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Faculty and Staff
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David
A. Scott, Chair BSc in Chemistry, University of Reading, 1971; BA in Archaeological Conservation, Institute of Archaeology, London 1979; Ph.D. from University College London in 1982. Awarded FRSC in 1991 and FIIC in 1994. Lecturer in conservation at University College, Institute of Archaeology, Department of Conservation and Materials Science, from 1981-7. In 1987 he joined the GCI as Head of the Getty Museum Services Research Laboratory., Getty Conservation Institute, 1987-2003; Professor in Art History and Archaeology at UCLA, and Chair of the UCLA/Getty Program in Archaeological and Ethnographic Conservation, 2003-present. His principal interests are the analysis of Museum objects, the characterization of pigments, ancient metals and microstructure, the teaching of conservation, and the archaeometallurgy of preHispanic Colombia and Ecuador. |
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Ioanna
Kakoulli, Assistant Professor Postgraduate Diploma in the Conservation of Wall Paintings, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, 1994; MA in Conservation of Wall Painting specialising in microanalysis of Roman murals, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, 1995; D.Phil (Doctorate of Philosophy) in Archaeological Sciences, University of Oxford, 1999. Part-time lecturer in Conservation of Wall Paintings from 1995-1998; Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer in Conservation Science and Conservation of Wall Paintings at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London from 1998-2000; Assistant Coordinator of the Mural Painting and Architectural Surfaces Course at ICCROM in Rome (February-June 1998; Museum Guest Scholar at the J. Paul Getty Museum (January-March 1999); Senior Lecturer in Conservation Science and Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Conservation Science at the Malta Centre for Restoration, University of Malta from 2000-2003; Director and Senior Application Specialist on Art Work Spectral Imaging Technologies, Forth Photonics, Athens, Greece from 2003-2004; Assistant ProfessorIII, UCLA/Getty Program in Archaeological and Ethnographic Conservation 2005-present. Her current research interests focus on technology of manufacture of ancient pigments and the study of artefacts using non-invasive methods of examination and analysis exploring the potentials of spectal imaging technologies. |
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Ellen
J. Pearlstein, Academic Coordinator BA with honors in fine arts from Brooklyn College. MA degree in pre-Columbian art history and archaeology from Columbia University, with a specialty in African and pre-Columbian art. Post-graduate Advanced Certificate in Conservation from the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University, specializing in archaeological and ethnographic objects. L. W. Frohlich Fellow in Objects Conservation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1982-1983, studying fatty patinas on African wood sculpture. Senior Objects Conservator at the Brooklyn Museum 1983-2005. Adjunct Professor of Conservation at the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University 1991-2005. Additional conservation teaching includes in Egypt in 1999, and in Amsterdam in 2002 and 2003. Recipient of Samuel H. Kress Publication Fellowship and National Center for Preservation Technology and Training award in 2001. Academic Coordinator II, UCLA/Getty Program in Archaeological and Ethnographic Conservation 2005-present. Her principal interests include plant materials used as paint binders or patination materials on archaeological and ethnographic objects, the developing role of preventive conservation, and conservation education. |
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Vanessa
Muros, Staff Research Associate BA in Anthropology and Archaeology, Boston University, 1996; MA in Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 1997; MSc in Conservation for Archaeology and Museums, Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 1999; Mellon Fellow in Objects Conservation, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2000; Assistant Conservator, Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago, 2000-2005; Staff Research Associate, UCLA/Getty Program in Archaeological and Ethnographic Conservation, 2005-Present. Her main interests are in the conservation of archaeological objects both within museum collections and on excavations, the technology and deterioration of ancient objects, the use of digital documentation for the recording, monitoring and management of archaeological sites, and the use of electronic media for conservation education and publication. |
| Amber Cordts-Cole, Program Assistant |