CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC STUDIES IN THE ARTSA COLLABORATION BETWEEN NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AND THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

Stephanie Zaleski is a postdoctoral researcher studying the nanoscale chemistry of metal soap formation in oil-based paint films. Her research interests include: the application of spectroscopic and imaging techniques applied to the study of degradation processes in works of art, electrochemical methods for studying transport processes, and the ability to correlate chemical information on multiple length and time scales. Stephanie obtained her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Northwestern University in 2016 under the supervision of Richard Van Duyne, where her thesis work focused on studying nanoscale, single-molecule electrochemistry with surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Prior to her recent return to Northwestern/NU-ACCESS, she studied 19^th century glass deterioration under a collaborative NEH grant between George Washington University and the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. She was a postdoctoral fellow with the Department of Scientific Research at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 2016-17, studying blue and yellow pigments used in Edo period Japanese woodblock prints.