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Stefan Simon
Stefan Simon © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Juliane Eirich

Prof. Dr. Stefan Simon


Function

Director (Rathgen-Forschungslabor)

Institution

Rathgen-Forschungslabor

Contact

s.simon[at]smb.spk-berlin.de

Focus | Responsibilities | Projects

  • American-German Chemist and Heritage Scientist
  • Doctorate at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich on weathering and conservation of marble in the department of chemistry
  • Advancement of sustainable conservation strategies, triggered by the global climate crisis and the "Green Museum" debate
  • Conservation documentation and access in the digital age
  • Leading voice in the international “Culture in Crisis” debate and acting on public stage as advocate against illicit traffic of cultural property and for the study of authenticity questions
  • Council Member (2005-13) and Vice President of ICCROM (2009-2011), the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, Rom
  • Honorary Professorships at X´ian Jiaotong University, China (2009) and Technical University Berlin (2013)
  • Corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute and has co-authored and published more than 150 articles on the preservation of cultural heritage

Vita

02/2005 until Director of the Rathgen-Forschungslabor der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
09/1993 until Freelance Conservation Consultant
08/2016 until 03/2019 Director, Global Cultural Heritage Initiatives, Yale University, New Haven, CT
04/2014 until 07/2016 Inaugural Director of the Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage (IPCH), Yale University, New Haven, CT
2008 until 2018 President, ICOMOS International Scientific Committee Stone (ISCS)
11/2001 until 02/2005 Head of Building Materials Section (Senior Scientist), Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, CA
10/1988 until 08/1993 Scientific Assistant, R&D project “Steinzerfall” (BMFT-Federal Ministry of Research and Technology), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich

Staff of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

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