Paula Nabais (FB10-F205-62C7)

Curriculum Vitae

Paula Nabais

I am a Junior Researcher at LAQV-REQUIMTE R&D unit, awarded in the 2021 competitive Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus promoted by FCT, and a specialist in organic colorants applied in heritage objects. Aiming for the safeguard of treasured artworks, I contributed to a better understanding of these materials, their causes of color change, and mechanisms of degradation. This knowledge is crucial for dating, provenience, and authentication studies. In 2019 I got my PhD in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage (specialization in Conservation Science), funded by an FCT grant won in a highly competitive call (PB/BD/105895/2014). My project was awarded the prestigious prize Stimulus for Research, by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, a world reference in cultural studies. Within the interdisciplinary group pioneered by Melo (chemistry) and Miranda (history), it bridged Science & Art in the study of medieval manuscripts, developed at NOVA and Perugia Universities, world-renowned institutions in the field of heritage science. My thesis has, for the first time, provided insight on the construction of organic color paints, disclosing recipes' specificities. This knowledge is crucial to propose dating and location of manuscript production and a better understanding of the artists' materials and causes of degradation. At Perugia, within the European infrastructure MOLAB network, I gain expertise in the use of portable instruments for the analysis of artworks, with Costanza Miliani, world leader in the study of heritage materials, and Aldo Romani, president of the Excellence Centre SMAArt. My experience continued to grow with my participation in several European projects. I emphasize the projects Vienna Genesis (ÖNB, UNESCO Memory of the World), and IMAN (IAPH), for the study of Islamic manuscripts rescued from Timbuktu. This approach has significantly contributed to the valorization and safeguard of endangered manuscripts. The output of my research is impressive, with 23 peer-reviewed publications, all Q1, 6 book chapter, and 8 proceedings. Of the 36 total, 14 publications are as first author and 10 as corresponding author. I have actively disseminated my research with 46 oral and 24 posters communications. I believe in the importance in contributing to the development of critical mass of future conservation professionals. Since 2016, I have assisted in teaching courses from the Department of Conservation and Restoration at NOVA and supervised 3 PhD theses, and co-supervised 4 MSc theses, 1 BA and 10 curricular projects. In 2018 I became one of the co-coordinators of FCT funded project Polyphenols in Art (PTDC/QUI-OUT/29925/2017), won in a competitive call. I am the Co-PI of the task for the characterization of yellow dyes present in artworks, using historical sources, for their identification and preservation in artworks. In 2020 I was invited to participate in a COST Action that aims to rewrite the history of Europe through textiles (EuroWeb), being selected to integrate the Portuguese management committee, managing the entire Portuguese team and funding, while also becoming the Leader for Working Group 2 'Clothing Identities'. This still ongoing role has proven highly rewarding, with the organization of international conferences, fostering new projects for the conservation of textiles. Recently, in 2022, I won a 250.000¿ project as the Principal Investigator within an FCT call for Research & Development. This project called "REVIVE | The threads of the past weaving the future: The colors from the Royal Textile Factory of Covilhã, 1764-1850" (2022.01243.PTDC), aims at uniting Science, History and Art for the preservation of lost crafts. Finally, I am one of the coordinators of the research team which has applied to a consortium, uniting the leading research labs in the study of natural colorants and top-of-the-edge companies for wool products' development.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Paula Nabais

Citation names

Nabais, Paula

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: FB10-F205-62C7
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7646-7470

Email addresses

p.nabais@fct.unl.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone

212948322 Ext.: 11307 (Professional)

Addresses

Department of Conservation and Restoration, FCT NOVA, Campus of Caparica, 2829-516, Caparica, Almada, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Humanities - History and Archaeology - Archaeology
Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Analytical Chemistry

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
Italian	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)
French	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2015 - 2019 Concluded	PhD in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, specialization in Conservation Science (Doutoramento) Major in Conservation Science Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal "Identity and connections within medieval heritage: color in the illuminated manuscript through the eyes of the molecular sciences and humanities" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Approved by unanimity
2012 - 2014 Concluded	MSc in Conservation and Restoration, specialization in Conservation Science (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal "Spectroscopic Characterization of Natural Dyes for their Non-invasive Identification on Pre-Columbian Codices: the Maya Yellow" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18
2009 - 2012 Concluded	Bachelor in Conservation and Restoration (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal	16

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/06 - 2028/05	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
	Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
2021/12 - 2022/05	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Unidade de Investigação Vidro e Cerâmica para as Artes, Portugal

2021/05 - 2021/11	Postdoc (Research)	Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal

