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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.
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 Peer-review
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
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
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
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
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
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
Researcher
Gobierno de España Ministerio de Economía y Empresa
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. Melo, M.J.; Nabais, P.; Araújo, R.; Vitorino, T.. "The conservation of medieval manuscript illuminations: A chemical perspective". 407-426. 2020.
Conference abstract
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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
  1. Nabais, Paula; Maria João Melo; Joana Sequeira. Natural dyes at the Exhibition Commercial textile production on the Hanse Era. 2022.
Journal article
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  1. 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.
  2. 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
  1. 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