Kateryna D’Ayala is our latest addition to the Lasering-PH team. She holded a BSc in “Tecnologie per la conservazione e il restauro dei beni culturali” and is currently completing a Master’s degree in “Scienze e tecnologie per la conservazione dei beni culturali”, both at the University of Rome La Sapienza (Italy).
She participated in some Erasmus+ programs at the University of Granada (Spain) under the Carolina Cardell supervision (partner of the project) and at the University of Evora (Portugal). Nowadays, Kateryna is enjoying an Erasmus project internship at the University of Vigo. Here she is taking part in the irradiation and cleaning of fresco and tempera mock-ups with a QS Nd:YAG at 1064 nm.
In addition, Raman, Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR) and stereomicroscopy techniques are being used for the characterisation of the mock-ups irradiations and the assessment of the cleaning procedure.
Pablo Barreiro and Kateryna D’Ayala will begin irradiating pigments and samples (with and without a soiling layer) in the upcoming weeks using a QS Nd:YAG at a wavelength of 355 nm.
