The research group Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences (ARCHES) of the University of Antwerp (Faculty Design Sciences, Conservation-Restoration), in collaboration with the AXIS research group (University of Antwerp, Department of Physics), is looking for a doctoral candidate in the interdisciplinary field of Applied Sciences and Heritage science, focussing on the material technical study and chemical characterization of impermeable coatings on historical horse-drawn vehicles. More in particular, your work will focus on the chemical characterisation of the lacquer coatings found on historical horse-drawn vehicles (using mostly X-ray based and IR-based methods - also at synchrotron end stations - as well as MS methods) and on the production, artificial ageing and chemical characterization of historically accurate mock-up samples. This is a strongly interdisciplinary project with an international scope, this implies that the candidate will have to collaborate in an interdisciplinary manner with chemists, heritage scientists and conservators throughout the project. Therefore the candidate should have good communication skills and is expected to interact pro-actively with, and occasionally travel to, the European institutes and museums associated with this project.
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