2019/11/01 - 2020/12/31	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2015/01/01 - 2019/09/19	PhD student	Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2023/03/06 - 2026/03/05	REVIVE: The threads of the past weaving the future: The colors from the Royal Textile Factory of Covilhã, 1764-1850 2022.01243.PTDC 10.54499/2022.01243.PTDC 10.54499/2022.01243.PTDC Principal investigator Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021 - 2025	TexRec – Virtual Reconstruction, Interpretation and Preservation of the Textile Artefacts from the Oseberg Find 316268 Other Universitetet i Oslo Kulturhistorisk Museum, Norway	Ongoing
2015/01/01 - 2018/12/31	Identity and connections within medieval heritage: color in the illuminated manuscript through the eyes of the molecular sciences and humanities PD/BD/105895/2014 PhD Student Fellow Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2013 - 2014	Erasmus Studentship Grant by the European Union N/A Master Student Fellow Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy	Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2019/11/01 - Current	Polyphenols in Art: Chemistry and Biology Hand in Hand with Conservation of Cultural Heritage PTDC/QUI-OUT/29925/2017 Researcher Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2018/10 - Current	STEMMA: From Singing to Writing - Survey on Material Production and Routes of Galician-Portuguese Lyric PTDC/LLT-EGL/30984/2017 Researcher Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2022 - 2028	YES - Disclosing Lost yellows: Science and Art for a Sustainable Preservation of Natural Yellows in Cultural Heritage 2021.01344.CEECIND Principal investigator Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2020/05/01 - 2024	Europe through Textiles: European Network in an integrated and interdisciplinary field of the Humanities CA19131 Researcher European Research Council, Belgium	European Cooperation in Science and Technology Ongoing
2018/10/01 - 2021/09/30	STEMMA: Do canto à escrita - produção material e percursos da lírica galego-portuguesa / From singing to writing. Survey on the material production and routes of Galician-Portuguese lyric PTDC/LLT-EGL/30984/2017 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	Instituto de Estudos Medievais UID/HIS/00749/2019 Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde - Tecnologias e Processos Limpos UID/QUI/50006/2019 LA/P/0008/2020 10.54499/LA/P/0008/2020 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal Universidade de Évora, Portugal Unidade de Investigação Vidro e Cerâmica para as Artes, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Dom Luiz, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2023/01/02 - 2024/07/01	REDiscovering madder colours: Science & Art for the preservation and creation of cultural heritage 2022.02909.PTDC 10.54499/2022.02909.PTDC The Courtauld Institute of Art, United Kingdom Politecnico di Milano, Italy Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2017 - 2019	Vienna Genesis (Cod. Theol. gr. 31): Material analysis and Conservation of a late antique purple manuscript PUB 667 Selbständige Publikationen Researcher Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Austria	Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung
2016 - 2019	Investigación y análisis para el conocimiento y la preservación de un patrimonio documental: los manuscritos andalusíes HAR2016-77482-R Researcher	Gobierno de España Ministerio de Economía y Empresa Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	João Almeida Lopes. "Natural Organic Colorants on Medieval Manuscripts by Molecular Fluorescence". In Molecular Luminescence in Cultural Heritage. Switzerland: Springer Series on Fluorescence, Springer Nature, 2024. Under revision Irina Petroviciu; Nabais, Paula; Maria João Melo. "Red dyes from West to East in medieval Europe: from Portuguese manuscript illuminations to Romanian textiles". In EuroWeb Anthology. 2024. Under revision Nabais, Paula; Cecilie Brons; Magdalena M. Wozniak. "Reds, Blues and Yellows: Interdisciplinary insights into the use of madder, indigo/woad and weld in textiles, polychromy, and manuscripts". In EuroWeb Anthology. 2024. Under revision Nabais, Paula; Maria João Melo; Vieira, Márcia; Graça Videira Lopes; Laura Férnandez Férnandez. "The Brightest Color of All in Medieval Illuminations". In Handbook of Medieval Book Ornament. 2023. In press Maurizo Aceto; Maria João Melo; Eliza Calá; Nabais, Paula; Rita Araújo. "Identification of the purple dye on the Vienna Genesis". In Vienna Genesis: Material analysis and conservation of a Late Antique illuminated manuscript on purple parchment, edited by Christa Hofmann. Austria: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Verlage, 2020. Published Melo, M.J.; Nabais, P.; Araújo, R.; Vitorino, T.. "The conservation of medieval manuscript illuminations: A chemical perspective". 407-426. 2020.
Conference abstract	Teixeira, Natércia; Nabais, Paula; Jane Malcolm-Davies; Beatrice Behlen. "Dyestuff identification in 16th-century waistcoats: a multi-analytical approach.". Paper presented in 42nd Dyes in History & Archaeology conference, Copenhagen, 2023. Published Sotoudeh, Malihe; Teixeira, Natércia; Otero, Vanessa; Nabais, Paula; Melo, Maria João. "Empowering Raman spectroscopy with Chemometrics for better molecular identification of iron gall inks in written cultural heritage.". Paper presented in RAA2023 - 11th International Conference on the Application of Raman Spectroscopy in Art and Archaeology, Athens, 2023. Published Teixeira, Natércia; Díaz Hidalgo, Rafael Javier; Nabais, Paula; Maria João Melo; Ricardo Córdoba; Sotoudeh, Malihe. "In the darkness of the lamp. Elaboration of carbon and mixed inks from the light of a source of al-Andalus.". Paper presented in XIV edition of the International Congress on the History of Paper in the Iberian Peninsula, Toledo, 2023. Published Teixeira, Natércia; Cruz, Hugo; André Neto e Silva; Luís Cunha-Silva; Nabais, Paula; Pina, Fernando; Victor de Freitas; Maria João Melo. "Medieval writing: the chemistry behind iron gall inks". Paper presented in Technart 2023, Lisbon, 2023. Accepted Nabais, Paula; Salvado, R.; Filipe, Graça; Pinheiro, Elisa; Helena Correia. "REVIVE and the ARQUEOTEX database: the production of uniforms for the Portuguese army in the Pombaline Royal Manufacture of Wool of Covilhã, 1764-1850". Paper presented in Workshop Lists and Inventories of Textiles from Ancient to Modern Times, 2023. Nabais, Paula; Salvado, R.; Crippa, Mila; Santo, Mara; Cardon, Dominique; Sandrine Rozier. "The threads of the past weaving the future: Exploring 18th-century Portuguese and French wool dyeing recipes". Paper presented in International Conference of ICOM-CC, Valência, 2023. Teixeira, Natércia; André Neto e Silva; Luís Cunha-Silva; Nabais, Paula; Rangel, Maria; Fernando Pina; Victor de Freitas; Maria João Melo. "Unveiling the iron-polyphenol complexes behind medieval iron gall inks through a muti-analytical methodology.". Paper presented in 8th EuChemS Chemistry Congress, Lisbon, 2022. Published Teixeira, Natércia; Fernando Pina; Nabais, Paula; Sotoudeh, Malihe; Victor de Freitas; Maria João Melo. Corresponding author: Teixeira, Natércia. "Unveiling the color and stability of the black complexes behind iron gall inks". Paper presented in Gordon Research Conference on Scientific Methods in Cultural Heritage Research, Les Diablerets, 2022. Published Maria João Melo; Nabais, Paula; Fernando Pina; Teixeira, Natércia; Victor de Freitas. "Advances on iron gall inks: revealing the complex polyphenol systems used to write the medieval book". Paper presented in International Conference on Polyphenols, Madison, 2018. Published Nabais, Paula; Maria