A. Elena Charola
Biography
Ph.D. (Chemistry), Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
A. Elena Charola is currently a Research Scientist at the Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute and a Scientific Consultant for World Monuments Fund and its Portuguese affiliate WMF-P. She is a Guest Lecturer at the Raymond Lemaire Centre for Conservation at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium. Charola has published three books and edited seven others, as well as over one hundred and fifty scientific papers in the field of stone and masonry deterioration and conservation. She has lectured extensively at various universities in Europe and in Latin America.
Work/Research
Chief Editor for the Smithsonian Contributions to Museum Conservation Series
Publications
Carol A. Grissom, Nicole Grabou, Corey Smith, and A. Elena Charola
Evaluation of Coating Performance on Silver Exposed to Hydrogen Sulfide
Journal of the American Institute for Conservation (in press)
Delgado Rodrigues, J., and Charola, A.E.
Conservation Approach Diversity to Address the Decorative Elements in the Gardens of the National Palace of Queluz, Lisbon, Portugal
In: Jardins de Pierre. Conservation of Stone in Parks, Gardens and Cemeteries, Eds. M.Stefanaggi and V. Vergès-Belmin, IIC French Section, Paris, 2011, pp. 72-82
Steiger, M., and Charola, A.E.
Weathering and Deterioration (Chapter 4)
Stone in Architecture, 4th Ed., Eds. S. Siegesmund and R. Snethlage, Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2011, pp. 227-316
Salvadori, O., Charola, A.E.
Methods to Prevent Biocolonization and Re-colonization
Smithsonian Contributions to Museum Conservation No.2, SISP, Washington, DC, 2011, pp. 37-50
Delgado Rodrigues, J., Vale Anjos, M., Charola, A.E
Recolonization of Marble Sculptures in a Garden Environment
Smithsonian Contributions to Museum Conservation No.2, SISP, Washington, DC, 2011, pp. 71-85
Magadán, M.L., Korth, G.M.A., Cedrola, M.L., Charola, A.E., Pozzobon, J.L.
Case Study: Biocontrol Testing at the San Ignacio Miní Jesuit Guaraní Mission, Misiones, Argentina. Smithsonian Contributions to Museum Conservation No. 2, SISP, Washington, DC, 2011, pp. 91-98
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