Francesca Casadio is an American-Italian conservation scientist and Founding Director of the Scientific Research Laboratory at the Art Institute of Chicago.
[1] Her doctoral research used chemical analysis to understand the polymers used to conserve art and architecture.
After earning her doctorate she moved to Rome, where she worked on conservation science and diagnostic spectroscopies.
[2] She worked at the Getty Conservation Institute and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
[2] Her research studies the materials and techniques of artists and public engagement with museum objects.