João Melo; Dominique Cardon; Adelaide Clemente; Maria Conceição Oliveira. "In search of lost yellows: identification and occurrence of ancient polyphenol yellows in Portuguese plant, part II". Paper presented in 37th Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 37), 2018. Published Márcia Vieira; Nabais, Paula; Eva Mariasole Angelin; Maria João Melo; Lourdes Martín. "Organic reds in Al-Andaluz: a study on medieval Islamic manuscripts". Paper presented in 37th Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 37), 2018. Published Maria João Melo; Nabais, Paula; Fernando Pina; Teixeira, Natércia; Victor de Freitas. "The dark-side of polyphenols in medieval manuscripts: a study on iron gall inks". Paper presented in ", 36th Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 36), Hampton Court, 2017. Published Nabais, Paula; Maria João Melo; Maria Guimarães; Araújo, Rita; Rita Castro; Maria Conceição Oliveira; Isabella Whitworth; Adelaide Clemente. "Revisiting the Purples of Chrozophora Tinctoria". Paper presented in 35th Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 35), Pisa, 2016. Published Maria João Melo; Nabais, Paula; Rita Castro; Tatiana Vitorino; Graça Videira Lopes. "A medieval illuminated manuscript "Ajuda Songbook": what the identification of organic dyes in the colour paints can tell us?". Paper presented in 34th Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 34), Thessaloniki, 2015. Published Nabais, Paula; David Buti; Chiara Grazia; Aldo Romani; Antonio Sgamellotti; Costanza Miliani. "Spectroscopic Characterization of Natural Dyes for their Non-invasive Identification on Pre-Columbian Codizes: the Maya Yellow". Paper presented in 3rd International Congress on Chemistry for Cultural Heritage (CHEMCH), Vienna, 2014. Published
Conference paper	Catarina Costeira; Francisco B. Gomes; Nabais, Paula; Alina Iancu. "Abordagens Interdisciplinares para o Estudo Histórico e Arqueológico do Património Têxtil: Experiências e Perspetivas da Ação COST EuroWeb". Paper presented in Actas do IV Congresso da Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses, 2023. Submitted Teixeira, Natércia; Nabais, Paula; Santo, Mara; Victor de Freitas. "Back from the past: Polyphenols as eco-innovative mordanting solutions for the textile dyeing industry". Paper presented in XXXI International Conference on Polyphenols, Nantes, 2023. Accepted Rafael Javier Díaz Hidalgo; Sotoudeh, Malihe; Nabais, Paula; Maria João Melo; Ricardo Córdoba; Teixeira, Natércia. "“En la Oscuridad de la lámpara. La elaboración de tintas de carbono y mistas a la luz de una fuente de al-Ándalus, que nos revelan sus evidencias experimentales". Paper presented in Actas XIV Congreso Internacional de Historia del Papel en la Península Ibérica, 2023. Submitted Maria João Melo; Nabais, Paula; Vieira, Márcia. "Mistérios e segredos do Cancioneiro da Ajuda: para uma cronologia do Cancioneiro da Ajuda através dos materiais da cor". Paper presented in Actas Congresso Mistérios e segredos do Cancioneiro da Ajuda, 2022. Submitted Maria João Melo; Nabais, Paula. "Uma paleta iluminada para as grandes bíblias do românico português: Uma abordagem interdisciplinar". Paper presented in Colóquio das Bíblias Românicas, 2022. Under revision Teixeira, Natércia; Nabais, Paula; André Neto e Silva; Nuno Mateus; Fernando Pina; Maria Rangel; Maria João Melo; Victor de Freitas. "Unveiling the iron-tannin complexes behind medieval iron gall inks". Paper presented in XXX International Conference on Polyphenols, Turku, 2021. Published Nabais, Paula; Maria João Melo; Mark Clarke. "Tangled threads: Reflection on the historical recipes on folium purple dye". Paper presented in 8th symposium of the ICOM-CC working group on Art Technological Source Research, Cologne, 2019. Accepted Ana Luís; Nabais, Paula; Ana Rita Araújo; Márcia Vieria; Maria João Melo; Díaz Hidalgo, Rafael Javier; Ricardo Córdoba; Natércia Teixeira; Lourdes Martín. "A arte de fazer tintas de escrita medievais no Al-Andalus: o que nos dizem as frontes escritas e o que nos traz a evidência experimental". Paper presented in XIII Congreso Internacional de Historia del Papel en la Península Ibérica, Málaga, 2019. Published Ana Luís; Nabais, Paula; Rita Araújo; Márcia Vieira; Maria João Melo; Rafael Javier Díaz; Ricardo Córdoba; Teixeira, Natércia; Lourdes Martín. "The art of making medieval writing inks in Al-Andalus: What the written sources tell us and what brings us the experimental evidence". Paper presented in XII Congresso Internacional Historia del papel en la Península Ibérica, Málaga, 2019. Published Sharif, Samaneh; Nabais, Paula; Maria J. Melo. "Natural yellow dye sources in Persian carpets: a review". Paper presented in 36th Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 36), 2017. Published Maria J. Melo; Nabais, Paula; Tatiana Vitorino. "The production of colour in medieval illuminated manuscripts: the written record and experimental evidence". Paper presented in International Meeting Technical Knowledge in Europe: from Written Texts to Archaeological Evidences (13th-16th centuries), 2015. Published
Conference poster	Sotoudeh, Malihe; Nabais, Paula; Otero, Vanessa. "Traditional Iranian Dyeing Technique: Insights from a Hands-On Workshop Experience". Paper presented in 42nd Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 42), 2023. Nabais, Paula; Crippa, Mila; Mara Santo; Rita Salvado; Cardon, Dominique. "The threads of the past weaving the future: exploring the Portuguese and French wool dyeing recipes from the 18th century". Paper presented in ICOM-CC 20th Triennal Conference, 2023. Rafael Javier Díaz Hidalgo; Vieira, Márcia; Nabais, Paula; Maria João Melo; Teixeira, Natércia. "The making of black inks in the Arabic treatise by al-Qalalusi dated from the 13th c. Towards an Iberian writing ink workshop". Paper presented in 2nd International Conference on Drugs&Colors in History: From the Past to the Present, 2023. Sotoudeh, Malihe; Nabais, Paula; Vanessa Otero; Maria João Melo. "The Explanation of Crafts: multi-analytical characterization of iron-gall inks prepared following a 12th-century Persian treatise". Paper presented in International conference on analytical techniques in art and cultural heritage (TECHNART), 2023. Teixeira, Natércia; André Neto e Silva; Luís Cunha-Silva; Nabais, Paula; Maria Rangel; Fernando Pina; Maria João Melo. "To be or not to be an iron gall ink: a multi-analytical methodology for the study of iron-polyphenol complexes". Paper presented in 41st Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 39), 2022. Cardon, Dominique; Nabais, Paula; Patrick Brenac; Isabelle Castel- Brenac. "Blue and Yellow – A colourful approach to the dialectic between written sources and experimental archaeology". Paper presented in 41st Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 39), 2022. Nabais, Paula. "Beyond Colour: the study of historically accurate reconstructions for a better understanding of colour in textiles". Paper presented in 8th Purpureae Vestes, 2022. Nabais, Paula; Mara Santo; Maria João Melo; Cardon, Dominique; Adelaide Clemente; Rita Salvado. "Disclosing Lost yellows: Science and Art for a Sustainable Preservation of Natural Yellows in Cultural Heritage". Paper presented in Gordon Research Conference on Scientific Methods in Cultural Heritage Research, 2022. Crippa, Mila; Maria João Melo; Nabais, Paula. "Ambiguous instructions and missing information: challenges in decoding medieval recipe books for the reconstructions of lac dye paints and their full molecular characterisation". Paper presented in Gordon Research Conference on Scientific Methods in Cultural Heritage Research, 2022. Vieira, Márcia; Nabais, Paula; Maria J. Melo; Laura Fernandez