Curriculum Vitae
Artur Louro Mendonça Neves
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Artur Louro Mendonça Neves
Citation names
- Neves, Artur
- Artur Neves
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 3D18-63BF-F733
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-4491-9217
- Google Scholar ID
- GpFElr0AAAAJ&hl
- Researcher Id
- N-3856-2018
- Scopus Author Id
- 57201074312
Telephones
- Telephone
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- 212948322 Ext.: 11307 (Professional)
Addresses
- Department of Conservation and Restoration, FCT NOVA, Campus of Caparica, 2829-516, Caparica, Setúbal , Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- http://www.fulbright.pt/fulbrighters/bolseiros/ano-academico-2021-2022/artur-neves/ (Scholar)
- https://ciuhct.org/membros/artur-neves (Scholar)
Knowledge fields
- Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences
- Humanities - Philosophy, Ethics and Religion - History and Philisophy of Science and Technology
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2018/03/01 - 2023/07/13
Concluded
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PhD in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, specialization in Conservation Sciences (Doutoramento)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Cellulose nitrate objects in collections: history of science and technology hand in hand with conservation of cultural heritage." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Unanimously approved |
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2019 - 2022
Concluded
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Drawing and Painting Course (Outros)
ArCo - Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual, Portugal
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2015 - 2017
Concluded
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MSc in Conservation and Restoration, specialization in Conservation Science (Mestrado)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Um sistema de alerta precoce para a conservação de património em nitrato de celulose: fluoróforos como marcadores de degradação" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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19 |
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2012 - 2015
Concluded
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BSc in Conservation and Restoration (Licenciatura)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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16 |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2023/11 - 2024/11 | Metamorphoses of plastics - reality and multiple approaches to a material
2022. 05086.PTDC
Post-doc Fellow
NOVA.ID.FCT – Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2023/05/01 - 2023/10/31 | REDiscover - REDiscovering madder colours: Science & Art for the preservation and creation of cultural heritage
2022.02909.PTDC
Research Fellow
NOVA.ID.FCT – Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2018/03 - 2023/06 | Cellulose nitrate objects in collections: history of science and technology hand in hand with conservation of cultural heritage.
PD/BD/136678/2018
PhD Student Fellow
Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2022/01/15 - 2022/05/15 | Fulbright research fellowship with the support of FCT
PS00326022
Research Fellow
University of Maryland at College Park Department of History, United States
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Fulbright Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
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| 2020/06/01 - 2021/02/28 | Innovative packaging solutions for storage and conservation of 20th century cultural heritage of artefacts based on celulose
derivates - NEMOSINE - 760801-2
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/760801/EU
Research Fellow
NOVA.ID.FCT – Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
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European Commission
Concluded
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2022/10/03 - 2022/10/07 | Celluloid sunglasses: recognizing the degradation factors of 3D objects using high-res spectral imaging techniques (project
ID: fix_68)
Researcher
Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
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European Union
Concluded
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| 2021/11 - 2021/11 | Celluloid is in peril: using luminescence imaging and microscopy to understand what triggers the degradation (Proposal 20210539)
20210539
Researcher
Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
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SOLEIL Synchrotron
Concluded
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| 2020/09 - 2020/09 | Luminescence imaging and microscopy for the safeguard of cellulose nitrate based heritage (proposal 20200316)
20200316
Researcher
Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
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SOLEIL Synchrotron
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
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| Conference poster |
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| Edited book |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2024/07/17 | The Plastics Metamorphoses | 4º Ciclo das Conferências Fulbrighters Portugal
Fulbrighters Portugal – Associação de Bolseiros e Amigos do Programa Fulbright (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2024/07/11 | From Fragile to Indestructible: exploring plastics technology in 19th-20th century dolls | 2024 Joint ICOHTEC – SHOT Annual Meeting
