Team of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague


RNDr. Janka Hradilová / painting technique, light microscopy, mineralogy, stratigraphic and micro-morphological analysis, non-invasive imaging and analytical methods (XRF, X-ray radiography, IR reflectography)

Olga Trmalová, ak. mal. / restorer/conservator; painting technique and technology

PhDr. Ludmila Ourodová, Ph.D. / art historian; miniature portraits of the 18th and 19th century, comparative study of significant European workshops and painters

Ing. Michal Pech / non-invasive imaging and analytical methods (XRF, X-ray radiography, IR reflectography)

Mgr. Lenka Hřebřinová / FT-IR spectroscopy and micro-spectroscopy, sample preparation procedures

Ing. Zuzana Širillová / electron microscopy and microanalysis, UV-Vis spectroscopy, sample preparation procedures

Team of the Institute Inorganic Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences


Mgr. David Hradil, Ph.D. / mineralogy, geochemistry and micro-analysis of pigments, clay minerals, provenance analysis, portable analytical methods (XRF, FTIR)

Dr. RNDr. Petr Bezdička / solid state chemistry, crystallography, X-ray powder diffraction and micro-diffraction

Ing. Silvie Švarcová. Ph.D. / chemical degradation processes in paint layers, salt corrosion, electron microscopy and micro-analysis

Ing. Eva Kočí, Ph.D. / X-ray powder diffraction and micro-diffraction, chemical degradation processes in paint layers

RNDr. Zdeňka Čermáková, Ph.D. / mineralogical analysis of pigments, gemmology, spectroscopic analysis, electron microscopy

Silvia Garrappa, MSc. (Ph.D. candidate) / spectroscopic methods (FT-IR, Raman), chemical processes of pigment/binder interactions

Jitka Bezdičková / technician, sample preparation procedures