Susana Coentro

VICARTE - FCT/UNL

Researcher

Susana Coentro (b. 1984) earned her PhD in 2017 in Conservation and Restoration at NOVA University of Lisbon (Faculty of Sciences and Technology) with the thesis: “An Iberian Heritage: Hispano-Moresque Architectural Tiles in Portuguese and Spanish Collections”. She graduated in Conservation and Restoration at the same institution in 2008, with a Bachelor, and in 2010, with a Master’s degree. She specialized in Glass and Ceramics, in a collaboration with the National Laboratory of Civil Engineering (LNEC) and the National Tile Museum, with a thesis entitled “Study of the pictorial layer in 17th century Portuguese tiles”. Susana is also a member of VICARTE (Research Unit “Glass and Ceramic for the Arts”), where she now works as a researcher. Her main field of research has been Portuguese glazed tiles (Azulejos). Other research interests focus on the study and preservation of cultural heritage, with emphasis on Technical Art History and the evolution of artistic techniques in ceramics and glass throughout History.
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2338-8960