Maya Musa

Scientific Researcher specializing in analytical protocol development for material Identification and characterization. Her skills are correlated with the application of different analytical techniques, such as optical and electron microscopy, vibrational spectroscopies (micro-Raman and FTIR/micro-FTIR), UV-Vis/NIR Spectroscopy and colourimetry, Elemental Analyses (EDS and XRF) and multispectral imaging techniques. Thanks to the years spent in the Gemological analytical field, she learned and developed several methodologies to characterize samples using non-destructive techniques without any preparation. Thanks to that, she also provided her skills for archaeometric research because scientific gemology applications and cultural heritage have many similarities and crossing points. Thus, she had the chance to increase her knowledge of pigments and dyeing substances, temperature identification in heat treatments, and the origin of the materials.