Rosie Grayburn

Rosie Grayburn

Scientist and Lab Head for Scientific Research and Analysis
Affiliated Associate Professor
 

Biography

Dr. Rosie Grayburn leads the Scientific Research and Analysis Laboratory at Winterthur Museum, where she directs object-based materials research for the museum and community partners. At WUDPAC she co-teaches analytical research methods and supervises student research. Her research interests focus on sustainable materials for conservation treatment (greener/safer solvents, coatings for metal), hazards in museum and library collections, preventive conservation and modern and contemporary art materials.  She has a joint Ph.D in Physics and Analytical Chemistry from the University of Warwick (UK) and Universiteit Gent (Belgium). Prior to joining Winterthur in 2017 she was a postdoctoral fellow in Conservation Science at the Getty Conservation Institute in Los Angeles and a teaching fellow in technical art history at University College London.