Fabrizio Antonelli is Full Professor of Applied Petrography - Archaeometry at the Università Iuav di Venezia, and Scientific Head of the LAMA - Laboratory for Analyzing Materials off Ancient origin. His fields of interest are (i) the mineralogical–petrographic, geochemical, and physical–mechanical characterization of stones and marbles used in antiquity and in historical architecture; ceramics/bricks; plasters/mortars; pigments; vitreous materials; (ii) issues related to the conservation of the aforementioned materials, as well as to the definition of the causes and mechanisms of their deterioration; and (iii) the chemical–physical characterization of inorganic–organic products for conservative treatments.