About the Authors

Maria Perla Colombini is Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, University of Pisa. Her teaching activities are related to courses in analytical chemistry and the chemistry of cultural heritage. Her research is related to the development of analytical procedures based on spectroscopic and chromatographic techniques for the characterisation of micropollutants in the environment and of organic materials and their degradation products in works of art and archaeological objects. She coordinates the research group of the Laboratory of Chemical Sciences for the Safeguard of Cultural Heritage. She is an accomplished author, and lectures both nationally and internationally.

Francesca Modugno is a Lecturer in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Pisa. She teaches analytical chemistry and chemometrics, and her research deals with the application of analytical methods, based on chromatography and mass spectrometry, to the characterisation and the study of the degradation of organic natural materials in historical and artistic objects. She has had many papers published.