CV Silvia Sotgiu

Full name Silvia Sotgiu

Recent affiliation and position

Since 2021 Head of the Conservation Department of the National Central Library of Rome

Education and previous positions

Silvia Sotgiu holds a Degree in Preservation of Cultural Heritage (1995) from the University of Tuscia (VT) and a Diploma in Conservation (1997) from the European School of Book Conservation in Spoleto (PG). She worked two years as freelance conservator for the Province of Trento and since 1999 she is working as books and paper conservator for the Ministry of Culture at the Central Institute for Archives and Book Pathology (ICPAL) and then at the Central National Library of Rome

Most relevant projects

Between 2010 and 2012 ICPAL referent for the research project 'Rigid polysaccharide gels for wet treatments of paper materials.

Outstanding publications

- S. Sotgiu - S. Iannuccelli, Gellan Gum in Conservation: the Development of the Method and a Review of Published Studies, in “A New Chapter Of The Paper Road: Sino-Italian Conservation Science And Restoration Research On Paper Cultural Heritage” eds W. Shan and M. Missori (2022) pp. 197-224

- S. Sotgiu [et alii], Non-destructive monitoring of molecular modifications in the restoration of works of art on paper, in “The European Physical Journal plus” (2019) 134: 99

- S. Sotgiu [et alii], Coupling gellan gels and electrochemical biosensors: real time monitoring of cleaning and enzymatic treatments of Diana Scultori’s ‘The weddings of Cupid and Psiche’, in “Gels in the Conservation of Art”, London, 2017, pp. 36 - 41.