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Katrien Keune PhD, chemist, is head of Science at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam and professor by special appointment of Molecular Spectroscopy at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), Netherlands. The Science department, a sub-department of Conservation & Science, conducts research on the Rijksmuseum collection in close collaboration with conservators, curators and (technical) art historians. Keune is specialized in ageing and degradation studies of pigments and oil paintings at the micro- and molecular level. She initiated and (co)led many national and international interdisciplinary research projects funded by programmes as Horizon Europa, EU-H2020, EU-JPI, NWO-NICAS and NWO-TALENT. One such project is the GoGreen project (Horizon Europa, 2022-2026) of which Keune is the coordinator. This project aims to develop green strategies to conserve the past and preserve the future of our cultural heritage. At the Rijksmuseum, she leads the scientific research of Operation Night Watch, the largest research project on Rembrandt's masterpiece.
