Adriana Rizzo

Associate Research Scientist Adriana Rizzo has worked at the Met since 2004 conducting analysis of materials from art objects of different periods and cultures to provide insight on their manufacture and inform their conservation. She is interested in the study of organic materials and their degradation, as well as conservation-related issues. Main analytical techniques she uses are spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR, FTIR, Raman) and chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS, GC/MS). Adriana received an MS degree in industrial chemistry from the University of Venice, Italy, and a postgraduate diploma in the conservation of easel paintings from the Courtauld Institute of Art.