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Short Bio
Costanza Miliani completed her studies at the University of Perugia, earning a degree in Chemical Sciences in 1995 and a PhD in 1999. She later expanded her expertise with an Executive Master in Management of Research Infrastructures from the University of Milano-Bicocca in 2019. Her research focuses primarily on the study of polychromies in art, investigating both execution techniques and alteration processes, contributing significantly to the understanding of color in cultural heritage.
Miliani has authored over 240 scientific publications, achieving an h-index of 57 and over 9,000 citations according to Google Scholar. She co-edited the book Science and Art: The Painted Surface, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, and serves on the editorial board of the open-access journal Heritage. She has led numerous regional, national, and European research projects, with a strong interdisciplinary approach.
Currently, she directs the European mobile platform MOLAB, providing access to non-invasive mobile laboratories for heritage science researchers, and coordinates the Italian node of E-RIHS (European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science). Her work emphasizes the application of advanced analytical techniques to study pigments, binders, and the complex interactions underlying the aging of color in artworks.
Miliani is a board member of SMAArt (Scientific Methodologies applied to Archaeology and Art) at the University of Perugia, the Cultural Heritage Technological District of Lazio, and the scientific advisory board of the Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts at Northwestern University in Chicago. Since 2019, she has served as Director of the Institute of Heritage Science (CNR-ISPC), where she continues to advance research in color science and the preservation of polychromatic artworks.
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- Color in Art: From Antiquity to Modernity, Between Preservation and Digital Reconstruction”
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Moritz Waldemeyer
Nazanin Farahbod
Short Bio
Moritz Waldemeyer is an accomplished designer and engineer whose career has been defined by a distinctive blend of creativity, technology, and practical know-how. With a background in engineering and early collaborations with design visionaries like Ron Arad and Zaha Hadid, he has continuously pushed the boundaries of interactive and experiential design. This unique perspective—combining technical rigour with imaginative storytelling—positions him perfectly to contribute to the Queen Elizabeth National Monument’s design team, ensuring a solution that is not only inspiring and respectful of Her Majesty’s legacy, but also flawlessly executed to withstand the test of time.
Nazanin Farahbod brings a richly layered perspective to the design team, shaped by her upbringing in Tehran, her formal product design studies in Milan, and eight years of hands-on experience at Studio Waldemeyer. Her artistic sensitivity—evident in her practice of painting in the Persian miniature tradition and exhibiting work at the Royal Academy—enables her to blend historical influences with contemporary design thinking. This cultural fluency and creative insight position her to craft meaningful, visually compelling narratives that honour the memory of Queen Elizabeth while engaging a diverse, global audience.
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