‘You don’t need to choose between the arts and science’

A photo of Katherine Curran working as a conservator at a museum

Source: © Joyce H. Townsend, Tate and artwork image copyright Tate

Meet Katherine Curran, a chemist applying her polymer know-how to the conservation of plastic museum objects

Meet Katherine Curran, a chemist applying her polymer knowledge to the conservation of plastic museum objects. In this Q&A, Katherine describes how her interests in history, literature, science and collaboration coalesce into her career. She is currently a lecturer at UCL’s Institute for Sustainable Heritage, specialising in measuring the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by plastic objects.

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