Mila Crippa

LAQV-NOVA School for Sciences and Technology

Mila Crippa is a PhD candidate in Heritage Science at the NOVA School of Science and Technology and the Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry (LAQV). In 2017 she obtained a Master’s degree in Techniques for Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage from Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy. Before joining NOVA University, Mila gained experience in an art research Institute, the KIK-IRPA in Brussels (BE), and the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge (UK) where she investigated the colour materials and techniques of modern paintings and medieval illuminated manuscripts with imaging and spectroscopic techniques.

Mila’s PhD research project focuses on lac dye, specifically the variety of sources from which this red organic dye is extracted, processing methods for textile dyeing and analytical characterisation and identification in works of art.