Elena Mercedes Pérez-Monserrat

I received a degree (B.S) in Geological Sciences (1999) and a Ph.D. in Geology (2015) from the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain) and a M.Sc. in Conservation and Restoration of the Built Heritage (2005) from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain). I was a research scholar at the Geological Survey of Spain (2000-2002) and laboratory technician, research fellow and project manager at the Geosciences Institute of Madrid, IGEO (2003-2018). I have been assistant professor of laboratory practices at the Spanish Distance University (2004-2006) and at the Complutense University of Madrid (2004-2007). I have been working at the Department of Geosciences of the University of Padua (Italy), first awarded with a Marie-Skłodowska Curie Individual Fellowship (MSCA-IF, 2019-2021) and then with a post-doctoral contract supported by Casa di Risparmio Padova e Rovigo (CARIPARO, 2022-2023). Since August 2023, I am assistant researcher at the CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials framed under the Call for the Stimulus of Scientific Employment Individual Support (CEEC IND - 5^th Edition).

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5701-2879

• interdisciplinary and multi-analytical studies of stones and ceramic materials used in the cultural heritage (characterization, provenance/manufacturing, decay and conservation).
• production technologies -provenance and composition of the raw clays, procedures/treatments and firing dynamics- of ancient ceramics (archaeological artefacts, fired bricks and tiles).
• technological value of ancient bricks: traditional building materials able to address the current ceramic industry challenges regarding to eco-innovative and sustainable solutions (raw materials supply, environment protection or cost-efficient processes).
• heritage value of traditional building materials, linking cultural identities and territories.

DOLOWBRICK “Dolomite-rich bricks fired at low temperatures able to achieve hydraulic hardening towards green-solutions in ceramic industry”. Call for the Stimulus of Scientific Employment Individual Support (CEEC IND - 5^th Edition - Call 2021). Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior, Portugal (Ref. 2022.00427.CEECIND/CP1720/CT0009). Centre for Research in Ceramics and Composite Materials (CICECO) of the University of Aveiro (starting in August 2023).
https://doi.org/10.54499/2022.00427.CEECIND/CP1720/CT0009

“Archaeometric analysis of the ceramic materials from the earliest foundry of Pre-Roman Padua”. Project of Excellence CARIPARO (Casa di Risparmio Padova e Rovigo) Call 2021 (VIDA_ECCE22_01). Departments of Cultural Heritage and Geosciences of the University of Padua, Italy (2022-2023).

CLAYONRISK “Bricks manufacturing technologies to increase built heritage resilience and to raise common identities of peoples”. The European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018 action, No. 836122). Department of Geosciences of the University of Padua, Italy (2019-2021).
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/836122

Pérez-Monserrat, E.M., Baratella, V., Maritan, L. & Vidale, M. (2024)
Dark pottery from the Early Iron Age in southern Veneto, Italy: the provenance issue under the adoption of specific technological procedures
Applied Clay Science 255: 107418
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2024.107418

Pérez-Monserrat, E.M., Crespo-López, L., Cultrone, G., Mozzi, P. & Maritan, L. (2024)
Clayey materials for traditional bricks production in North-Eastern Italy through a combined compositional study: From firing dynamics to provenance
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 54: 104400 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104400)

Pérez-Monserrat, E.M., Maritan, L., Baratella, V. & Vidale, M. (2023)
Production Technologies and Provenance of Ceramic Materials from the Earliest Foundry of
Pre-Roman Padua, NE Italy
Heritage 6(3): 2956–2977 (https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage6030157)

Pérez-Monserrat, E.M., Maritan, L. & Cultrone, G. (2022)
Firing and post-firing dynamics of Mg- and Ca-rich bricks used in the built heritage of the city of Padua (north-eastern Italy) 
European Journal of Mineralogy 34: 301-319 (https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-301-2022)

Pérez-Monserrat, E.M., Causarano, M.A., Maritan, L., Chavarria, Al., Brogiolo, G.P. & Cultrone, G. (2022)
Roman brick production technologies in Padua (Northern Italy) along the Late Antiquity and Medieval Times: durable bricks on high humid environs
Journal of Cultural Heritage 54: 12-20 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2022.01.007)

Pérez-Monserrat, E.M., Maritan, L. Garbin, E. & Cultrone, G. (2021) 
Production technologies of ancient bricks from Padua, Italy: changing colors and resistance over time
Minerals 11(7): 744 (https://doi.org/10.3390/min11070744) 

Pérez-Monserrat, E.M., Cultrone, G., Rincón J.Mª., Perla, A. & Fort, R. (2019) 
Multidisciplinary study of glazed ceramics of Chamberí Metro Station (Madrid, Spain): a knowledge base with technological and heritage value
Applied Clay Science 175: 102-114 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2019.03.032)

Pérez-Monserrat, E.M., Fort R. & Varas-Muriel, M.J. (2018) 
Monitoring façade soiling as a maintenance strategy for the sensitive built heritage
International Journal of Architectural Heritage 12(5): 816-827 
(https://doi.org/10.1080/15583058.2017.1419312)

Pérez-Monserrat, E.M., Agua, F., Fort, R., Alvarez de Buergo, M., Conde, J.F. & Garcia-Heras, M. (2017)
Effect of manufacturing methods on the decay of ceramic materials: a case study of bricks in modern architecture of Madrid (Spain)
Applied Clay Science 135: 136-149 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2016.09.015)

Pérez-Monserrat, E.M., Peropadre C., Fort R. & Varas-Muriel, M.J. (2017)
La caliza de Morata de Tajuña, Comunidad de Madrid: una piedra tradicional de construcción en la capital a principios del siglo XX
Boletín Geológico y Minero de España 4(128): 963-988
(https://doi.org/10.21701/bolgeomin.128.4.005)