Jan Wouters Conservation Scientist

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The mindful micron, inclined to be aware!

Microspot in-situ analysis and/or microsample analysis of works of art: influencing the balance between usefulness, innovation, destructiveness and information…
Oppositely inclining micron (analysis) and background (object): imaging the intellectual field of tension present in multifaceted studies of art…

Recent publications: Ad-hoc surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy methodologies for the detection…; Evaluation of Raman and SERS analytical protocols in…; Of dragon's blood and chicken bones

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Introduction

I gained my PhD in Chemistry-Biochemistry at the University of Ghent in 1978. Since 1982 I have been active as a conservation scientist with particular interest in the analysis of natural organic materials used in works of art and culture.

I have been a contractant in several European research projects, an invited expert for RTD project evaluations, a supervisor of PhD theses, an organizer or co-organizer of international conferences on cultural heritage, a teacher of several aspects of conservation science and the author of around 160 publications in journals, books and congress proceedings.

I am co-editor of e-Preservation Science and member of the editorial board of Restaurator. I am a member of the Advisory Committee of the Institute for Cultural Heritage (ICN), Amsterdam, The Netherlands. From 2005 to 2008, I have been the Chairman of the International Committee for Conservation of the International Council of Museums (ICOM-CC).