Ferandez; Federica Pozzi. "Safeguarding illuminated manuscripts: Handheld Raman spectrometer as a key instrument for materials characterization". Paper presented in 4th International Caparica Christmas Conference on Transational Chemistry – IC3TC 2021, 2021. Maria Carolina Veneno; Nabais, Paula; Vanessa Otero; Adelaide Clemente; Maria João Melo. "Back from the past: historical and experimental research of Winsor & Newton 19th century recipes for Reseda luteola". Paper presented in Dyes in History and Archaeology 39, DHA 39, 2020. Vanessa Otero; Rafael Javier Díaz Hidalgo; Hermine Grigoryan; Nabais, Paula; Natércia Teixeira; Maria João Melo. "Uncovering al-Qalalusi 13th-century treatise on ink making: new contributions to the study of medieval iron gall inks". Paper presented in Dyes in History and Archaeology 39, DHA 39, 2020. Nabais, Paula; Maria João Melo; Teixeira, Natércia; Rafael Díaz Hidalgo; Victor Freitas; Fernando Pina. "Polyphenolic characterization of iron-gall inks through the use of historically accurate reconstructions". Paper presented in 3rd International Caparica Christmas Conference on Translational Chemistry, 2019. Teixeira, Natércia; Alexandre Silva; Catarina Henriques; Filipa Silva Campos; Inês Costa; Nabais, Paula; Nuno Mates; et al. "Disclosing medieval Iberian iron-gall inks recipes through the use of historically accurate reconstructions". Paper presented in 38th Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 38), 2019. Teixeira, Natércia; Nabais, Paula; Nuno Mateus; Maria João Melo; Victor de Freitas. "Enlightening the phenolics compounds present in iron-gall inks obtained through the use of historically accurate reconstructions". Paper presented in Dyes in history and Archaeology 37, 2018. Teixeira, Natércia; Nabais, Paula; Mateus, Nuno; Melo, Maria João; Freitas, Victor de. "Enlightening the phenolic compounds present in iron-gall inks obtained through the use of historically accurate reconstructions". Paper presented in 37th Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 37), 2018. Sharif, Samaneh; Melo, Maria João; Nabais, Paula; Clemente, Adelaide; Oliveira, Maria Conceição. "Identification and characterization of natural yellow dye sources of Persian carpet using high pressure liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry HPLC-MS". Paper presented in 37th Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 37), 2018. Díaz Hidalgo, Rafael Javier; Luís, Ana; Nabais, Paula; Melo, Maria João. "Archaeological experimentation of Iberian iron-gall ink recipes from the 15th-17th century". Paper presented in 37th Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 37), 2018. Melo, Maria João; Miranda, Maria Adelaide; Casanova, Maria Conceição; Nabais, Paula; Araújo, Rita. "Treating the untreated. Assessing safeness and effectiveness of current preservation treatments for medieval manuscript illuminations". Paper presented in Gordon Research Conference on Scientific Methods in Cultural Heritage Research, 2018. Nabais, Paula; Melo, Maria João; Lopes, João A.; Vitorino, Tatiana; Neves, Artur; Castro, Rita; Romani, Aldo. "Chemometrics hand in hand with microspectrofluorimetry for the safeguard of dyes and lake pigments in artworks". Paper presented in Gordon Research Conference on Scientific Methods in Cultural Heritage Research, 2018. Nabais, Paula; Melo, Maria João; Sharif, Samaneh; Clemente, Adelaide; Oliveira, Maria Conceição. "In search of "lost yellows": identification and occurrence of polyphenol yellows in Portuguese plants". Paper presented in 36th Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 36), 2017. Araújo, Rita; Nabais, Paula; Casanova, Maria Conceição; Melo, Maria João. "The Degradation of Silver Paints in Medieval Manuscripts". Paper presented in Manuscripts in the Making: Art and Science, 2016. Nabais, Paula; Melo, Maria João; Guimarães, Maria; Whitworth, Isabella; Teixeira, Soraia; Neves, Artur. "A Closer Look into the Making of Lake Pigments for Medieval Manuscripts: Exploring Microspectrofluorimetry". Paper presented in Manuscripts in the Making: Art and Science, 2016. Araujo, Rita; Maria J. Melo; Nabais, Paula; Tatiana Vitorino; Oliveira, Maria Conceicao; Casanova, Conceicao; Lemos, Ana. "Characterization of Dyes used in Textile Bookbinding". Paper presented in 35th Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 35), 2016.
Exhibition catalog	Nabais, Paula; Maria João Melo; Joana Sequeira. Natural dyes at the Exhibition Commercial textile production on the Hanse Era. 2022.
Journal article	Mara Santo; Dominique Cardon; Natércia Teixeira; Paula Nabais. "Yellow Dyes of Historical Importance: A Handful of Weld Yellows from the 18th-Century Recipe Books of French Master Dyers Antoine Janot and Paul Gout". Heritage (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage6120391. 10.3390/heritage6120391 Nabais, Paula; Malcolm-Davies, Jane; Melo, Maria João; Teixeira, Natércia; Behlen, Beatrice. "Early modern knitted caps (fifteenth to sixteenth centuries): analyzing dyes in archaeological samples using microspectrofluorimetry complemented by HPLC–MS". Heritage Science 11 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40494-023-01020-4. Open access • Published • 10.1186/s40494-023-01020-4 Veiga, Tiago; Moro, Artur J.; Nabais, Paula; Vilarigues, Márcia; Otero, Vanessa. "A First Approach to the Study of Winsor & Newton’s 19th-Century Manufacture of Madder Red Lake Pigments". Heritage 6 4 (2023): 3606-3621. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/heritage6040192. Open access • Published • 10.3390/heritage6040192 Grigoryan, Hermine; Vieira, Márcia; Nabais, Paula; Araújo, Rita; Melo, Maria J.; Manso, Marta; Miranda, Maria Adelaide; Rodrigues, Jorge. "Exceptional Illuminated Manuscripts at the Gulbenkian Museum: The Colors of a Bible and Three Gospels Produced in the Armenian Diaspora". Heritage 6 3 (2023): 3211-3231. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/heritage6030170. 10.3390/heritage6030170 Vieira, Márcia; Nabais, Paula; Hidalgo, Rafael Javier Díaz; Melo, Maria J.; Pozzi, Federica. "The only surviving Medieval codex of Galician-Portuguese secular poetry: tracing history through luxury pink colors". Heritage Science 11 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40494-023-00863-1. 10.1186/s40494-023-00863-1 Melo, Maria J.; Freitas, Ana; Vieira, Cristiana; Vilarigues, Márcia; Vieira, Márcia; Nabais, Paula; Sequeira, Sílvia; et al. "Study of the Materials and Techniques of a Rare Papier-Mâché Mushroom Model Crafted in H. Arnoldi Factory". Molecules 28 3 (2023): 1062. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28031062. Published • 10.3390/molecules28031062 Díaz Hidalgo, Rafael Javier; Córdoba, Ricardo; Grigoryan, Hermine; Vieira, Márcia; Melo, Maria J.; Nabais, Paula; Otero, Vanessa; et al. "The making of black inks in an Arabic treatise by al-Qalalusi dated from the 13th c.: reproduction and characterisation of iron-gall ink recipes". Heritage Science 11 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40494-022-00823-1. Published • 10.1186/s40494-022-00823-1 Jane Malcolm-Davies; Beatrice Behlen; Maria João Melo; Teixeira, Natércia. "A handful of anthraquinone reds: a complementary approach for the characterization of dyes in early modern knitted textiles with molecular fluorescence and HPLC-MS". Heritage Science (2023): Open access • In press Melo, Maria João; Nabais, Paula; Vieira, Márcia; Araújo, Rita; Otero, Vanessa; Lopes, João; Martín, Lourdes. "Between past and future: Advanced studies of ancient colours to safeguard cultural heritage and new sustainable applications". Dyes and Pigments 208 (2022): 110815. