Engineer

Denyse Montegut
Adjunct Professor, Fashion and Textiles Studies Department, School of Graduate Studies, Fashion Institute of Technology

Giuliana Moretto
Senior Conservator and Partner, New York Art Conservation

Michael Morris
Objects and Architecture Conservator

Delia Müller-Wüsten
Senior Conservator and Partner, New York Art Conservation

Catherine Myers
Historic Preservation, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania

Bob Nardi
Manager of Time-Based Media & AV Technology, Brooklyn Museum

David Neary
Project Manager, Media Preservation Initiative, Whitney Museum of American Art

Adam Neese
Senior Collections Photographer for Conservation, Museum of Modern Art

Fredrik Nilsen
Commercial Photographer

Sarah Nunberg
Private Practice Proprietor, The Objects Conservation Studio LLC

Jessica Pace
Preventive Conservator, Barbara Goldsmith Preservation and Conservation Department, New York University Libraries

Jeff Peachey
Proprietor and Book Conservator, Peachey Conservation

Roy Perkinson
Artist and Former Head of Paper Conservation, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Jennifer Perry
Mary and James Wallach Conservator of Japanese Art, Asian Art Department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rebecca Ploeger
Assistant Professor in Conservation Science, Patricia H. and Richard E. Garman Art Conservation Department, Buffalo State University

Ellen Rand
Conservation Specialist, Co-Owner, Monumenta

Megan Randall
Objects Conservator, Midwest Art Conservation Center

Carolyn Riccardelli
Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dr. Hannelore Roemich
Hagop Kevorkian Professor Emerita of Conservation, The Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University

Bethany Romanowski
Head Registrar, National September 11 Memorial & Museum

Katie Sabo
Textile Conservator and Proprietor, Katie Sabo Textile Conservation, NYC

Sandra Sardjono
Founder, Tracing Patterns Foundation

Sophie Scully
Assistant Paintings Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Paintings Conservation Center, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fran Ritchie
Objects Conservator, National Park Service

Clara Rojas Sebesta
Ellsworth Kelly Conservator of Works of Art on Paper, Whitney Museum of American Art

Marina Ruiz-Molina
Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Works on Paper, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Anna Serotta
Associate Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lindsey Schneider
Owner, LBP Clay

Jennifer Schnitker
Assistant Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

John F. Simon, Jr.
Artist

Martha Singer
Private Practice Proprietor & Director, Material Whisperer Consultation and Conservation Services

Donna Strahan
Head of Conservation and Scientific Research, The National Museum of Asian Art

Gloria Sutton
Associate Professor of Contemporary Art History, College of Arts, Media and Design, Northeastern University

Ahmed Tarek
Conservation Specialist of Organic Materials and Head of the Human Remains Laboratory, Grand Egyptian Museum Conservation Center

Tamiko Thiel
Artist

Karen Thomas
Paintings Conservator and Proprietor, Thomas Art Conservation, NYC

Gabrielle Tieu
Conservator, American Museum of Natural History

Amy Tjiong
Museum Specialist, African and Pacific Ethnology, American Museum of Natural History

Erin Toomey
Conservator, Art Conservation Group

Lauren Vonnahme
Senior Museum Specialist III, Herpetology, American Museum of Natural History

Kate Wright Tyler
Conservator, Brooklyn Museum

Lindsey Tyne
Conservation Librarian, Barbara Goldsmith Preservation and Conservation Department, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, NYU

Yana Van Dyke
Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Works on Paper and Photograph Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Craig Zammiello
Master Printer, LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, School of the Arts, Columbia University

This list will be updated periodically throughout the academic year.