Community-based conservation; Decolonizing collections stewardship; Increasing racial justice, equity, and inclusion in art conservation

Archaeological materials from the macro to the micro and to the nano length scale; forensic analytical imaging & conservation; materials science; archaeomimetism and archaeoinspired materials; Hellenistic and Roman painting; technology and synthesis of pigments; materials reverse engineering processing and diagenesis.

Caitlin is an objects conservator with a specialty in archaeological materials and a conservation scientist with research interests in nondestructive analytical technologies and technical reconstructions of original manufacturing technologies and artifact deterioration to inform conservation.

Technical Art History, Conservation Science, and Indigenous Cultural Heritage

Archaeological Conservation; Illicit trade; Cultural heritage management, Contemporary Art Conservation with specialization in time-based media; Artist archives; Addressing social justice, inclusion, and climate change in conservation.

Bronze casting techniques Medieval to Modern. Technical study of bronze, terracotta, polychrome and marble sculpture. Preventive care of silver, stained glass and tapestries.

Archaeological objects conservation. Care of archaeological collections, preventive conservation of artifacts, monitoring soil conditions on site, monitoring pre-excavation and post-excavation conditions for objects, screening of archaeological objects for stability post-excavation, screening of metal artifacts for corrosion potential. Consolidation of clay, adobe, and ceramic materials.

Ancient Mediterranean and Nile Valley material culture, site preservation, relocation of monumental sculptures, materials and manufacturing techniques of ancient and historic metalwork, and the intersection of traditional craftsmanship and conservation. She is a team member of the conservation project “The auloi from Meroë, Sudan” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Technical studies; Non-invasive spectroscopies (XRF, Raman, FORS) and imaging technologies; reverse engineering of historic artistic practices; elucidation of pigment degradation pathways; fostering communication between scientists, conservators and curators.

Plant materials used as paint binders or patination materials on cultural objects; indigenous communities and conservation decision-making; the developing role of preventive conservation; conservation education.

Analysis of museum objects, the characterization of pigments, ancient metals and microstructure, the teaching of conservation, and the archaeometallurgy of preHispanic Colombia and Ecuador