International Committee for the History of Technology & Society for the History of Technology (Viña del Mar, Chile)
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| 2024/06/18 | The Metamorphoses of Plastics: from 19th century innovations to contemporary Portugal | 3rd Internacional Multidisciplinary Conference on Polymers & Chemistry
CDRSP, Polytechnic of Leira (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2024/05/27 | The origin of celluloid composites: an interdisciplinary study about billiard balls | 2024 Spring Meeting
European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) and Foundation Jean-Marie Lehn (Strasbourg , France)
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| 2024/05/15 | As Metamorfoses do Plástico: aprendendo com o passado para um futuro sustentável | As Ciências do Património de mãos dadas com as Instituições Culturais
LAQV, VICARTE e NOVA FCT (Caparica, Portugal)
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| 2024/05/02 | Best billiard ball in the 19th century: Composite materials made of celluloid and bone as substitutes for ivory | Seminar Science in Cultural Heritage. Interdisciplinary thinking
Technische Universität München - TUM School of Engineering and Design (Munich, Germany)
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| 2024/01/30 | Looking at Stuff and Finding Stories: What happens when you look more closely - A billiard ball story | National Museum of American History Tuesday Colloquium
National Museum of American History (United States)
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| 2023/11/23 | The contribution of heritage science to plastic material culture |
Plastics Historical Society (United Kingdom)
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| 2023/09/28 | Bolas de bilhar de celulóide: a importância do cientista da conservação para os estudos de cultura material | Introdução às Ciências da Conservação-Restauro
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (Caparica, Portugal)
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| 2023/09/09 | Os primórdios da imitação da carapaça de tartaruga em Portugal | Múltiplas facetas na história da ciência química: 2.º Encontro Nacional de História da Química
Universidade de Aveiro (Portugal)
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| 2023/09 | Newtonian Dynamics, Conservation Laws, Billiard Balls, and Interactive Computational Modelling | ICNAAM 2023 - 21st International Conference in Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics
(Heraklion, Greece)
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| 2023/05/24 | Looking for Materials and Finding Stories | 13th Internacional Conference on the History of Chemistry
European Chemical Society (Vilnius, Lithuania)
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| 2022/10/17 | Saving Elephants: Understanding the Search for Substitute Ivory | ARTEFACTS XXVII “Objects of Science and Technology in Motion”
Deutsches Museum (Munich, Germany)
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| 2022/09 | Cellulose nitrate and cellulose acetate in cultural heritage: a technological breakthrough for its sustainable preservation | Plastics Heritage Congress 2022
Plart Museum (Naples, Italy)
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| 2021/11/16 | Manter viva a memória: preservar documentos e fotografias com soluções inovadoras e sustentáveis | : Ciência e inovação: redes colaborativas e abordagens transdisciplinares, VI Encontro luso-brasileiro de conservação e restauração: conexões |
| 2021/09/18 | O Pré Plástico Celulóide: sua história e preservação | 1º Encontro Nacional de História da Química
Sociedade Portuguesa da Química
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| 2020/11/19 | A smart future for cellulose derivatives conservation | PLASTICS IN PERIL Focus on Conservation of Polymeric Materials in Cultural Heritage
Leibniz Association and the University of Cambridge Museums
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| 2020/09/03 | On the scent of Celluloid: an investigation of relevant industry practices | 9th International Conference of the European Society for the History of Science
European Society for the History of Science
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| 2020/07/09 | The industrial legacy of celluloid in Portugal | BSHS Global Digital History of Science Festival
British Society for the History of Science
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| 2019/08/23 | Celluloid, the first bioplastic | Creative Minds Contest of Ciências Research Day
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2019/05/29 | The plastics harbinger in Portugal: unveiling past production for celluloid preservation | Young Hipom Professionals (Yhip 2019) Summer School/Research Seminar
Departamento de Conservação e Restauro, FCT NOVA (Caparica, Portugal)
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| 2018/08/25 | Chitta or chintz meet indianos, pintados, chita, chintz or Indiennes | Dyes in History and Archaeology 37
Departamento de Conservação e Restauro, FCT NOVA (Caparica, Portugal)
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| 2017/08/28 | Degradation of cellulose nitrate cinematographic films: a comparative analysis by Raman microscopy | 9th International Congress of the Application of Raman Spectroscopy in Art and Archeology
University of Évora (Évora, Portugal)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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| 2024/01/02 - 2024/05/01 | New applications of infrared spectroscopy for the quantification of cellulose acetate decay:
the case of historical motion picture films affected by Vinegar Syndrome
Supervisor of Lisa Vergelli
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Sapienza University Mobility Programme (PhD)
Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Italy
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| 2023/11 - 2024/01 | For a deeper characterization, interpretation, safeguarding, and exhibition of celluloid artefacts
Co-supervisor of Aurora Cairoli
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Erasmus+ 2023/24 - Learning Agreement for Traineeship (Other)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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| 2020/09/01 - 2021/03/30 | Studying the effect of plasticizers on the stability of cellulose acetate in cinematographic collections, for the preservation
of 20th century cultural heritage
Co-supervisor of Sabrina Samela
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Science for the Conservation-Restoration of Cultural Heritage (Master)
Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna Scuola di Scienze, Italy
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| 2020/09 - 2021/02 | Development of new tools/solutions to monitor and preserve 20th-century cellulose acetate motion pictures
Co-supervisor of Elisabetta Facetti
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Science for the Conservation- Restoration of Cultural Heritage (Master)
Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna Scuola di Scienze, Italy
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| 2018 - 2019 | Towards a sustainable conservation of 20th century cultural heritage: cinematographic films based on cellulose derivatives
Co-supervisor of Francesca Ramacciotti
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Conservazione e Restauro dei Beni Culturali (Master)
Università di Bologna, Italy
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| 2018 - 2019 | Acetato de celulose em património cultural: o grau de substituição como indicador da degradação
Co-supervisor of Sofia Nunes
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Conservação e Restauro (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2023/07/14 - 2023/07/14 | Mini-Symposium "Modern Materials: a comprehensive approach" at FCT NOVA, Campus Caparica, Portugal. (2023/07/14 - 2023/07/14)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal |
| 2021/02/27 - 2021/02/27 | Origin 2016 Workshop for undergraduate students (2021/02/27 - 2021/02/27)
Workshop
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Núcleo de Conservação e Restauro, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal |
| 2019/05/29 - 2019/05/31 | The Plastics Heritage Congress 2019: History, Limits and Possibilities (2019/05/29 - 2019/05/31)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal |
| 2019/05/27 - 2019/05/28 | Young Hipom Professionals (Yhip 2019) Summer School/Research Seminar; http://plasticsheritage2019.ciuhct.org/summer-school-research-seminar/ (2019/05/27 - 2019/05/28)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal |
| 2018/04/23 - 2018/04/27 | Slides de Cavalete: Laboratório de Experimentação. Exposição na biblioteca da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade
NOVA de Lisboa sobre a obra Slides de Cavalete de Ângelo de Sousa. (2018/04/23 - 2018/04/27)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal |
| 2018/03/26 - 2018/03/26 | Dia Aberto com Portas Abertas à Conservação e Restauro (2018/03/26 - 2018/03/26)
Meeting (Other)
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2023/03 - 2023/06 | Polímeros em Conservação | Polímeros em Conservação (Bachelor) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal |
| 2021/03 - 2021/06 | Polímeros em Conservação | Polímeros em Conservação (Bachelor) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
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| 2022/01/05 - 2022/07/31 | ERASMUS+: Project: New insights into the conservation condition of cellulose acetate in cinematographic films by Raman spectroscopy | Sabrina Samela |
| 2019/04 - 2019/07 | Co-supervision in the scope of the course Analytical Methods for Cultural Heritage (1st year of DCR FCT NOVA masters degree). | Luis Sá |
| 2018/09 - 2019/06 | Co-supervision in the scope of the course Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage ( 1st year of DCR FCT NOVA masters degree). | Ana Patrícia Galo Luís |
| 2018/09 - 2019/01 | Co-supervision in the scope of the course Introduction to Conservation and Restoration I ( 1st year of DCR FCT NOVA bachelors degree). | Tiago Santos Gomes |
| 2017/09 - 2018/06 | Co-supervision in the scope of the course Anual Project (1st year of DCR FCT NOVA masters degree). | Sofia Nunes |
Distinctions
Award
| 2021 | Winner of the February Chemistry in Pictures contest
American Chemical Society, United States
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| 2019 | Merit Grant from the DGES (Portuguese Higher Education System) for the achievement in the academic studies during 2016/2017
Direção-Geral do Ensino Superior, Portugal
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| 2018 | Best Student of the Masters in Conservation and Restoration of 2016/2017
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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