Joana Lia Ferreira (PI)

Joana Lia Ferreira

ORCID: 0000-0001-6899-5698


Joana Lia Ferreira graduated in Conservation and Restoration in 2001 and holds a PhD in Conservation Science (2011). She is an Assistant Professor at DCR - FCT NOVA, focusing on modern and contemporary heritage. She is engaged with the preservation of the Estate of the Portuguese leading artist Ângelo de Sousa (1938-2011), coordinating a long-term project devoted to the study and conservation of that collection, which includes painting, sculpture, drawing, photography and film, as well as his library and archives (of both, personal documentation and material). JL Ferreira was also a member of the project O Triunfo da Baquelite - Contributos para uma História dos Plásticos em Portugal. Working mainly with synthetic materials (i.e. plastics and synthetic paints) her current research interests include the study of the technology of plastic materials and their impact on the preservation of modern and contemporary cultural heritage.

Joana Lia Ferreira (PI)

Joana Lia Ferreira

ORCID: 0000-0001-6899-5698


Joana Lia Ferreira graduated in Conservation and Restoration in 2001 and holds a PhD in Conservation Science (2011). She is an Assistant Professor at DCR - FCT NOVA, focusing on modern and contemporary heritage. She is engaged with the preservation of the Estate of the Portuguese leading artist Ângelo de Sousa (1938-2011), coordinating a long-term project devoted to the study and conservation of that collection, which includes painting, sculpture, drawing, photography and film, as well as his library and archives (of both, personal documentation and material). JL Ferreira was also a member of the project O Triunfo da Baquelite - Contributos para uma História dos Plásticos em Portugal. Working mainly with synthetic materials (i.e. plastics and synthetic paints) her current research interests include the study of the technology of plastic materials and their impact on the preservation of modern and contemporary cultural heritage.