Francesca Modugno

Francesca Modugno ridAfter graduation cum laude in Analytical Chemistry in 1997, Francesca Modugno received her PhD in Chemical Science from University of Pisa in 2001. Her doctoral thesis dealt with the development of analytical methods for the characterization of paint binders and varnishes employing gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Since 2001 she is permanent lecturer and researcher at the Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Pisa, teaching analytical chemistry and chemometrics.

Her research activity within the Laboratory of Chemical Science for the Safeguard of Cultural Heritage (SCIBEC), at the Department of Chemistry of University of Pisa, deals with the application of analytical methods based on chromatography and mass spectrometry to the characterization and the study of the degradation of organic natural materials in historical and artistic objects, with specific attention to lipids, proteins, terpenic resins, natural waxes,  lignocellulosic polymers and synthetic resins. She cooperates with several institutions and research groups in Italian and Foreign Universities, research and conservation centres, and participates in national and international projects on conservation science.

Recent Publications in International Scientific Journals:

J. La Nasa, M. Zanaboni, D. Uldanck, I. Degano, F. Modugno, H. Kutzke, E. Storevik Tveit, B. Topalova-Casadiego, M. P. Colombini, Novel application of liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry for the characterization of drying oils in art: elucidation on the composition of original paint materials used by Edvard Munch (1863-1944), «Analytica Chimica Acta», 2015, vol. 896, pp. 177-189.

S. Orsini, E. Ribechini, F. Modugno, J.Klügl, G. Di Pietro, M. Colombini, Micromorphological and chemical elucidation of the degradation mechanisms of birch bark archaeological artefacts, «Heritage Science» 2015, 3:2.

J. La Nasa, I. Degano, F. Modugno, M. P. Colombini, Industrial alkyd resins: characterization of pentaerythritol and phthalic acid esters using integrated mass spectrometry”, «Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry» 29 (2015), pp. 225-237.

E. Ghelardi, I. Degano, F. Modugno, M. P. Colombini, An integrated approach to the study of Ri de Pomme, a painting by Julian Schnabel, «International Journal of Conservation Science» 03/2015; 6(1):79-92.

J.J. Łucejko, F. Modugno, E. Ribechini, D.Tamburini, M. P. Colombini, Analytical Instrumental Techniques to Study Archaeological Wood, «Applied Spectroscopy Reviews» 50, 2015, 584-625.

D. Tamburini, J.J. Łucejko, M. Zborowska, F. Modugno, W. Prądzyński, M.P. Colombini, Archaeological wood degradation at the site of Biskupin (Poland): wet chemical analysis and evaluation of specific Py-GC/MS profiles,«Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis»,115 (2015), pp. 7-15.

D. Tamburini, J.J. Łucejko, F. Modugno, M.P. Colombini, Characterisation of archaeological waterlogged wood from Herculaneum by pyrolysis and mass spectrometry, «International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation», 86 (2014), pp. 142-149.

J. La Nasa,  I. Degano, F. Modugno, M. P. Colombini, Alkyd paints in art: characterization using integrated mass spectrometry, «Analytica Chimica Acta», 797 (2013), pp. 64–80.

S. Orsini, J. La Nasa, F. Modugno, M.P. Colombini, Characterization of Aquazol polymers using techniques based on pyrolysis and mass spectrometry, «Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis», 104 (2013), pp. 218-225.

J. La Nasa , E. Ghelardi , I. Degano, F. Modugno, M. P. Colombini, Core shell stationary phases for a novel separation of triglycerides in plant oils by high performance liquid chromatography with electrospray-quadrupole-time of flight mass spectrometer, «Journal of Chromatography A» 1308 (2013), pp. 114-124.

I. Bonaduce, M. P. Colombini, I. Degano, F. Di Girolamo, J. La Nasa, F. Modugno, S. Orsini, Mass spectrometric techniques for characterizing low-molecular-weight resins used as paint varnishes, «Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry» 405 (2013), pp. 1047-1065.

JJ. Lucejko, M. Zborowska, F. Modugno, M. P. Colombini, W. Pradzynski (2012), Analytical pyrolysis vs.classical wet chemical analysis to assess the decay of archaeological waterlogged wood. «Analytica Chimica Acta», 745 (2012), pp. 70-77.

JJ. Lucejko, F. Modugno, M.P. Colombini, M. Zborowska, Archaeological wood from the Wieliczka Salt Mine Museum, Poland – Chemical analysis of wood degradation by Py(HMDS)-GC/MS, «Journal of Cultural Heritage» 13 (2012), 1296-2074.

JJ. Lucejko, A. Lluveras-Tenorio, F. Modugno, E. Ribechini, M.P. Colombini, An analytical approach based on X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry to characterize Egyptian embalming materials, «Microchemical Journal» 103 (2012), 110-118.

E. Ribechini, F. Modugno, J. Pérez-Arantegui, M. P. Colombini, Discovering the composition of ancient cosmetics and remedies: analytical techniques and materials, «Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry» 401 (2011), pp. 1727-1738.

M. P. Colombini, F. Modugno, M. C. Gamberini, M. Rocchi and C. Baraldi, et al., A round robin exercise in archaeometry: analysis of a blind sample reproducing a seventeenth century pharmaceutical ointment, «Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry» 401 (2011), pp. 1847-1860.

C. Canevali, P.Gentile, M. Orlandi, F. Modugno, J.J. Lucejko, et al., A multi-analytical approach for the characterization of powders from the Pompeii archaeological site, «Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry» 401 (2011), pp. 1801-1814.

F. Saliu, F. Modugno, M. Orlandi, M.P. Colombini, HPLC–APCI-MS analysis of triacylglycerols (TAGs) in historical pharmaceutical ointments from the eighteenth century, «Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry» 401 (2011), pp. 1785-1800.

M.P. Colombini, A. Andreotti, I. Bonaduce, F. Modugno, E. Ribechini Analytical Strategies for Characterizing Organic Paint Media Using Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry, «Accounts of Chemical Research» 43 (2010), pp. 715-727.

S. Bugani, F. Modugno, J.J. Łucejko, G. Giachi, S. Cagno, P. Cloetens, K. Janssens, L. Morselli, Study on the impregnation of archaeological waterlogged wood with consolidation treatments using synchrotron radiation microtomography, «Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry» 395 (2009), pp. 1977–1985.

P. Pallecchi, G. Giachi, M. P. Colombini, F. Modugno, E. Ribechini, The painting of the EtruscanTomba della Quadriga Infernale” (4th century BC), in Sarteano (Siena, Italy): technical features, «Journal of Archaeological Science», 36 (2009), pp. 2635-2642.

J.J. Lucejko, F. Modugno, J. C. del Río, Characterisation of archaeological waterlogged wood by pyrolytic and mass spectrometric techniques, «Analytica Chimica Acta» 654 (2009), pp. 26-34.

M.P. Colombini, J.J. Lucejko, F. Modugno, M. Orlandi, E.-L. Tolppa, L. Zoia, A multi-analytical study of degradation of lignin in archaeological waterlogged woods, Talanta 80 (2009), pp. 61-70.

I. Degano, E. Ribechini, F. Modugno, M.P. Colombini,“ Analytical methods for the characterization of organic dyes in artworks and in historical textiles, Applied Spectroscopy Reviews 44 (2009), pp. 363-410.

M.P. Colombini, F. Modugno (Editori.), Organic Mass Spectrometry in Art and Archaeology, J. Wiley & Sons, 2009.

A. Andreotti, I. Bonaduce, M.P. Colombini, F.Modugno, E. Ribechini, Diagnosis of the yellowing of the marble high reliefs and the black decorations in the chapel of the tomb of Saint Anthony (Padua, Italy), «International Journal of Mass Spectrometry» 284 (2009), pp. 123-130.

E. Ribechini, M. P. Colombini, F. Modugno, G. Giachi, P. Pallecchi, A multi-analytical approach for the characterisation of commodities in a ceramic jar from Antinoe (Egypt), Archaeometry 51 (2009), pp. 480-494.

E. Ribechini, F. Modugno, R. Evershed, M. P. Colombini, Gas chromatographic and mass spectrometric investigations of organic residues from Roman glass unguentaria, «Journal of Chromatography A», 1183 (2008), pp. 158-169.

F. Modugno, E. Ribechini, M. P. Colombini, DE-(chemical ionisation)-mass spectrometry for a fast characterisation of raw and archaeological diterpenoid resinous substances, «Microchimica Acta 162» (2008), pp. 405-413.

F. Modugno, E. Ribechini, M. Calderisi, G. Giachi, M. P. Colombini, Analysis of lignin from archaeological waterlogged wood by direct exposure mass spectrometry (DE-MS) and PCA evaluation of mass spectral data, «Microchemical Journal» 88 (2008), pp. 186-193.

E. Ribechini, F. Modugno, C.  Baraldi, P. Baraldi, M.P. Colombini, An integrated analytical approach for characterizing an organic residue from an archaeological glass bottle recovered in Pompeii (Naples, Italy), «Talanta 74» (2008), pp. 555-561.