Raffaella Luca received a Ph.D. in Earth Sciences at the “Archimedes” School in Science, Communication and Technology, in 2014, in the Scientific-Disciplinary field GEO/09 (Mineral resources and mineralogical and petrographic applications for Environment and Cultural Heritage). She graduated from the University of Calabria in Science and Techniques for Restoration and Conservation of Cultural Heritage, in 2007 for a three-year degree, and in Diagnostic Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, in 2009 for a specialist degree. She is a research fellow at the University of Calabria (Italy), at the Department of Biology Ecology and Earth Science (DiBEST) and her research concerns the archaeometry and the characterization of natural and artificial stone materials belonging to the cultural heritage.