Francesca Caterina IZZO

Position
Associate Professor
Telephone
041 234 6728
E-mail
fra.izzo@unive.it
Academic discipline
Chemistry for the Environment and for Cultural Heritage [CHEM-01/B]
Website
https://www.unive.it/people/fra.izzo (personal record)
 https://www.unive.it/web/it/17761/
Office
Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics
Website: https://www.unive.it/dep.dais
Where: Campus scientifico via Torino
Room: office 116 (Epsilon building, 1st floor)
Research Institute
Research Institute for Digital and Cultural Heritage
Research Institute
Research Institute for Green and Blue Growth
Safety Role
Preposto di Laboratorio
Preposto di Laboratorio

Office hours

Teaching activity current year

CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE [CMR60]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

SCIENZE E TECNOLOGIE PER I BENI CULTURALI [CTR60]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

Teaching activity previous years

CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE [CM60]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE [CMR60]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

SCIENZE E TECNOLOGIE PER I BENI CULTURALI [CT60]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

SCIENZE E TECNOLOGIE PER I BENI CULTURALI [CTR60]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE [CM60]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

SCIENZE E TECNOLOGIE PER I BENI CULTURALI [CT60]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE [CM60]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

SCIENZE E TECNOLOGIE PER I BENI CULTURALI [CT60]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE [CM60]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

Activities and research skills

Academic discipline
Chimica dell'ambiente e dei beni culturali [CHEM-01/B]
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare (SSD) affine
CHIMICA DELL'AMBIENTE E DEI BENI CULTURALI [CHIM/12]
Geographic areas in which the research experience mainly applies
Internazionale: Europa, Balcani, Medio Oriente, America Settentrionale
Known languages
Italiano (scritto: madrelingua parlato: madrelingua)
Inglese (scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
Spagnolo (scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
Francese (scritto: intermedio parlato: avanzato)
Tedesco (scritto: base parlato: base)
Danese (scritto: base parlato: base)
Main departmental research areas and fields
Area: Ambiente Linea: Green Chemistry
Area: Ambiente Linea: Pianificazione territorio
Area: Ambiente
Area: Archeologia ed arti Linea: Arte contemporanea
Area: Beni culturali Linea: Archeometria
Area: Beni culturali Linea: Chimica del restauro
Area: Beni culturali Linea: Conservazione e restauro di beni mobili
Area: Beni culturali Linea: Valorizzazione di beni culturali
Area: Chimica Fisica e Materiali Linea: Chimica Analitica Ambientale
Area: Chimica Fisica e Materiali Linea: Chimica Fisica dei materiali
Area: Chimica Fisica e Materiali
Area: Discipline dello spettacolo Linea: Cinema
Area: Studi culturali Linea: Studi culturali
Scienze per la conservazione dei Beni Culturali
Description:
Conservation and Heritage Science
Keywords:
Art works preservation, Chemical technology, Art works restoration
ATECO code:
[74] - altre attività professionali, scientifiche e tecniche
ATALS Studying symbiotic scenarios linking Heritage assets and green areas to prepare Historic Cities to face Climate Changes
SSD:
CHIM/12
Other members of the research group:
Eleonora BALLIANA
Edy FANTINATO
Elisabetta ZENDRI
Il sistema delle fondazioni lignee a Venezia: Valutazione dl comportmento chimico-fisico e biologico
SSD:
CHIM/12
Nanomateriali per la conservazione dei beni culturali
SSD:
CHIM/12
Other members of the research group:
Eleonora BALLIANA
Elisabetta ZENDRI
Organic analysis of 20th Century oil paints
SSD:
CHIM/12
Other members of the research group:
Elisabetta ZENDRI
Restauro dei materiali dell'arte moderna
SSD:
CHIM/12
Studio dei materiali e delle tecniche pittoriche dell'arte moderna e contemporanea
SSD:
CHIM/12
Other members of the research group:
Elisabetta ZENDRI
Studio del comportamento di materiali plastici e di design
SSD:
CHIM/12
Other members of the research group:
Elisabetta ZENDRI
Studio di processi di degrado di opere d'arte contemporanee
SSD:
CHIM/12
Other members of the research group:
Eleonora BALLIANA
Elisabetta ZENDRI
Studio e conservazione dei materiali dell'arte contemporanea
SSD:
CHIM/12
Other members of the research group:
Eleonora BALLIANA
Elisabetta ZENDRI
CC: Reverse Engineering and Digital Imaging: Early Modern Venetian Lacquer From Cultural Heritage to Material Culture
Funding body:
EUTOPIA - co-funded by the European Union
Type:
Erasmus+
Role in the project:
PT
Sito di progetto:
https://eutopia-university.eu/members/member-category/cc-reverse-engineering-and-digital-imaging/
Starting date:
Year: 2025 Length in months: 18
Other members of the research group:
Walter CUPPERI
Miriam Stefania DE ROSA
Film Base Matters: A Material Approach to the History of Small-gauge Film in Italy
Funding body:
MUR
Type:
PRIN
Role in the project:
PT
Starting date:
Year: 2023 Length in months: 24
Other members of the research group:
Miriam Stefania DE ROSA
Sharing Practices for a Sustainable Future in the Conservation of Modern Art (SHARE-ART) - COST Action CA25156
Funding body:
Funded by the European Union
Type:
COST
Role in the project:
LD
Sito di progetto:
https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA25156/
Starting date:
Year: 2026 Length in months: 48
Other members of the research group:
Eleonora BALLIANA
Aurora CAIROLI
Laura FALCHI
Elisabetta ZENDRI
Studio di materiali plastici in manufatti artistici moderni e contemporanei
Funding body:
DAIS
Type:
Altri finanziamenti per progetti di ricerca
Role in the project:
LD
Sito di progetto:
DAIS-Via Torino 155/b
Starting date:
Year: 2013 Length in months: 24
Studying symbiotic scenarios linking Heritage assets and green areas to prepare Historic Cities to face Climate Changes – ATLAS
Funding body:
CCH 2023 - Climate & Cultural Heritage 2023
Type:
JPI Cultural Heritage
Role in the project:
LD
Starting date:
Year: 2024 Length in months: 48
Other members of the research group:
Eleonora BALLIANA
Edy FANTINATO
Simone Marino PREO
Elisabetta ZENDRI

