Algeria
Salah Amokrane (1 September - 31 December 2003)
Area of research: management of archaeological resources on the Im Broum plateau, an area that lies within the Ahaggar National Park, Algeria.
Affiliation: Ahaggar National Park, Algeria

Australia
William Logan (1 April - 30 June 2003)
Honorary Fellow
Area of research: global cultural heritage organizations; examining the relationships between universal standards of conservation and cultural diversity and local needs in international organizations.
Affiliation: Director, Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.

Brazil
Fernando Diniz Moreira (7 January - 29 February 2008)
Area of research: assess values and significance in the conservation of modern architecture and coordinate the new Modern Built Heritage Programme at CECI.
Affiliation: CECI - Centro de Estudos Avançados da Conservação Integrada, Brazil

Franciza Lima Toledo (1 September - 30 November 2006)
Area of research: preventive conservation of collections in the context of historic buildings.

Bulgaria
Emilia Petrova Ivanova (15 September - 15 December 2002)
Area of research: samples of painted fragment of rendering from the Pisitros excavations in southern Bulgaria, an international joint Bulgarian, Czech, French and British research project.
Affiliation: Archaeological Museum, Septemvri, Bulgaria

Canada
Robert Waller (6 March - 31 August 2006)
Area of research: management and risk assessment of cultural heritage.
Affiliation: Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, Canada

China
Cao Lijuan (8 September - 30 November 2005)
Area of research: conservation of historic gardens and cultural landscapes in Italy.
Affiliation: Beijing Forestry University

Guo Xuan (11 April - 11 June 2006)
Area of research: China, A Regional Interpretation of International Principles.
Affiliation: Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning of the University of Chongqing

Croatia
Sandra Uskokovic (1 October 2004 - 31 March 2005)
UNESCO Fellow
Area of research: conservation of built heritage.

Egypt
Hossam Mahdy (4 June 2007 - 31 August 2007)
Area of research: compilation of an Arabic glossary for terms of conservation of cultural heritage (with equivalents in English and French).

France
David Gandreau (15 September - 31 December 2003)
Area of research: conservation of mud brick structures with special reference to archaeological sites in the Near and Middle East.

Georgia
George Shaishmelashvili (4 - 30 November 2002)
UNESCO Fellow
Area of research: identification of potential projects in Georgia and other Caucasus countries in the field of immovable and movable heritage
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tbilisi, Georgia

Germany
Hannelore Römich (1 March - 30 June 2004)
Area of research: to examine the journey of objects from initial excavation to final storage, and to look at how the various stages and treaments affect them.
Affiliation: Conservation Scientist, Fraunhofer-Institut für Silicatforschung, Würzburg, Germany

Greece
Angeliki Ioakimopoulou (14 February - 14 March 2008)
Area of research: protective structures for the conservation of archaeological sites in Greece.
Affiliation: Prefecture of the Cyclades, Urban Office of Naxos, Greece

India
Rohit Jigyasu (1 October - 31 December 2002)
Area of research: the use of traditional skills for improving post-earthquake reconstruction and disaster preparedness.

Italy
Calogero Bellanca (10 January - 30 March 2005; 9 September - 31 October 2005)
Area of research: historical use of terminology in architectural conservation theory and practice, covering terminology from the 16th century to the present day with reference to several languages (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish and Russian).
Affiliation: Faculty of Architecture 'Valle Giulia', University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Italy

Guia Rossignoli (1 March - 31 May 2004)
Area of research: analysis, preservation and storage recommendations for Egyptian New Kingdom (16th-11th centuries BC) artefacts made of vegetable fibres stored in the Archaeological Museum, Florence, Italy.
Affiliation: Textile Museum, Prato, Italy

Peru
Alberto Martorell Carreño (8 January - 28 February 2007)
Area of research: advancing the understanding of the category of 'heritage channels' or 'heritage routes' (such as, the 'spice route', the 'pilgrimage routes of Santiago de Compostela', and the 'mountain railways of India').

Philippines
Ana Labrador (4 June - 31 August 2007)
Area of research: collecting data on traditional methods of preservation of objects from selected Southeast Asian countries and exploring how these methods can be better integrated in conservation training.
Affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Art Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman; and Curator, Jorge B. Vargas Museum and Filipiniana Research Center

Poland
Zbigniew Kobylinski (1 March - 31 May 2004)
Area of research: examination of theoretical principles and practices of archaeological heritage management in various countries in order to develop a programme of preventive conservation of archaeological heritage that becomes internationally accepted and applicable to diverse social, cultural and environmental contexts.
Affiliation: Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Warsaw, Poland

Boguslaw Szmygin (1 March - 31 May 2003)
Area of research: strategy development to improve the preservation of small historic towns with limited resources. Investigation of conservation policies and strategies adopted by similar-sized Italian towns to preserve their heritage.
Affiliation: Technical University of Lublin, Poland

Slovenia
Blaž Šeme (2 - 31 May 2007)
Area of research: decay of exterior wall paintings on monuments - comparative study of mediaeval painted churches of Bucovina (Moldavia, Romania) and Slovenia.

Spain
Trinidad Pasies Oviedo (26 April to 25 May 2006)
Area of research: treatments of conservation and restoration in situ of Roman mosaic pavements.
Affiliation: Head of the Restoration Laboratory, Prehistoric Museum of Valencia, Spain

Sri Lanka
Jagath Weerasinghe (3 March to 30 April 2008)
Area of research: re-examination of the concept of authenticity in relation to living heritage of South Asia.
Affiliation: Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology (PGIAR), University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Victoria Momeva-Altiparmakovska (15 April - 15 June 2007)
Area of research:management approaches for rural heritage within cultural landscapes.
Affiliation: Senior Ethnologist/Conservator, Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments, Museum and Gallery at Bitola, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Turkey
Hicran Topçu (8 January - 8 April 2006)
Area of research: risk management for cultural heritage in South East Anatolia - a pilot study for the cultural landscape of Hasankeyf.
Affiliation: Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

United States of America
Randolph Langenbach (15 September 2002 - 30 June 2003)
Honorary Fellow
Area of research: traditional construction techniques in seismic areas. While at ICCROM, Randolph Langenbach also held the Rome Prize Fellowship in Historic Preservation at the American Academy in Rome.

Elizabeth E. Peacock (31 January - 30 April 2005)
Area of research: preparation of manuscript 'Piecing together the past - preserving our archaeological textile heritage'. She prepared a manuscript on teaching conservation of archaeological textiles in a rapidly changing profession.
Affiliation: Vitenskapsmuseum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway)

Jerry Podany (1 July - 31 August 2003)
Areas of research: 1. influence of Rome on late 19th and mid 20th century restoration of ancient sculptures: restoration and conservation treatments used in order to gain a better understanding of their origins. 2. protection of museum collections against the risk of earthquakes: efforts of European museums to retrofit architectural structures to improve their seismic protection.
Affiliation: J. Paul Getty Museum, United States of America

Toby Raphael (3 May - 31 October 2005)
Area of research: development of a set of conservation standards for exhibitions produced within the U.S. National Park Service (NPS), integrating conservation into the exhibit development process and the construction of conservation-grade exhibit cases.
Affiliation: Senior Conservator, U.S. National Park Service, Harpers Ferry,WV, United States of America

Will Shank (7 March - 31 July 2005)
Honorary Fellow
Area of research: policies for the preservation of public contemporary wall paintings. While at ICCROM, Will Shank was also the Booth Family Rome Prize Fellow in Conservation/Historic Preservation at the American Academy in Rome.

updated on: 8 May, 2008