Principal Investigators
James M. Reilly, Director of IPI, is well known for his research on the effects of temperature and humidity on library, archives, and museum collections, deterioration of 19th-century photographic prints, environmental monitoring and control, management of film archives, and the major causes of image deterioration. He is the co-director of the Advanced Residency Program in Photograph Conservation at George Eastman House. He is a consultant to numerous museums and government agencies and is sought after worldwide as a teacher and seminar speaker. He has written extensively on preservation issues, and in 1998 he received a Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Email: jmrpph@rit.edu
Daniel Burge, senior research scientist, is the overall project manager. He is responsible for developing the project’s experimental methodology, the DP3 website’s content, and all project reporting. He received his BS degree in Imaging and Photographic Technology from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1991 and has been a full-time member of the IPI staff since 1990. His previous focus of research at IPI had been investigating the chemical and physical interactions between imaging media and storage enclosures, including the development and improvement of standardized testing methods.
Email: dmbpph@rit.edu
Scientific Staff
Dr. Peter Z. Adelstein, senior research associate, is our experimental advisor. He received his Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree in 1946 and his PhD degree in physical chemistry 1949, both at McGill University. He retired from Eastman Kodak Company and joined IPI in 1986. He is an authority on film base and its deterioration and has published over 80 papers. For the past 25 years he has been chairman of ANSI and ISO committees dealing with the physical properties and permanence of imaging materials.
Email: pzapph@rit.edu
Jean-Louis Bigourdan, research scientist, will perform the thermal stability and atmospheric pollution portions of the experimental work. He received his diploma in art conservation from the Institut Français du Restauration des Oeuvres d'Art in Paris. His work at IPI has focused on the effects of enclosures and microenvironments on photographic film stability and on the effects of cycling conditions on library and archives materials. He designs and conducts collection surveys and consults on the implementation of cold storage. He publishes and lectures extensively on the topic of photograph preservation.
Email: jxbpph@rit.edu
Ryan Boatright, research scientist, will work on the digital print identification tools for the website. He received a BFA degree in photography from Indiana University in 2005. Since joining IPI, Ryan has been developing new imaging infrastructures for the study of various photographic technologies. He is also working on characterization projects, one of which involves the study of 20th-century black-and-white print characteristics.
Email: jrbpph@rit.edu
Douglas W. Nishimura, research scientist, will perform most of the data analysis for the experimental work and present results at various professional conferences. He received his degree in chemistry from McMaster University in Canada. He is a member of the joint ISO-ANSI committee responsible for the physical properties and permanence of imaging materials. Before joining IPI as a research scientist, he did stability research at the National Archives of Canada. He is technical supervisor for most major research projects and is well known as a teacher, lecturer, and consultant on image preservation.
Email: dwnpph@rit.edu
Lindsey Rima, research scientist, will perform all of the experimental work to investigate potentially harmful interactions between digital prints and storage materials. She received her degree in Biomedical Photographic Communication from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2005. Before coming to IPI in July 2008, she spent four years working as a microscopy and image analysis specialist for Carl Zeiss MicroImaging, Inc. Since joining IPI, she has been focusing on enclosure testing, including pH testing and the photographic activity test.
Email: larpph@rit.edu
Gene Salesin, research consultant, will study the physical stability of digitally printed materials. This will include both print surface abrasion and image layer brittleness. He received a BS in chemical engineering in 1958 from the University of Michigan and MS and PhD degrees in chemistry from Case Western Reserve University in 1960 and 1962, respectively. He retired in 1997 after 36 years of employment in the research laboratories and several manufacturing divisions at Kodak. Dr. Salesin joined IPI in 2004 and has been involved in the permanence properties of magnetic tape and digital prints.
Andrea Venosa, research scientist, will perform the light-stability and high-humidity testing for the project, and will also create content for the DP3 website. She received her degree in molecular biology from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Before joining IPI, Andrea did scientific research and technical work at the University of Buenos Aires and the University of Rochester Medical Center. Her work at IPI involves the development and implementation of experiments on the light-fastness of digital hardcopy and photographic materials.
Email: ajvpph@rit.edu
Project Support Staff
Karen Santoro is IPI's publications coordinator. She will be in charge of designing the printed guide to supplement the website. She designs and edits most of IPI's print publications, product packaging, and promotional materials.
Email: kaspph@rit.edu
Lauren Parish, web designer, will be designing and building the DP3 Project website. She received her degree in New Media Publishing from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2006. She joined IPI to work on new design initiatives for research project websites, web-based software, and the IPI website redesign. Through her career, she has been exposed to many areas of web design and marketing.
Email: lmppph@rit.edu
Lisa Cerra, business manager, is responsible for all business needs of the DP3 project. She received her degree in business administration from Rochester Institute of Technology. She will manage project finances, ensure compliance with sponsor and institute guidelines, and serve as liaison to RIT’s Accounting and Sponsored Research Department.
Email: lmcpay@rit.edu
In addition to IPI regular staff, various research fellows, interns, and student employees have assisted in the execution of this project.
These include the following:
- Kornelia Anckarman – Master of Arts candidate at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Denmark)
- Mirasol Estrada – Andrew W. Mellon Fellow of the Advanced Residency Program in Photograph Conservation at George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film
- Nino Gordeladze - undergraduate in Imaging and Photographic Technology at Rochester Institute of Technology
- Zach Long – undergraduate in Fine Art Photography at Rochester Institute of Technology
- Jessica Scott - undergraduate in Imaging and Photographic Technology at Rochester Institute of Technology
The results of both research projects will be posted on the DP3 Project website, as they become available.
