If you have not yet decided to apply for an open position in our group, you still have a chance. We are waiting for a computer scientist or physicist who has the ambition to solve problems on the border of these disciplines. Do not hesitate, read the announcement: http://heritagescience.edu.pl/en/job-opportunities/
Author: Heritage Science
Ultramarine responsible for its own “disease”
Is the mystery of the fading of beautiful blue shades in Renaissance paintings, painted with precious ultramarine, finally solved? This was done by Katrien Keune – Head of Science at the Rijksmuseum, with whom we cooperate in the IPERION HS project – and her team. It turns out that the pigment’s catalytic activity is responsible READ MORE
Only a week left to apply for a Research Assistant position!
There is only a week left to apply for a Research Assistant position in our group! Right now we are looking for a person that will work on the development of a website for quantitative risk analysis of historic objects. The developed software is a web-based tool, HERIe, supporting decision-making processes related to the conditions READ MORE
“Time for a green museum and a green archive!” calls in Łukasz Bratasz in an interview for the Polish press
The newspaper “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna” has published an extensive interview with the leader of our group, Dr. Bratasz. The interest of the press was aroused by the field of science itself – heritage science – which is not yet a recognizable branch in Poland. We have the ambition to change it! In order not to READ MORE
20th Annual Conference ‘Chemical Analysis in the Protection of Cultural Heritage Objects’
This year, as any previous year, we took part in the unique on the Polish scale conference ‘Chemical Analysis in the Protection of Cultural Heritage Objects’. For the first time it was held online, but it did not prevent the gathering of nearly 200 participants. Dr. hab. Łukasz Bratasz, as one of the conference organizers, READ MORE
The study of craquelure as a path to ‘green museums’
While looking at the paintings we admire the colors, the shaping of forms, the painting technique, but we also see a network of cracks – craquelure, which adds a historical “patina” to the painting layer and it is commonly believed to enrich the aesthetic perception of the work. However, there is a lack of knowledge READ MORE
Lindsay Oakley takes up a position of the Director of Heritage Science and Research Testing!
Our colleague Dr. Lindsay Oakley, leaves our group after a year of work to take up a prestigious position of the Director of Heritage Science and Research Testing in National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). NARA is an independent agency of the United States government, which main mission is the preservation and documentation of government READ MORE
Our models ‘on catwalk’ – COMSOL conference Europe 2020
COMSOL Multiphysics® is one of our basic tools that allows us to simulate changes taking place in historical objects under the influence of climate. We study various scenarios of probable humidity and temperature fluctuations, and the finite element method on which COMSOL is based, allows us to estimate the effects of processes within a reasonable READ MORE
Thanks to the GRIEG project we welcome Noemi Zabari and Katarzyna Poznańska on board
We are delighted to announce that our team has gained two new members in the past weeks. We were joined by: Dr. Noemi Zabari and M.Eng. Katarzyna Poznańska, who will work mainly in the GRIEG project. Noemi graduated with a PhD from the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Kraków READ MORE
The cultural heritage of Lower Silesia stimulates ongoing research activities
To continue passionately working with cultural heritage, we must occasionally leave the laboratory and computer models behind and go ‘into the field’ to be inspired by the objects we care for. Moreover, new group members need the chance to learn about the history of the group, past research topics and observe real challenges in building READ MORE