Biography

Susana Coentro (b. 1984) graduated in Conservation and Restoration from NOVA University of Lisbon (Faculty of Sciences and Technology) in 2008, with a Bachelor, and in 2010, with a Master’s degree. She specialized in Glass and Ceramics, in a collaboration with the National Laboratory of Civil Engineering (LNEC) and the National Tile Museum, with a thesis entitled “Study of the pictorial layer in 17th century Portuguese tiles”. In 2011, she started her PhD in NOVA University, with a scholarship from Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia. She became a student member of VICARTE (Research Unit “Glass and Ceramic for the Arts”) and of Nuclear and Technological Campus of Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon). Her main field of research has been Portuguese glazed tiles (Azulejos). Other research interests focus on the study and preservation of cultural heritage, with emphasis on Technical Art History and the evolution of artistic techniques in ceramics and glass throughout History.