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2022.110815. Published • 10.1016/j.dyepig.2022.110815 Agata Ulanowska; Francisco B. Gomes; Alina Iancu; Christina Margariti; Nabais, Paula; Marie-Louise Bech Nosch; Louise Quillien; et al. "EuroWeb COST Action CA 19131: Europe through Textiles. Network for an integrated and interdisciplinary Humanities". Archaeological Textiles Review 64 (2022): 147-155. Published Melo, Maria João; Otero, Vanessa; Nabais, Paula; Teixeira, Natércia; Pina, Fernando; Casanova, Conceição; Fragoso, Sara; Sequeira, Sílvia O.. "Iron-gall inks: a review of their degradation mechanisms and conservation treatments". Heritage Science 10 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40494-022-00779-2. Published • 10.1186/s40494-022-00779-2 Sharif, Samaneh; Nabais, Paula; Melo, Maria J.; Pina, Fernando; Oliveira, M. Conceição. "Photoreactivity and stability of flavonoid yellows used in cultural heritage". Dyes and Pigments 199 (2022): 110051. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2021.110051. Published • 10.1016/j.dyepig.2021.110051 Sharif, Samaneh; Nabais, Paula; Melo, Maria J.; Pina, Fernando; Oliveira, M. Conceição. "Photoreactivity and stability of flavonoid yellows used in cultural heritage". Dyes and Pigments 199 (2022): 110051. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2021.110051. Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.dyepig.2021.110051 Marie Louise Bech Nosch; Agata Ulanowska; Francisco Gomes; Francesco Meo; Alina Iancu; Louise Quillien; Hana Lukesova; et al. "EuroWeb COST Action CA 19131: Europe through Textiles. Network for an integrated and interdisciplinary Humanities: A mid-term report". Archaeological Textiles Review 64 (2022): 147-155. Published Nabais, Paula; Maria João Melo; João A. Lopes; Márcia Vieira; Rita Castro; Romani, Aldo. "Organic colorants based on lac dye and brazilwood as markers for a chronology and geography of medieval scriptoria: a chemometrics approach". Heritage Science 9 32 (2021): Open access • Published Teixeira, Natércia; Nabais, Paula; Freitas, Victor; Maria João Melo. "In-depth phenolic characterization of iron gall inks by deconstructing representative Iberian recipes". Science Reports 11 8811 (2021): Open access • Published Maria Veneno; Paula Nabais; Vanessa Otero; Adelaide Clemente; M. Conceição Oliveira; Maria João Melo. "Yellow Lake Pigments from Weld in Art: Investigating the Winsor & Newton 19th Century Archive". Heritage 4 1 (2021): 422-436. https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage4010026. 10.3390/heritage4010026 Nabais, P.; Melo, M.J.; Lopes, J.A.; Vieira, M.; Castro, R.; Romani, A.. "Organic colorants based on lac dye and brazilwood as markers for a chronology and geography of medieval scriptoria: a chemometrics approach". Heritage Science 9 1 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85102553600&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1186/s40494-021-00490-8 Teixeira, N.; Nabais, P.; de Freitas, V.; Lopes, J.A.; Melo, M.J.. "In-depth phenolic characterization of iron gall inks by deconstructing representative Iberian recipes". Scientific Reports 11 1 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85104893306&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1038/s41598-021-87969-3 Nabais, Paula; Joana Oliveira; Fernando Pina; Teixeira, Natércia; Victor de Freitas; Natércia F. Brás; Clemente, Adelaide; Maria Rangel; André Silva. "A 1000-year-old mystery solved: the first molecular structure for the medieval blue from Chrozophora tinctoria, also known as folium". Science Advances 6 16 (2020): https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/16/eaaz7772. Open access • Published • 10.1126/sciadv.aaz7772 Samaneh Sharif; Nabais, Paula; Maria João Melo; Maria Conceição Oliveira. "Traditional Yellow Dyes Used in the 21st Century in Central Iran: the Knowledge of Master Dyers Revealed by HPLC-DAD and UHPLC-HRMS". Molecules 25 908 (2020): https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/25/4/908. Open access • Published • 10.3390/molecules25040908 Márcia Vieira; Paula Nabais; Eva Mariasole Angelin; Rita Araújo; João Almeida Lopes; Lourdes Martín; Marta Sameño; Maria J. Melo. "Organic red colorants in Islamic manuscripts (12th-15th c.) produced in al-Andalus, part 1". Dyes and Pigments 166 (2019): 451-459. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2019.03.061. 10.1016/j.dyepig.2019.03.061 Melo, Maria J.; Nabais, Paula; Araújo, Rita; Vitorino, Tatiana. "The conservation of medieval manuscript illuminations: A chemical perspective". Physical Sciences Reviews 0 0 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/psr-2018-0017. 10.1515/psr-2018-0017 Vieira, Márcia; Nabais, Paula; Angelin, Eva Mirasole; Araújo, Rita; Lopes, João Almeida; Martín, Lourdes; Sameño, Marta; Melo, Maria João. "Organic reds in Islamic manuscripts (12th-15th c.) produced in al-Andalus, part 1". Dyes and Pigments (2019): Accepted Paula Nabais; Maria J. Melo; João A. Lopes; Tatiana Vitorino; Artur Neves; Rita Castro. "Microspectrofluorimetry and chemometrics for the identification of medieval lake pigments". Heritage Science 6 (2018): https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-018-0178-1. Open access • Published • 10.1186/s40494-018-0178-1 Díaz Hidalgo, Rafael Javier; Córdoba, Ricardo; Nabais, Paula; Silva, Valéria; Melo, Maria J.; Pina, Fernando; Teixeira, Natércia; Freitas, Victor. "New insights into iron-gall inks through the use of historically accurate reconstructions". Heritage Science 6 1 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40494-018-0228-8. Open access • Published • 10.1186/s40494-018-0228-8 Araujo, Rita; Nabais, Paula; Cardoso, Isabel Pombo; Casanova, Conceicao; Lemos, Ana; Melo, Maria J.. "Silver paints in medieval manuscripts: a first molecular survey into their degradation". Heritage Science 6 (2018): https://heritagesciencejournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40494-018-0172-7. Open access • Published • 10.1186/s40494-018-0172-7 Melo, Maria J.; Rita Castro; Tatiana Vitorino; Nabais, Paula; Nabais, Paula. "The book on how to make all the colour paints for illuminating books: unravelling a Portuguese Hebrew illuminators’ manual". Heritage Science 6 (2018): https://heritagesciencejournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40494-018-0208-z. Open access • Published • 10.1186/s40494-018-0208-z Nabais, Paula; Castro, Rita; Lopes, Graca Videira; de Sousa, Luis Correia; Melo, Maria Joao. "Singing with light: an interdisciplinary study on the medieval Ajuda Songbook". Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies 8 2 (2016): 283-312. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17546559.2016.1234061?journalCode=ribs20. 10.1080/17546559.2016.1234061 Melo, Maria Joao; Nabais, Paula; Guimaraes, Maria; Araujo, Rita; Castro, Rita; Oliveira, Maria Conceicao; Whitworth, Isabella. "Organic dyes in illuminated manuscripts: a unique cultural and historic record". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society a-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences 374 2082 (2016): https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsta.2016.0050?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3Dpubmed&. 10.1098/rsta.2016.0050
Thesis / Dissertation	Nabais, Paula. "Identity and connections within medieval heritage: color in the illuminated manuscript through the eyes of the molecular sciences and humanities". PhD, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2019. https://run.unl.pt/handle/10362/84669. Nabais, Paula Sofia Fonseca. "Spectroscopic characterization of natural dyes by their non-invasive identification on pre-Columbian codices: the Maya yellow". Master, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/13591.

