PRG project: Portable automated laser sampling probe (2026-2030)
Project leader
Dr. Signe Vahur
Assoc. Professor, Analytical and Physical Chemistry
She specializes in the development of methods for the investigation of cultural heritage materials with various analytical techniques
Team members
Dr. Rynno Lohmus
Assoc. Professor, Material Science
Competence in materials characterization methods. Certified 8th grade mechanical engineer
Dr. Hilkka Hiiop
Visiting Professor in Analytical Chemistry, Rector in Estonian Academy of Arts
Cultural heritage and conservation; technical art history
Dr. Anu Teearu-Ojakäär
Research Fellow, Analytical Chemistry
Specializes in analysis of different materials with mass spectrometric techniques
Dr. Aleksei Treshchalov
Specialist, Physics-Mathematics
Competence in lasers, spectroscopy, plasma physics
Rady Jazmin Remigio
PhD student, Analytical Chemistry
Development of LA-APCI-HRMS systems
Mariam Sagaradze
PhD student, Estonian Academy of Arts
Hele-Riin Juhkama
PhD student, Estonian Academy of Arts
Analysis and identification of Estonian natural pigments
Andres Uueni
Co-founder and imaging specialist at Archaeovision LLC and Heritagest LLC, and head of the MKOLA lab at the Estonian Academy of Arts
Focusing his research on 3D documentation of cultural heritage and multispectral imaging.
Martin Leissoo
Specialist
Competence in material science, analysis of organic materials with HRMS
Anu Polis
MSc student
Analysis of organic pigments with different analytical techniques