Eleanor Josephine Schofield (born 26 March 1980[2]) is the Head of Conservation & Collections Care at the Mary Rose Trust.

[5] Schofield studied materials science at Imperial College London[6] where she completed a Master of Engineering (MEng) degree followed by PhD[7] under the supervision of Mary Ryan in 2006.

[11] In 2013 the ship drying began, and Schofield was responsible for developing a series of experiments with the Diamond Light Source and University of Kent.

[13][14] Schofield continuously monitors the amount of sulphur and iron in the warship, working with Serena Corr at the University of Glasgow.

[19] She also works with Rachel O'Reilly at the University of Birmingham as part of a Leverhulme Trust grant that looks to develop polymers that can remove iron ions from the wood, which could prevent these damaging acids from forming.

[20][21] To do this, Corr, O'Reilly and Schofield use core magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles that are embedded them into a thermoresponsive polymer.