Biographie

Arianna Passaretti obtained her Master’s degree in Conservation Science from the University of Milano (Italy) in 2019. The topic of her dissemination was the exploitation of non-invasive spectroscopic techniques for the study of cultural heritage. During her Master’s degree, she received a grant in the framework of the Erasmus+ Traineeship European programme to carry out her research at the Raman Spectroscopy Research Group at the University of Ghent (Belgium).

In 2020-2024, she carried out her doctoral research in Chemistry at the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland) and the Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-restauration in Neuchâtel (Switzerland). Her research focused on the design and assessment of bio-derived organogels for the cleaning of altered historical metal artworks. The research was developed within the framework of the project Helix (Investigating metal bioremediation for the preservation of historical metal artworks), funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) (grant number 205121_188755).

After getting the doctorate title, she joined as research assistant the project EXTRA-AG (La mise en œuvre d’une nouvelle méthode chimique «verte» d’extraction des métaux précieux; funding: fonds d’impulsion HE-Arc), carried out in collaboration between the departments of Conservation-restauration and Engineering at the Haute Ecole Arc in Neuchâtel.

She is currently a researcher in the R&I team of HE-Arc CR, where she is leading the DRYLU project (Testing solid lubricants for the conservation of scientific and technical heritage artefacts; funding: HES-SO, Réseau de Compétences Design et Arts visuels).