Research group
Cultural Heritage and Responsive Materials
Position
Researcher
Vanessa Otero is a Junior Researcher at LAQV-REQUIMTE R&D unit and the Department of Conservation and Restoration of the NOVA School of Science and Technology; contract awarded in the 2020 competitive FCT Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus (3rd place). She completed her PhD in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage (specialisation in Conservation Science) at FCT NOVA in 2018. She holds a BSc in Chemistry and an MSc in Conservation Science. Her research crosses the disciplinary boundaries of technical art history and conservation science, aiming to increase knowledge on artists' materials by combining the study of their historical production, colour stability and analytical characterisation, and ultimately adding to better conservation and authentication procedures. As an output of her research, she is a specialist in the authentication of artworks by the Portuguese painter Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso. Currently, she has an h-index of 15 with 23 peer-reviewed papers.
Representative Publications
Characterisation of metal carboxylates by Raman and infrared spectroscopy in works of art
10.1002/jrs.4520
A little key to oxalate formation in oil paints: protective patina or chemical reactor?
10.1039/c7pp00307b
An investigation into the synthesis of cadmium sulfide pigments for a better understanding of their reactivity in artworks
10.1016/j.dyepig.2020.108998
