Ylenia Vassallo

Ylenia Vassallo

PhD Student

University of Rome "Sapienza"

Ylenia Vassallo graduated in Science and Technology for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage at the University of Rome “Sapienza” in 2021 with a thesis based on the development of a workflow for diagnosis and characterization of biodeterioration on an ancient parchment manuscript. In 2022 she is starting a PhD in Earth Sciences, curriculum Cultural Heritage, with a focus on the application of metagenomic analyses in cultural heritage, in particular with the aim of standardizing a protocol on different artefacts, and creating a database.

Interests
  • Cultural Heritage
  • Molecular Biology
  • Metagenomics
Education
  • MSc in Science and Technology for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage, 2021

    University of Rome “Sapienza”