Márcia Vilarigues

Assistant Professor at the Dep. of Conservation and Restoration FCT/UNL and Director of the Research Unit VICARTE

Department of Conservation and Restoration - Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (www.dcr.fct.unl.pt) & Research Unit VICARTE - Vidro e Cerâmica para as Artes (www.vicarte.org) at Campus de Caparica 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal

Márcia Vilarigues is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Conservation and Restoration FCT NOVA. Since 2011 Márcia Vilarigues is also the Director of the Research Unit VICARTE - "Glass and Ceramics for the Arts" (www.vicarte.org). In cooperation with several institutions, she has been involved in the launching of research projects on the study of historical materials. Her research aims at contributing to the knowledge and preservation of cultural heritage, in order to reveal its historical and artistic value and improve conservation strategies.