Other

Other output

EuroWeb COST Action CA 19131: Europe through Textiles. Network for an integrated and interdisciplinary Humanities: A mid-term report. 2022. Ulanowska, A.; Gomes, F.B.; Iancu, A.; Margariti, C.; Nabais, P.; Nosch, M.-L.; Quillien, L.; et al. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85160332834&partnerID=MN8TOARS.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/11	Abordagens Interdisciplinares para o Estudo Histórico e Arqueológico do Património Têxtil: Experiências e Perspetivas da Ação COST EuroWeb	IV Congresso da Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses (Portugal)
2023/11	Dyestuff identification in 16th-century waistcoats: a multi-analytical approach	42nd Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 42) (Denmark)
2023/11	Mémoires de Teinture: the yellows from an 18th-century recipe book by Paul Gout	42nd Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 42) (Denmark)
2023/11	From Scarlet to Crimson: Analytical and Historical Insight into Recipes with Lac Dye	42nd Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 42) (Denmark)
2023/10	Bridging Science and Art: innovative methodologies for the identification of organic colorants in artworks	Lecture for Research group NorCol- Norwegian Colors
2023/10	REVIVE and the ARQUEOTEX database: the production of uniforms for the Portuguese army in the Pombaline Royal Manufacture of Wool of Covilhã, 1764-1850	Workshop Lists and Inventories of Textiles from Ancient to Modern Times
2023/09	Reconstrucción de recetas de teñido de la lana a partir del Manual del tintorero Joanot Valero (siglo XV)	XV Seminário de Historia Medieval, “Pruévalo e verás ques cierto: Técnicas y conocimientos de la sociedad medieval” (Spain)
2023/09	The production of dyed wool textiles in the Iberian Peninsula: technical knowledge from the 15th to the 18th centuries	2nd International Conference on Drugs&Colors in History: From the Past to the Present (Portugal)
2023/09	More than a brazilwood rose: reproducibility and stability of accurate historical reconstructions	2nd International Conference on Drugs&Colors in History: From the Past to the Present (Portugal)
2023/07	Back from the past: polyphenols as eco-innovative mordanting solutions for the textile dyeing industry	XXXI International Conference on Polyphenols (ICP) (France)
2023/07	The threads of the past weaving the future: The colors from the Royal Textile Factory of Covilhã, 1764-1850	VI CHAM International Conference “Heritage for a common future, futures for a common heritage (Portugal)
2023/07	Silk, stains and science of a knitted waistcoat: The lab is a foreign country but do they do things differently there?	Conference ArtBioMatters (United States)
2023/05	En la Oscuridad de la lámpara. La elaboración de tintas de carbono y mistas a la luz de una fuente de al-Ándalus, que nos revelan sus evidencias experimentales	XIV Congreso Internacional de Historia del Papel en la Península Ibérica (Spain)
2023/05	New insight into lac dye reds: optimization of portable molecular fluorescence for the characterization of dyed textiles	International conference on analytical techniques in art and cultural heritage (TECHNART) (Portugal)
2023/05	Improving the identification of red lake pigments on historical hand-painted magic lantern glass slides	International conference on analytical techniques in art and cultural heritage (TECHNART) (Portugal)
2023/05	Going green: The secret behind a fragile yet remarkable medieval color	International conference on analytical techniques in art and cultural heritage (TECHNART) (Portugal)
2023/05	Medieval writing: the chemistry behind iron gall inks	Melo, “Medieval writing: the chemistry behind iron gall inks”, International conference on analytical techniques in art and cultural heritage (TECHNART) (Portugal)
2023/05	Molecular fluorescence: disclosing the dyeing formulations of weld yellows from 18th-century recipe books	Melo, “Medieval writing: the chemistry behind iron gall inks”, International conference on analytical techniques in art and cultural heritage (TECHNART) (Portugal)
2022/10	Immersion into the Royal Textile Factory Dye-house, a Portuguese manufacture of the 18th century	29th CIETA Congress “Excavations and Discoveries (Switzerland)
2022/10	Finding madder reds in 19th-early 20th century oil paintings	41st Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 41) (Sweden)
2022/09	As cores do Cancioneiro da Ajuda no contexto dos scriptoria de Afonso X, o Sábio	Mistérios e Segredos dos Cancioneiros: caminhos da poesia, iluminura e escrita nas cantigas medievais galego-portuguesas (Portugal)
2022/05	Uma paleta iluminada para as bíblias monumentais do mosteiro de Santa Cruz	A escrita e a arte da iluminura medieval (Portugal)
2022	The colors of Portuguese Romanesque Bibles: results of interdisciplinary research	Romanic Bibles Coloquia
2022	Yellow Dyes of Historical Importance V. A handful of weld yellows from the 18th century recipe books of French master dyers Antoine Janot and Paul Gout	41st Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 41) (Sweden)
2021/11	A new advanced technique for the characterization of dyes in ancient textiles: microspectrofluorimetry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNcspGPYVoU	Advanced Analytical Techniques for Textiles (Greece)
2021/02	Organic colorants based on lac dye and brazilwood as markers for a chronology and geography of artworks	Workhop of working groups COST ACTION EuroWeb COST ACTION EuroWeb
2021	A New World of Possibilities: Handheld Raman spectrometer for the in situ analysis of Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts	Science and Sensitivity (Italy)
2021	Colors in Art: Past, Present and Future	8th International Color & Coating Congress (ICCC 2021)
2021	The world of natural dyes	Fiar, Tecer Tingir & Coser: perspectivas interdisciplinares sobre os têxteis históricos em Portugal
2021	The brightest colour of all in medieval illuminations	Shades of Purple Conference (Switzerland)
2020/10	Organic colorants as markers for a chronology and geography of medieval scriptoria and workshops	Dyes in History and Archaeology 39, DHA 39 (Sibiu, Romania)
2020/10	Brazilwood lake pigments in the illuminated manuscripts of Alfonso X: their first use in medieval European manuscripts?	Dyes in History and Archaeology 39, DHA 39 (Sibiu, Romania)
2019/12	Polyphenolic characterization of iron-gall inks through the use of historically accurate reconstructions	3rd International Caparica Christmas Conference on Translational Chemistry Proteomass Scientific Society (Portugal)
2019/09	Tangled Threads: reflection on the historical recipes on folium and orchil purple dyes and their identification on medieval manuscripts	ICOM-CC Working group meeting ATSR: Reflecting on Reconstructions Technology Arts Sciences TH Köln (Köln, Germany)
2019/06	The Art of making medieval writing inks in al-Andalus: written sources and experimental evidence, (A arte de fazer tintas de escrita medievais no Al-Andalus: o que nos dizem as frontes escritas e o que nos traz a evidência experimental)	XIII Congreso Internacional de Historia del Papel en la Península Ibérica
2019/05	Art, Literature, and Chemistry: New Approaches on Ajuda’s Songbook	54th International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo, United States)
2018/11	Study of the phenolic compounds present in medieval iron-gall inks by the use of historical reconstructions, (Estudo dos compostos fenólicos presentes em tintas ferrogálhicas medievais obtidas através do uso de reconstruções históricas)	XXIV Encontro Luso Galego de Química, Química e Sociedade (Porto, Portugal)
2018/10	In search of lost yellows: identification and occurrence of ancient polyphenol yellows in Portuguese plant, part II	37th Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 37) (Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/10	Organic reds in Al-Andaluz: a study on medieval Islamic manuscripts	37th Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 37) (Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/07	Advances on iron gall inks: revealing the complex polyphenol systems used to write the medieval book	International Conference on Polyphenols (Madison, United States)
