Elena Badea

Elena Badea is a specialist of advanced methodologies to study ancient and historical collagen-based materials, on which she has authored more than 90 articles and 2 patents. Her personal research is centred on the study of deterioration of ancient materials through their physical-chemical behavior, via development of methodological approaches based on micro DSC, thermal imaging, unilateral NMR, IR spectroscopy and SEM. She researches information on the long-term ageing processes and exceptional preservation of parchment manuscripts and leather materials studied at nano to microscale, on manufacturing techniques used in the past, and on the chemical interaction of environment and art works. Elena Badea heads the Advanced Research for Cultural Heritage Laboratory (ARCH Lab) at INCDTP-ICPI.