Francesca Modugno è ricercatrice confermata presso il Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale della Università di Pisa.
Laureata in Chimica nel 1997, ha conseguito il titolo di Dottore di Ricerca in Scienze Chimiche nel 2001. Svolge ricerche nel settore della Chimica Analitica con particolare riguardo alle problematiche di conservazione dei Beni Culturali. Svolge la sua attività sperimentale presso il Laboratorio di Scienze Chimiche per la Salvaguardia dei Beni Culturali (SCIBEC). La sua ricerca riguarda lo sviluppo e l’applicazione di procedure analitiche basate su cromatografia e spettrometria di massa, adatte alla identificazione di materiali organici presenti in oggetti di interesse artistico, storico ed archeologico: lipidi, resine terpeniche, materiali proteici, bituminosi e lignocellulosici, resine sintetiche. I suoi interessi includono lo studio delle trasformazioni chimiche e dei processi di degrado dei materiali nel corso dell’invecchiamento, e l’effetto dei parametri ambientali su tali processi. Collabora con istituti e gruppi di ricerca italiani e stranieri e con enti preposti alla conservazione. Partecipa a progetti nazionali ed internazionali nel campo della scienza della conservazione.

Pubblicazioni recenti su riviste scientifiche internazionali:

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 Etruscan “Tomba 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.