Erin Mysak

Erin is a conservation scientist. Her research interests include technical studies of cultural heritage in which she uses a variety of imaging and analytical techniques to examine and analyze cultural heritage objects with the goal of learning about artists' materials, manufacturing techniques, and changes in appearance and other properties due to deterioration or past treatment history. She also leverages her previous work in aerosol chemistry to understand how environmental conditions impact long term preservation of collections. Before joining Harvard Library, she worked at the Museum of Fine Arts- Boston and at the Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage at Yale University as a research scientist. She trained at the Harvard Art Museums, Centre de Recherche et Restauration de Musee’s de France at the Louvre Museum, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. She has a PhD in analytical chemistry.