Post-doctoral researcher in Conservation Chemistry and Materials at the Center of Cultural Heritage Technology of the IIT in Venice. She is specialized in the study of the mechanism of corrosion of ancient glass and its process using multi analytical technique to investigate the material from the microscopical to the nanometric scale, from the bulk to the surface layer composition. She is interested in chemical and surface characterization by Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) of ancient materials for understating the provenance the raw materials, the manufacturing and the state of conservation of artefacts. Her research is actually focused on the design of nanomaterials as an ideal protective coating to stop the alteration process limiting the interaction between surface of the ancient glass and its conservation environment.
Address
roberta.zanini@iit.it
Research center
CCHT@Treviso
About
Education
Title: PhD
Institute: Universita' Ca'Foscari Venezia
Location: Venice
Country: Italy
From: 2019 To: 2023
Title: science of conservation and restauration 110/110-degree summa cum laude
Institute: University of Parma
Location: Parma
Country: Italy
From: 2016 To: 2018
All Publications
2025
Zanini R., Franceschin G., Vigorelli L., Iori G., Chiaberge L., Longo E., Guidorzi L., Re A., Lo Giudice A., Traviglia A.
Laboratory and synchrotron x‐ray micro–computed tomography to shed light on degradation features of corroded Roman glass
Journal of the American Ceramic Society, vol. 108, pp. e20241
2025
Abate F., Daniele S., Musiani M., Verlato E., Amati M., De Boni F., Milosz Z., Moglianetti M., Zanini R., Traviglia A.
Novel methods for the non-invasive study of archaeological coins with electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, vol. 994
Article
Journal
2024
Franceschin G., Zanini R., Iori G., Longo E., Divitini G., Tromba G., Traviglia A.
Non-destructive 3D exploration of silicate glass corrosion: a combined multiscale approach from the macro to the nanoscale
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2023
Zanini R.
Advancing approaches in glass conservation: characterisation of altered archaeological glass and artificially aged glass replicas to shed light into the mechanisms of glass corrosion
PhD Thesis
Book
2023
Zanini R., Franceschin G., Cattaruzza E., Traviglia A.
A review of glass corrosion: the unique contribution of studying ancient glass to validate glass alteration models.
npj Material Degradation
Awards and Achievements
2024
Scipioni S., Guzzonato P., Zanini R., Moglianetti M., Vavaosri A., Traviglia A.
Nanostructured cellulose for historical paper conservation
2024
Zanini R., Franceschin G., Molinaro S., Moglianetti M., Divitini G., Traviglia A.
Proposal n. 592 - NFFA-EUROPE, “Nano-scale investigation of glass corrosion mechanisms on historical glass for the development of an innovative stabilization treatment”
2023
Zanini R., Franceschin G., Beltran V., Stani C., Traviglia A.
Proposal n. 20225339 Eletra sincrotrone, "Chemical and structural characterization of degraded Roman glass"
2022
Zanini R., Franceschin G., Iori G., Traviglia A.
Porposal n. 20217193 Elttra sincrotrone, " Understanding degradation of archaeological Roman glass"
2021
Zanini R., Traviglia A.
OpenAIAr "Micro tomography analysis on altered archaeological glass At Gruppo di Fisica dello Stato Solido at Dipartimento di Fisica and INFN CHNet network TORINO"