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DAVE SMITH is an Adjunct Conservator within the Preservation Division and serves as Adjunct Faculty in the University of Arizona Chemistry Department. He is an Analytical Chemist with 30 years of experience who has developed an interest in applying analytical chemistry to the conservation of cultural objects. His current areas of research involve the evaluation of cultural objects for pesticide residues and the occurrence of heavy metal toxins in southwestern pigments.

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WERNER ZIMMT is a Museum Fellow who has been working with the Preservation Division since his retirement as a research chemist for E. I. Du Pont de Nemours, Inc. in 1985. He holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Chicago and a M.Sc. in archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania. Werner’s many interests include preservation technology and adobe stabilization. His current research at the Museum involves collaboration with the departments of Agricultural Biosystems Engineering and Chemical and Environmental Engineering assessing the presence of pesticides and testing methods for their removal.

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CAITLIN O'GRADY is a National Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Fellow in Archaeological Science in the Preservation Division. She received her M.A. in Art History and Advanced Certificate in Conservation from New York University in 2004 and and a M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) from the University of Arizona (UA) in 2007. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Conservation Science through UA's MSE department. Caitlin's area of specialization is archaeological materials, in particular ceramics and plasters. Her Ph.D. research focuses on the conservation and analysis of artifacts included in the  Arizona State Museum's Journeys of Our Ancestors: Migrations in the American Southwest exhibition planned to open in 2011 at Rio Nuevo.

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RACHEL FREER is the post-graduate Kress Conservation Fellow in the Museum Preservation Lab. She is working with archaeological organic objects in preparation for a major exhibition at the Rio Nuevo facility. She is also as creating a digital archive of the fiber samples and archaeological cordage samples.

Rachel has a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and recently received an MS from the University of Rhode Island where she studied textile technology and conservation. After graduation she completed a 10 week Mellon internship in conservation at the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, followed by an internship at the National Parks Service, Harpers Ferry Center.  Rachel specializes in the analysis and conservation of archaeological and ethnographic textiles and objects related to dress.

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MARILEN POOL is an Objects Conservator specializing in ethnographic and archaeological artifacts.  She is currently working on the Pottery Project and has worked previously in the Preservation Division of the Arizona State Museum on numerous projects. She completed conservation internships at the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria, BC and the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center in Austin, TX. She has a diploma in Art Conservation Techniques from Sir Sandford Fleming College in Ontario, Canada, a Certificate of Archaeology and Ethnography Collections Care from the National Parks Service and a Masters Degree in Museum Studies from Oregon State University. Before entering the profession of Art Conservation, Marilen worked as a museum Curator and Director.

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NORINE CARROLL is a Museum Specialist on the Pottery Project at the Arizona State Museum. She holds a BA in literature and art history from The City University of New York at Queens College, and an MA in Museum Studies with a specialty in object conservation from the State University of New York at F.I.T.  Ms. Carroll has worked as a freelance conservator, museum specialist, archivist, and terrestrial and maritime field archaeologist since 1992.  Her focus as a conservator has been on archaeological and ethnographic materials and collections. She has recently worked with the collections at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian and the National Museum of Natural History. 

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