Academic staff

The programme is team-taught by University staff and external specialists.

Prof Christina Young Convenor of Programme; Professor in Conservation & Technical Art History

• 16th- and 17th-century panel paintings
• 19th - and 20th- century canvas paintings
• History of Canvas
• Painted Cloths and Stage Cloths
• Modern and Contemporary Art
• Conservation of Canvas and Panel Paintings
• Applied Conservation Science

Dr Mark Richter Lecturer in Art Analytical Research

• Artists' materials and techniques, historical studio practice, scientific examination methods used to study works of art
• 17th- and 18th-century Central European polychrome sculpture
• 17th- century painting and polychrome sculpture in Golden Age Spain
• 15th- and 16th-century Northern European painting
• 12th- and 13th-century sculpture polychromy in Germany

Dr Margaret Smith Lecturer in Conservation Science

• Materials Science
• Expertise (HPLC, GC, FTIR, Raman and UV spectroscopy and microscopy)
• Research and Teaching in Painted Banners, Textile Conservation and Technical Art History