2017/10	Medieval illuminations, the codex and its conservation: challenges to the molecular sciences, humanities and society, (A Iluminura Medieval, o Códice e a sua Conservação: desafios às ciências moleculares, humanidades e sociedade)	Interdisciplinary Conference on Iberian Manuscripts (Lisbon, Portugal)
2017/10	The dark-side of polyphenols in medieval manuscripts: a study on iron gall inks	36th Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 36) (Hampton Court, United Kingdom)
2017/02	L’usage de l’alun dans les pigments (12e-16e siècles)	Rencontre sur Les usages de l’alun dans les sociétés occidentales à la fin du Moyen Âge: approche interdisciplinaire (Ghent, Belgium)
2016/10	Revisiting the Purples of Chrozophora Tinctoria	35th Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 35) (Pisa, Italy)
2015/10	A medieval illuminated manuscript "Ajuda Songbook": what the identification of organic dyes in the colour paints can tell us?	34th Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 34) (Thessaloniki, Greece)
2014/07	Spectroscopic Characterization of Natural Dyes for their Non-invasive Identification on Pre-Columbian Codizes: the Maya Yellow	International Congress on Chemistry for Cultural Heritage (CHEMCH) (Vienna, Austria)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/02 - Current	Bridging Science & Art for the study and preservation of medieval Islamic manuscripts Supervisor of Mila Crippa	doctoral programme in conservation and restoration (PhD) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022/01 - Current	Towards Innovative and Green Conservation Strategies of Iron-gall Inks in Medieval Manuscripts Supervisor of Malihe Sotoudeh	doctoral programme in conservation and restoration (PhD) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020/09 - 2020/12	Os amarelos históricos de flavonóides: síntese e caracterização multianalítica Supervisor	Bachelor Degree in Applied Chemistry (Degree) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018 - 2019/07	A arte de fazer tintas de escrita medievais no Al-Andalus: o que nos dizem as frontes escritas e o que nos traz a evidência experimental, (The production of medieval writing inks in al-Andalus: what do the written sources and the experimental evidence tell us) Co-supervisor of Ana Galo Luís	Master in Conservation and Restoration (Conservação e Restauro) (Master) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/03 - 2018/07	Analysis of dragon's blood paints by SERS and HPLC Co-supervisor	Project in the course Analytical Methods in Cultural Heritage, Master in Conservation and Restoration (Master) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017 - 2018	Vermelhos orgânicos e inorgânicos em al-Andalus: caracterização de manuscritos medievais Islâmicos, (Organic and inorganic red in al-Andalus: characterization of Islamic medieval manuscripts) Co-supervisor of Márcia Vieira	Master in Conservation and Restoration (Conservação e Restauro) (Master) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017/03 - 2017/07	The Ajuda Songbook: a methodological approach for its reconstruction Co-supervisor	Project II, Master in Conservation and Restoration (Other) Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2017/03 - 2017/07	Iron Gall Inks: how are they produced and the state of the art of the degradation mechanisms Co-supervisor	Project II, Master in Conservation and Restoration (Other) Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2016/09 - 2017/02	Iron Gall Inks Reconstructions: Analysis of gallnut ink with carbon black Co-supervisor	Project I, Master in Conservation and Restoration (Other) Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2016/09 - 2017/02	Iron Gall Inks Reconstructions: analysis of inks made with myrtle and pomegranate with bone black and arabic gum Co-supervisor	Master in Conservation and Restoration, Project I (Other) Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2016 - 2017	Tintas ferrogálhicas: contributos para a sua caracterização e estabilização no espólio dos Dembos – caixa 09, (Iron-gall inks: contributes for its characterization and stabilization of the Dembos Archive) Co-supervisor	Master in Conservation and Restoration (Conservação e Restauro) (Master) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/03 - 2016/07	Kermes Lake Pigments Co-supervisor	Project in the course Analytical Methods in Cultural Heritage, Master in Conservation and Restoration (Master) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/03 - 2016/07	Ancient Purples on Manuscripts Co-supervisor	Project in the course Analytical Methods in Cultural Heritage, Master in Conservation and Restoration (Master) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2022/05 - Current	Main organizer of the international conference "Clothing Identities", May 2022 Cost Action EuroWeb (2022) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2021/01 - Current	Workshop gathering archeologists, conservators and heritage scientist for the fostering of new collaborative projects in for the preservation and study of archaeological textiles (2021/05/19 - 2021/05/21) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Arqueologia, Portugal
2022 - 2025	organising team (2023) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
2015 - 2019	Dissemination activity on Romanic Portuguese Illumination, workshops given at Kindergarden and High Schools in Lisbon (2015 - 2019) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Departamento de Conservação e Restauro, Portugal
2018/10/24 - 2018/10/27	Member of the Organising Committee of the 37th Dyes in History and Archaeology Meeting (2018/10/24 - 2018/10/27) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Departamento de Conservação e Restauro, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2022/06 - Current	Participation on the New European Bauhaus in Brussels, 2022 Participation in representation of EuroWeb Cost Action Exhibition	New European Bauhaus European Union, Belgium
2018/03/26 - 2018/03/26	Member of the Organizing Committee of the first Open Day of Conservation celebrating the 20 years of the Degree in Conservation and Restoration and the European Year of Heritage, including an exhibition "an artist like you have never seen him" Other	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016 - 2018	European Researcher's Night Other	European Researcher's Night Universidade de Lisboa Museu Nacional de História Natural, Portugal
2015 - 2018	Dissemination activity within the Expo FCT event for high school students Exhibition	EXPO FCT Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016 - 2016	Participation in the documentary film by Christophe Fonseca and Frédéric Wilner, Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, The Last Secret of Modern Art, France Télévisions Distribution, Réunion des musées nationaux - Grand Palais
2015/09 - 2015/09	Dissemination and support at the workshop “Iluminar com luz” from the project Conhecer Manuscritos Iluminados da Ajuda, at the Ajuda Library Workshop	Conhecer Manuscritos Iluminados da Ajuda Palácio Nacional da Ajuda Biblioteca da Ajuda, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2022/02	jury member for the PhD discussion of Samaneh Sharif, entitled "Natural yellow dyes in Persian Carpets: a holistic approach" (Thesis) Arguer	Samaneh Sharif (PhD) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2020/10 - 2024/10	Member for the Portuguese Management Committee for the Action COST: EuroWeb Member	European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2021 - 2024	Vice-Leader of WG 2 COST Action EuroWeb President / Vice-president	European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2021 - Current	VI Encontro Luso-Brasileiro Conservação e Restauro, Conexões 2021	Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brasil
2023/05 - 2023/05	Clothing Identities	EuroWeb Cost Action
2023 - 2023	Dyes in History and Archaeology	Denmark

