Seka Binaramali Seneviratne
PhD
Conservation Science
Seka Binaramali Seneviratne is a PhD candidate at the Grimwade Centre for Cultural MaterialsnConservation at the University of Melbourne. She worked with the Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Milan, Italy to study microbiology in cultural heritage as a visiting PhD student. She graduated from the Department of Chemistry, at the University of Bologna, Italy in 2019 with a master's degree in science for Conservation-Restoration of Cultural Heritage and a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.
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Thesis
Biodeterioration Methodologies and Their Effect On Acrylic Painting Surfaces in Asia Pacific Region
Building her PhD research project based on the biodeterioration methodologies and their effect on Acrylic paintings on tropical climate, she will collaborate with the microbiology unit of the School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences to identify the common microbiome seen in tropical climates in modern paint. This project will focus on these positive and challenging effects of microbial networks in heritage and cultural materials conservation contexts. By integrating various knowledge domains from heritage professions, Artists and material scientists, thus her goal is to understand microbial networks and their ability to spread and proliferate across collections, sites and develop effective and informed biodeterioration outcomes.
Research interests
- Analytical Chemistry for Cultural Heritage
- Microbiology for Cultural Heritage
- Conservation Science