Roberta Zanini

Post-doctoral researcher in Conservation Chemistry and Materials at the Center of Cultural Heritage Technology of the IIT in Venice. She specialises in the study of the mechanism of corrosion of ancient glass, using high-resolution analytical techniques to investigate the material transformation from the microscopical to the nanometric scale, from bulk to surface layer composition. Her research is actually focused on the design of nanomaterials that are ideal for stopping the alteration process, thereby limiting the interaction between the surface of the ancient glass and its conservation environment.