In Memoriam Ioanna Kakoulli

We are profoundly saddened by the untimely passing of our UCLA colleague, Professor Ioanna Kakoulli, on January 1, 2026. She had been battling cancer for some time. She died in Cyprus, her native country, where she had been living most recently. We send our deepest condolences to  her husband, Giorgos Bayadas, and to her family and wide circles of friends and admirers in Cyprus, the United States, and elsewhere around the world. Ioanna will be remembered for her warmth, energy, infectious enthusiasm, and academic achievements, as well as her outstanding devotion to the conservation of cultural heritage.

Ioanna was a founding faculty member of the UCLA/Getty Interdepartmental Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage and assisted in its inception from 2003 to 2005. Serving as Chair from 2011 to 2017, she was a key figure in building the Program into what it is today. Among her many contributions to the Program, she established the Lore and Gerald Cunard Chair endowment, the Kahn Foundation endowment, and more recently, the PhD program in the Conservation of Material Culture.

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