Professional profile
Chemist | Conservation Scientist | Earthen Built Heritage | Infrared Thermography
Her research lies within the field of chemistry applied to cultural heritage, with expertise in stone and bronze materials, focusing on the experimentation and evaluation of new materials, products, and methods for conservation and the prevention of deterioration of cultural heritage. She is engaged in the monitoring of microclimatic conditions and moisture in historic masonry, including hypogeal environments, using advanced and non-invasive methodologies, with the aim of defining conservation and valorisation strategies in relation to the impacts of climate change. She has also deepened her expertise in earthen built heritage through both national and international research projects and has experimented with sustainable conservation techniques for the safeguarding of this vernacular building culture.
Thanks to these skills, she participates in the standardisation activities of the Italian Standardisation Body (UNI) within the UNI Cultural Heritage commissions. She contributes to the development of procedures and definitions relating to the characterisation and analysis of porous inorganic materials in cultural heritage, as well as the evaluation of methods and products used in conservation interventions.
She has participated in establishing research infrastructures at local, regional and national levels and is a member of the Research Infrastructure Coordination Committee (CocoIR) at the DTC Lazio Centre of Excellence. Within the European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science (E‑RIHS), she collaborates with the laboratory team in providing access to the instrumentation of the MOLAB platform of the Italian node E‑RIHS.it, through the integrated use of different diagnostic techniques.She is also responsible for the High-Resolution IR Thermography service.
The focus of her current research is on the testing of high-resolution diagnostic techniques applied to paper and stone materials. The aim is to use artificial intelligence methodologies to improve data quality and accuracy, and to make cultural heritage diagnostics more sustainable and open source.
As part of interdisciplinary collaborations, she is involved in disseminating scientific results and promoting research that is oriented not only towards scientific quality, but also towards social impact and education.
CNR Disciplinary Fields and Research Management Sectors
- SH8_CNR_1 Science and Technologies for Cultural Heritage
- SH8_4 Museums, exhibitions, conservation and restoration
- PE4_17 Characterisation methods of materials
Groups & Labs CNR ISPC
Heritage Materials Science Lab →
Heritage Conservation Lab →
Cities and Cultural Heritage Research Group →
Publications
Highlight
Ceccarelli, S., Rippa, M., Caruso, G., Luvidi, L. et al. Pulsed thermographic analysis of Herculaneum papyri. Sci Rep 15, 34466 (2025). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-19911-w
Luvidi, L., Casanova Municchia, A., Konstantakopoulou, E., Orazi, N., Ferretti, M., & Caruso, G. (2025). Combined Use of Non-Destructive Analysis Techniques to Investigate Ancient Bronze Statues. Sensors, 25(6), 1727. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s25061727
Rescic, S.; Mattone, M.; Fratini, F.; Luvidi, L. Conservation of Earthen Bricks in Architecture: An Experimental Campaign to Test Different Treatments on Vernacular Built Heritage. Heritage 2023, 6, 1541-1566. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage6020083
