JP Brown

JP Brown graduated in Archaeological Conservation in 1986 and worked on the conservation of objects in England for two years before joining the faculty of the University of Wales at Cardiff.  He taught practical and preventive conservation at UWC until 1993 when he moved to the States to work as a consultant on the conservation of historic buildings including Independence Hall, the George Washington Mansion, and Virginia State Capitol. 
In 2002 JP joined the staff of the Field Museum working successively on micro-environmental control for preservation of collections, the move of oversize material to the CRC, and the conservation of the Kish excavation archive.  He was appointed Regenstein Conservator in 2009 and works on the conservation of collections from the Pacific.
JP's research interests encompass object conservation methods, computer-based object documentation, preventive conservation, and the non-destructive analysis of structures and materials.  His work on CT scanning and 3D printing of museum collections has been featured in exhibits at the Field Museum and the Oriental Institute.  His work with Field Museum Anthropology curators Gary Feinman and Ryan Williams on the origins of the mysterious Maya Blue pigment was picked by Archaeology Magazine as one of the top ten archaeological discoveries of 2008.

EDUCATION

• University of Chicago, Dept of Physical Sciences, Chicago, IL (2005). MS Computer Science.
• University...