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2020/06	Interview on the work developed for the publication: Paula Nabais, Joana Oliveira, Fernando Pina, Natércia Teixeira, Victor de Freitas, Natércia F. Brás, Adelaide Clemente, Maria Rangel, André M.S. Silva and Maria João Melo, "A 1000-year-old mystery solved: the first molecular structure for the medieval blue from Chrozophora tinctoria, also known as folium", Sci Adv. 6 (16), 2020	National Geographic
2020/04	Interview on the work developed for the publication: Paula Nabais, Joana Oliveira, Fernando Pina, Natércia Teixeira, Victor de Freitas, Natércia F. Brás, Adelaide Clemente, Maria Rangel, André M.S. Silva and Maria João Melo, "A 1000-year-old mystery solved: the first molecular structure for the medieval blue from Chrozophora tinctoria, also known as folium", Sci Adv. 6 (16), 2020	Público
2020/04	Interview on the work developed for the publication: Paula Nabais, Joana Oliveira, Fernando Pina, Natércia Teixeira, Victor de Freitas, Natércia F. Brás, Adelaide Clemente, Maria Rangel, André M.S. Silva and Maria João Melo, "A 1000-year-old mystery solved: the first molecular structure for the medieval blue from Chrozophora tinctoria, also known as folium", Sci Adv. 6 (16), 2020	Agência Lusa
2020/04	Interview on the work developed for the publication: Paula Nabais, Joana Oliveira, Fernando Pina, Natércia Teixeira, Victor de Freitas, Natércia F. Brás, Adelaide Clemente, Maria Rangel, André M.S. Silva and Maria João Melo, "A 1000-year-old mystery solved: the first molecular structure for the medieval blue from Chrozophora tinctoria, also known as folium", Sci Adv. 6 (16), 2020	Expresso
2020/04	Interview on the work developed for the publication: Paula Nabais, Joana Oliveira, Fernando Pina, Natércia Teixeira, Victor de Freitas, Natércia F. Brás, Adelaide Clemente, Maria Rangel, André M.S. Silva and Maria João Melo, "A 1000-year-old mystery solved: the first molecular structure for the medieval blue from Chrozophora tinctoria, also known as folium", Sci Adv. 6 (16), 2020	Atlas Obscura
2020/04	Interview on the work developed for the publication: Paula Nabais, Joana Oliveira, Fernando Pina, Natércia Teixeira, Victor de Freitas, Natércia F. Brás, Adelaide Clemente, Maria Rangel, André M.S. Silva and Maria João Melo, "A 1000-year-old mystery solved: the first molecular structure for the medieval blue from Chrozophora tinctoria, also known as folium", Sci Adv. 6 (16), 2020	Chemical & Engineering News, ACS
2020/04	Interview on the work developed for the publication: Paula Nabais, Joana Oliveira, Fernando Pina, Natércia Teixeira, Victor de Freitas, Natércia F. Brás, Adelaide Clemente, Maria Rangel, André M.S. Silva and Maria João Melo, "A 1000-year-old mystery solved: the first molecular structure for the medieval blue from Chrozophora tinctoria, also known as folium", Sci Adv. 6 (16), 2020	Science News for Students, Society for Science
2020/04	Interview on the work developed for the publication: Paula Nabais, Joana Oliveira, Fernando Pina, Natércia Teixeira, Victor de Freitas, Natércia F. Brás, Adelaide Clemente, Maria Rangel, André M.S. Silva and Maria João Melo, "A 1000-year-old mystery solved: the first molecular structure for the medieval blue from Chrozophora tinctoria, also known as folium", Sci Adv. 6 (16), 2020	CNN Style

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2022 - Current	Colorants ( 2079-6447)	MDPI
2021 - Current	Heritage Journal (2571-9408)	MDPI
2021 - Current	Cosmetics (2079-9284)	MDPI
2021 - Current	Diversity (1424-2818)	MDPI
2021 - Current	Molecules (1420-3049)	MDPI
2020 - Current	Heritage Science (2050-7445)	Springer (Biomed Central Ltd)

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2018 - Current	Physical Chemistry (DCR FCT NOVA bachelor’s degree)	group
2018 - Current	Bibliographic Research and Documentation in Conservation	Entire Class
2018 - Current	Art and Science for the Study of Medieval Illuminations - Presentation for the course Art History from the Department of Art History, NOVA-FCSH	Presentation for the entire class
2015 - 2019	History of Art Technology and Materials I (DCR FCT NOVA master’s degree)	practical lessons of entire class
2018/03 - 2018/07	Mentoring for an Erasmus student doing the Bachelor Thesis from Italy	Ilaria Zocca
2016 - 2018	Introduction to Conservation and Restoration I (DCR FCT NOVA bachelor’s degree)	N/A
2016 - 2018	Analytical Methods for Cultural Heritage (pratical sessions; DCR FCT/NOVA master's degree)	Artur Neves, Rute Rebocho, Soraia Teixeira, Ana Luís

Distinctions

Award

2019	Excellent Shotgun Communication Prize Associação Científica Proteomass, Portugal
2016	Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Estimulo à Investigação, Chemistry Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2014	Best Student of the Master’s in Conservation and Restoration of 2013/2014 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2014	Merit Grant from the DGES (Portuguese Higher Education System) for the achievement in the academic studies during 2013/14 Direção Geral Ensino Superior, Portugal
2012	Best Student of the Bachelor’s in Conservation and Restoration of 2011/2012 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal