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I hold a BSc (2016) and an MSc (2018) in Conservation and Restoration - specialisation in Conservation Science from the Department of Conservation and Restoration (DCR), NOVA School of Science and Technology (FCT-NOVA). Within the framework of a financed project, "The Triumph of Bakelite - Contributions for a history of plastics in Portugal" (PTDC/IVC-HFC/5174/2014), my master's dissertation brought novelty to the history of the Portuguese plastic industry through an interdisciplinary approach merging the historical-technical survey of archives and collections and the analytical characterisation of historic plastic objects by in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform (DRIFT) spectroscopy. This study resulted in three oral communications in international conferences and participation as a local organising committee member in "The Plastics Heritage Congress: History, Limits and Possibilities" (Lisbon, Portugal). Within this project, the exhibition "Plasticity: A History of Plastics in Portugal", in Leiria Museum (Portugal), was awarded the Dibner Award for Excellence in Museum Exhibits, and with an honourable mention by the Portuguese Association of Museology, APOM (Associação Portuguesa de Museologia) for the conservation and restoration of the exhibited objects. Mainly studying modern and contemporary heritage and pursuing my interest in plastics and synthetic polymers, I became a member of the funded project "PlasCO2 - Green CO2 Technologies for the Cleaning of Plastics in Museums and Heritage Collections" (PTDC/ART-OUT/29692/2017) to study the use of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) - in liquid or supercritical phase - for the preservation of modern and contemporary heritage. I have been awarded a PhD grant (SFRH/BD/147015/2019) to study the suitability of using scCO2 as a solvent and carrier for the consolidation of PUR-ES foams with alkoxysilanes. Mainly studying synthetic polymers, my interests include the application of innovative methodologies for the preservation and conservation of modern and contemporary materials.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Inês Filipa Moreira Soares

Citation names

  • Soares, Inês

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9616-3753-7C23

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/03 - 2024
Ongoing
 Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, specialization in Conservation Science (Doutoramento)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022/02 - 2022/03
Ongoing
 Project Management (Outros)
NOVA Doctoral School, Portugal
2020 - 2020
Concluded
 Design Thinking (Outros)
NOVA Doctoral School, Portugal
2016 - 2018
Concluded
 Conservação e Restauro (Mestrado)
Major in Ciências da Conservação
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Identificação de objectos em plástico por DRIFT in situ - Um contributo para as ciências da conservação e para a história da tecnologia dos plásticos em Portugal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2017 - 2017
Concluded
 Plastics in modern and contemporary art: meant to last forever?. Seminar and workshop by Thea van Oosten (Independent Senior Conservation Scientist) (Outros)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/06/27
Concluded
 Conservação - Restauro (Licenciatura)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/03 - Current PhD grant | PURscCO2: Assisted scCO2 consolidation of PUR foams with an alkoxysilane mixture (SFRH/BD/147015/2019) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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2022/03 - 2022/09 Research Fellow | Green CO2 Technologies for the Cleaning of Plastics in Museums and Heritage Collections - PlasCO2 (PTDC/ART-OUT/29692/2017) Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/09 - 2020/02 Research Fellow | Green CO2 Technologies for the Cleaning of Plastics in Museums and Heritage Collections - PlasCO2 (PTDC/ART-OUT/29692/2017) Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/09 - 2019/12 Volunteer | The Triumph of Bakelite - Contributions for a history of plastics in Portugal (PTDC/IVC-HFC/5174/2014) Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Portugal
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Internship N.E.Â.D.S. - Núcleo de Estudos Ângelo de Sousa, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/03 - Current PURscCO2: Assisted scCO2 consolidation of PUR foams with an alkoxysilane mixture
SFRH/BD/147015/2019
PhD Student Fellow
Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/09 - 2020/02 Green CO2 Technologies for the Cleaning of Plastics in Museums and Heritage Collections - PlasCO2
PTDC/ART-OUT/29692/2017
Research Fellow
Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2017/11/01 - 2019/06 The Triumph of Bakelite - Contributions for a history of plastics in Portugal
PTDC/IVC-HFC/5174/2014
Other
Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Bartoletti, Angelica; Soares, Inês; Ramos, Ana Maria; Shashoua, Yvonne; Quye, Anita; Casimiro, Teresa; Ferreira, Joana Lia. "Assessing the Impact and Suitability of Dense Carbon Dioxide as a Green Solvent for the Treatment of PMMA of Historical Value". Polymers 15 3 (2023): 566. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15030566.
    10.3390/polym15030566
  2. Angelin, Eva Mariasole; França de Sá, Susana; Soares, Inês; Callapez, Maria Elvira; Ferreira, Joana Lia; Melo, Maria João; Bacci, Mauro; Picollo, Marcello. "EXPRESS: Application of Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy on Plastics in Cultural Heritage Collections: A Comparative Assessment of Two Portable Mid-Fourier Transform Infrared Reflection Devices". Applied Spectroscopy (2021): 000370282199877. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0003702821998777.
    10.1177/0003702821998777
  3. Soares, Inês; Sá, Susana França de; Ferreira, Joana Lia. "A first approach into the characterisation of historical plastic objects by in situ diffuse reflection infrared Fourier transform (DRIFT) spectroscopy". Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy (2020): 118548. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2020.118548.
    10.1016/j.saa.2020.118548
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Soares, Inês. "Identificação de objectos em plástico por DRIFT in situ - Um contributo para as ciências da conservação e para a história da tecnologia dos plásticos em Portugal". Master, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/65525.

Other

Other output
  1. Sustainable strategies using supercritical carbon dioxide for the conservation of plastics: insights from the PlasCO2 project. Co-author of oral communication at "Plastic in Peril: Focus on Conservation of Polymeric Materials in Cultural Heritage". 2020. Angelica Bartoletti; Joana Lia Ferreira; Teresa Casimiro; Joana Tomás Ferreira; Inês Soares; Susana França de Sá; Sara Babo; et al.
  2. PlasCO2 - Tecnologias verdes à base de CO2 para limpeza de plásticos em museus e Coleções Patrimoniais. Co-author of oral communication at "Simpósio: Conservação do Património Cultural e Sustentabilidade: desafios e experiências". 2019. Joana Lia Ferreira; Ana Aguiar-Ricardo; Sara Babo; Angelica Bartoletti; Teresa Casimiro; Maria Natália Dias Soeiro Cordeiro; Susana França de Sá; et al.
  3. As indústrias do plástico e do vidro: documentação de arquivo como forma de preservação. Co-author of oral communication at Industrial Heritage – The search for sustainability. 2019. Joana Lia Ferreira; Inês Coutinho; Susana França de Sá; Catarina Santos; Inês Soares.
  4. Plastics at an exhibition: a critical assessment of mid-infrared reflection techniques in cultural heritage. Co-author of oral communication at The Plastics Heritage Congress 2019: History, Limits and Possibilities. 2019. Susana França de Sá; Eva Mariasole Angelin; Inês Soares; Joana Lia Ferreira; Costanza Cucci; Giovanni Bartolozzi; Marcello Picollo; Maria João Melo; Maria Elvira Callapez.
  5. Obejctos culturais em plástico: um património por descobrir e preservar. Poster para a Noite Europeia dos Investigadores (European Researchers¿ Night): Ciência na Cidade, 2018. 2018. Susana França de Sá; Inês Soares; Sara Babo; Joana Lia Ferreira; Maria Elvira Callapez.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11/10 scCO2 as a carrier for the consolidation of polyurethane (PUR) foams: an alternative to traditional methods Future Talks 023 - Materials matter: cold and current cases in the conservation of the modern
Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum (Munich, Germany)
2021/10/20 Fire retardant coatings: from industry to the safeguard of cultural heritage 2021 Safety & Cultural Heritage Summit
Washington Conservation Guild, Potomac Section of the American Industrial Hygiene Association, Smithsonian Institution's Office of Safety, Health and Environmental Management, Smithsonian National Collections Program and the Lunder Conservation Center. (Virtual summit from Washington, D.C., United States)
2021/03/24 Workshop de Mapeamentos: Ferramentas básicas em Adobe Photoshop CS6 Portable ConCoRes: 1º Congresso de Conservação e Restauro
Núcleo de Conservação e Restauro (NuCoRes) e Departamento de Conservação e Restauro (DCR), FCT-NOVA (Almada, Portugal)
2018/11/14 What plastic objects can tell about the history of plastics industry? The Portuguese context of production SBMK day & SBMK Summit on (inter)national collaboration
(Utrecht, Netherlands)
2018/07/22 Characterization of historical plastics objects by in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform (DRIFT) spectroscopy Gordon Research Seminar
(Barcelona, Spain)
2018/07/18 Building the history of the Portuguese Plastic Industry through material testimonies ICOHTEC
(Saint-Étienne, France)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2021 - 2021 Member of the local organising committee of "The C Factor Seminars: Connecting the conservation community". (2021/06/02 - 2021/06/04)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Member of the local organising committee of the Plastics Heritage Congress: History, Limits and Possibilities (2019/05/29 - 2019/05/31)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Collaborator of the organising committee of the 37th Dyes in History and Archaeology Conference (2018/10/25 - 2018/10/26)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Noite Europeia dos Investigadores (European Researchers Night): Ciência na Cidade, 2018. Actividade "Obejctos culturais em plástico: um património por descobrir e preservar". (2018 - 2018)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2014 - 2017 Dissemination activity on art forgery within the Expo FCT event for high school students

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2019/04/06 - 2019/12 Collaborator in the conservation and restoration of plastic objects featured in the exhibition "Plasticity: A History of Plastics in Portugal", at the Museum of Leiria
Member
2014 - 2017 Effective member of the Conservation and Restoration Pedagogical Commission (FCT NOVA)
Member
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2019 Dibner Award for Excellence in Museum Exhibits for the temporary exhibition "Plasticity: A history of plastics in Portugal" in Leiria Museum (Portugal), within the project "The Triumph of Bakelite - Contributions for a history of plastics in Portugal"
Society for the History of Technology, United States

Other distinction

2020 Honourable mention in Conservation and Restoration for the exhibition "Plasticity: A history of plastics in Portugal", in Leiria Museum (Portugal).
Associação Portuguesa de Museologia, Portugal