Arianna Passaretti PhD student arianna.passaretti[at]unine.ch

Education

2020-2024: PhD student at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland

2017-2019: Master’s degree in Cultural Heritage Conservation Science in the Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

2013-2016: Bachelor’s degree in Science and Technology for studying and preserving the Cultural Heritage and information storage media in the Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

Professional experience

2020-2024: PhD thesis

Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-restauration (Neuchâtel, Switzerland) and at the "Laboratoire des Technologies pour les Matériaux du Patrimoine" (LATHEMA), Université de Neuchâtel (Switzerland) (Prof. Edith Jospeh, Prof. Stephan von Reuss)

« Design of new organogels, based on bio-based thickening agents and green solvents, as support of biocleaning formulations based on metal uptake and fat degradation microbial processes»

2019 (4 months)

Volunteering at the Department of Chemistry, Università degli Studi di Milano (Italy) (Prof. Silvia Bruni)

2018 (5 months): Internship

Raman Spectroscopy Research Group, Universiteit Gent (Belgium) (Prof. Peter Vandenabeele)

Combined analysis of metallic and leather archaeological findings by means of Raman and XRF spectroscopies

2015-2016 (6 months): Internship

Department of Chemistry, Università degli Studi di Milano (Italy) (Prof. Silvia Bruni)

Analysis of contemporary art materials by means of Raman, FTIR and SERS spectroscopies and spectrofluorimetry