Our Team
Research Team

Francesca Casadio joined the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) in July 2003 as the Museum's first A. W. Mellon Senior Conservation Scientist. At the AIC, she founded the scientific research laboratory and has been in charge of planning and carrying out scientific research on the collection. Her background is in Chemistry.
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Aggelos Katsaggelos
PhD, Co-Director
Joseph Cummings Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and (by courtesy) Computer Science and Radiology

Erik Luijten
PhD, Faculty Director
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and (by courtesy) Chemistry, Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, and Physics & Astronomy
Associate Dean for Research and Doctoral Education

Maria Kokkori
PhD, Senior Scientist
Associate Research Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Vice President, The Malevich Society, New York