Project Team

Frances Lennard
Principal Investigator,
University of Glasgow

Mark Nesbitt
Co-Investigator,
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Adrienne Kaeppler
Co-Investigator,
Smithsonian Institution

Andrew Mills
Historical Research Associate

Margaret Smith
Scientific Research Associate

Misa Tamura
Research Conservator

Hugh Flowers
Scientific Researcher

Jennifer Brunton
Analytical Assistant

Marika Kesler
Conservation Assistant

Aisling Macken
Conservation Assistant

Michele Austin Dennehy
Conservator

Reggie Meredith Fitiao
Siapo Maker and Teacher

Su‘a Tupuola Uilisone Fitiao
Siapo Maker and Teacher
Advisory Panel
To reflect the interdisciplinary nature of our research, the project advisory panel combined conservators, conservation scientists and Pacific art historians.

- Dr Caroline Cartwright, Senior Scientist, Department of Conservation & Scientific Research, The British Museum
- Ms Sherry Doyal, Plant Materials Specialist
- Ms Julia Gresson, Deputy Head, Collections Conservation & Care, The Horniman Museum & Gardens
- Prof Steven Hooper, Director, Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania & the Americas, University of East Anglia
- Dr Maia Nuku, Evelyn A. J. Hall and John A. Friede Associate Curator for Oceanic Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Ms Monique Pullan, Senior Conservator, Organics Conservation Department, The British Museum
- Mr Jeremy Uden, Deputy Head of Conservation, The Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford
Project Team

Frances Lennard
Principal Investigator,
University of Glasgow

Maria Economou
Expanding Engagement
Co-Investigator

Katrina Talei Igglesden
Expanding Engagement
Research Associate

Reggie Meredith Fitiao
Siapo Maker and Teacher

Su‘a Tupuola Uilisone Fitiao
Siapo Maker and Teacher