Publication highlights

Gnemmi, Margherita; Fuster-Lòpez, Laura; Mecklenburg, Marion; Murray, Alison; Sands, Sarah; Watson, Greg; Izzo, Francesca Caterina Ion migration mechanisms in the early stages of drying and degradation of oil paint films in NPJ MATERIALS DEGRADATION, vol. 8 (ISSN 2397-2106)
DOI 2024, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5064221


Izzo, Francesca Caterina; Van Keulen, Henk; Carrieri, Alessandra Assessing the Condition of Complex Poly-Material Artworks by Py-GC-MS: The Study of Cellulose Acetate-Based Animation Cels in SEPARATIONS, vol. 9, pp. 131 (ISSN 2297-8739)
DOI 2022, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/3759389


Giulia Carolina Lodi, Giuseppe Borsato, Maria Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual & Francesca Caterina Izzo Disclosing the composition of unknown historical drug formulations: an emblematic case from the Spezieria of St. Maria della Scala in Rome in ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, vol. 412, pp. 7581-7593 (ISSN 1618-2642)
DOI - URL correlato 2020, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/3729747


Francesca Caterina IZZO, Alessandra Carrieri, Giovanni Bartolozzi, Henk van Keulen, Irene Lorenzon, Eleonora Balliana, Costanza Cucci, Francesco Grazzi, MarcelloPicollo Elucidating the composition and the state of conservation of nitrocellulose-based animation cells by means of non-invasive and micro-destructive techniques in JOURNAL OF CULTURAL HERITAGE, vol. 35, pp. 254-262 (ISSN 1778-3674)
DOI - URL correlato 2019, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/3707529


F.C. Izzo; KJ van den Berg; H van Keulen; B. Ferriani; E Zendri 20th century artists' oil paints: the case of the Olii by Lucio Fontana in JOURNAL OF CULTURAL HERITAGE, vol. 15, pp. 557-563 (ISSN 1296-2074)
DOI - URL correlato 2014, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/39288


List of publications

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