Marco Leona

Marco Leona supervises a team of eleven scientists at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he is the David H. Koch Scientist in Charge of the Department of Scientific Research. The group conduct research on artists’ materials and techniques and on art conservation. Marco is also lecturer in analytical chemistry at the Conservation Center of New York University’s Institute of Fine Art. His route to these fascinating positions? “I studied at Universita’ degli Studi di Pavia in Italy, for both a Laurea in Chimica (MSc, Chemistry) and a PhD in Crystallography and Mineralogy. Prior to joining the Metropolitan Museum of Art, I worked at the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington DC, and at the Los Angeles County Museum Art LACMA.”