Cristina Duran-Casablancas is a PhD student at the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Science and Engineering in Arts, Heritage and Archaeology (SEAHA) and conservator at the Amsterdam City Archives. Her present research explores the use of Systems modelling to evaluate the effect of preservation actions during the lifetime of collections.

Matija Strlič is Professor of Heritage Science at UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage and Deputy Director of EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Science and Engineering in Arts, Heritage and Archaeology (SEAHA).