Kate Shepherdson
Assistant Objects Conservator
- Telephone:
- (+61 3) 8344 6049
- Email:
- kmsh@unimelb.edu.au
- Fax:
- (+61 3) 9348 5656
- Location:
- Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation
Ian Potter Building
The University of Melbourne VIC 3010
Biography
Kate has a BA in Archaeology from The University of Queensland (2004) and a Masters in Cultural Materials Conservation from The University of Melbourne (2006), the later specialising in Objects Conservation. Her interests include objects Archaeological, Ethnographic and of Social and Natural History. Her most recent research on a specific method for the prevention of Byne’s Efflorescence in Bird eggshell collections formed part of her Masters. Kate was also the 2006 Co-President of the postgraduate group SC@M (Student Conservators at Melbourne).