I am a paintings conservator with nearly 30 years of professional experience, having worked in museums and galleries as well as several private conservation studios before taking up my current post as a full-time Senior Lecturer in the Department of Conservation at The Courtauld Institute of Art.

I completed my first BA (Hons) at Michigan State University in Sociology and Economics, followed by a second BA (Hons) in History of Art at Hunter College, City University of New York, where I also achieved a minor in Chemistry.

I began my career in the curatorial department at the Brooklyn Museum of Art before changing direction and undertaking a series of conservation fellowships. These include an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where I worked on the Antonio Ratti Textile Center Storage Project, an internship at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum as a Textile Conservation assistant, and work in private conservation studios in New York City.

I moved to the UK to specialise in easel paintings conservation, completing my MA with Distinction at the University of Northumbria in 1998. I have since worked as a professional paintings conservator at National Museums Liverpool, Manchester Art Gallery, and Tate, before joining The Courtauld. I was appointed as a full-time Lecturer in 2005. From 2013 to 2016 I served as the Institute's first Associate Dean for Students, was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2019, and appointed Senior Tutor for Conservation in 2024.