Meet our teachers
The Master's Programme in Conservation of Cultural Heritage Objects have prominent teachers and researchers in the field of Conservation. During your studies, you will meet Swedish and international teachers and guest lecturers who provide in-depth knowledge in their specific areas.
Teachers
Omid Oudbashi
Programme Coordinator
Omid Oudbashi is the Coordinator for the Master鈥檚 Programme in Conservation. He is a Senior Lecturer in Conservation 91探花 at the Department of Conservation, University 91探花, and holds a PhD in Conservation of Cultural and Historical Properties from Art University of Isfahan, Iran. During the master鈥檚 programme, you will meet Omid in different courses such as 鈥淩esearch Methods in Cultural Heritage Conservation鈥, 鈥淐urrent Issues in Conservation鈥 as well as 鈥淢aterial 91探花 for Conservation鈥 and Scientific Analytical Methods in Conservation鈥.

Zareen Abbas teaches at the first year chemistry courses. The first course is about general chemistry, which is needed to understand the courses in inorganic and organic chemistry. Each course content is carefully chosen to give students good understanding of chemistry needed for conservation through lectures, problem solving, experiments and by taking examples from the field of conservation.

Gunnar Almevik is a Building Conservator and Professor in Conservation. His research, with a keen interest in methodology, crosses the fields of cultural heritage, material culture and making. Much of his research is conducted in multidisciplinary collaboration and in real settings where practice is integrated into the research.

Charlotta "Lotta" Bylund Melin holds a PhD in Conservation on Indoor Environment in Historic Buildings from the UGOT. Lotta coordinates the course "Documentation of Cultural Heritage Objects".
Kristina "Titti" Frenguelli holds a master鈥檚 degree from the School of Conservation and Restauration in Rome, Italy, the ISCR as well as a master鈥檚 degree from the Art Academy in Rome. Titti works as a conservator of painted surfaces of artistic and historic interest and mosaic and stone. She also works as an artist and teaches the old masters鈥 techniques of painting. At the programme, she teaches at the introduction course of restauration and conservation of painted surfaces on wood and textiles.

Liv Friis is a Paper Conservator and Research Engineer at the Department of Conservation. Liv participated in an interdisciplinary research project about the decorated farmhouses of H盲lsingland, and as a Research Engineer, Liv works with the department's advanced research equipment. You will meet Liv in several courses.
Feras Hammami is a Senior Lecturer and Deputy Head of Department at the Department of Conservation, University 91探花, and holds a PhD in Planning and Decision Analysis from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH). During the master鈥檚 programme, you will meet Feras in two different courses: Research Methods in Cultural Heritage Conservation; and the master thesis course.

Johanna Nilsson is a Senior Lecturer in Conservation and the Programme Coordinator for the Bachelor鈥檚 Programme in Conservation. Johanna holds a PhD in conservation of textiles from UGOT. She is the coordinator for the course "Documentation of Cultural Heritage Objects" and she is teaching in mounting techniques of textiles which is included in the course "Specialization Modern Materials I".

Guest lecturers
- Elyse Canosa, Project Advisor, National Heritage Board
- Karl Hedin
- Kathrin Hinrichs Degelblad, Conservation Scientist, National Heritage Board
- Ravi Kant Pathak, Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor and Atmospheric Scientist at the Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University 91探花
- Magnus M氓rtensson, Freelance and Conservation Scientist at the National Heritage Board in Visby.