Ivana Kopecká

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Name and Surname: Ivana Kopecká
Title, Degree: Ing. (equiv. Grad. Eng.)
Contact Address: National Technical Museum, Kostelní 42, Prague 7, Czech Republic
Phone: (+420) 220 399 228
E-mail: ivana.kopecka (at) ntm.cz
   
Education: 1974 - 1979
Institute of Chemical Technology Prague, Faculty of Chemical Technology
Major field of study: macromolecular chemistry and chemistry for restoration and conservation of works of art
   
Postgraduate Courses: 1997
International postgraduate course in non-destructive and micro-destructive analysis of works of art organized by the Institut de Formation des Restaurateurs d´Oeuvres d´Art (IFROA) in Paris under patronage of the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM)

1995
Completion of the JASPEX language course at the Faculty of Education of the Charles University Prague, state examination in French

1990 - 1992
Special analytical separation methods, Faculty of Science of the Charles University, Prague
   
Work Experience: From 2008 up to present
National Technical Museum Prague, Head of the Department of Research Laboratories

1994 - 2008
The National Institute for the Preservation of Historical Monument Prague (until 2003, The State Institute of Monument Care)
Head of the Section of Technology of Monument Care

1990 - 1994
State Restoration Ateliers,
Head of the Technological Laboratory

1980 - 1990
State Restoration Ateliers, Technological Laboratory

1979 - 1980
One-year study stay at the Institute of Chemical Technology Prague
   
Work Specialities: Identification of organic binders of colour layers, natural dye-stuffs and resins

Technology of conservation of mural paintings

Preventive conservations
   
Collaboration in Projects: Historical materials under repeated strain *

Special mortar materials for repairs of defects of historical plasters and mural paintings *

Application of analytical methods for studying of historical materials *

Technological research of Middle-ages mural paintings in Bohemia and Moravia **

International project Teamwork for Preventive Conservation (coordinated by ICCROM, 1999 – 2000)

REACH ***

Li-Do (Light dosimeters) ***

Saltcontrol ***

Projects financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic*, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic** and the EU*** (4th, 5th and 6th EU framework programme).
   
Membership in Organizations: International Council of Museums (ICOM) – Commission for Conservation

Commission for Restoration of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic

Arts Council of the Faculty of Restoration of the University of Pardubice (in Litomyšl)

Representative of the Czech Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing (former Czech Standards Institute, ČNI) in the process of technical standardization in the filed of cultural heritage within the EU (CEN 346)

Council of the WTA (Scientific and Technical Society for Redevelopment of Buildings and Monument Care)