A/Prof Petronella Nel
Associate Professor
Robert Cripps Institute for Cultural Conservation
50 Scholarly works
8 Projects
HIGHLIGHTS
2026
Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)
Advanced Polymers for Heritage Conservation
2025
Journal article
Conserving Artline Permanent Marker and Fineliner Pens on Paper: Assessing Vulnerability of Drawings by Walmajarri Artist Jimmy Pike
DOI: 10.1080/01971360.2024.23875082023
Internal Research Grant
Improving Materials Testing for the Display and Storage of Museum Collections
2023
Journal article
Surveys of Plastics in Post-1950 Non-published Book Collections
DOI: 10.1515/res-2023-00022023
Journal article
Plastics in Australian Archives: An Industry Survey Regarding Prevalence, Condition, and Preservation Strategies
DOI: 10.1080/00393630.2021.19960932023
Conference Proceedings
Should we clean plastics like we clean paintings? A study in cleaning plasticised poly (vinyl chloride)
DOI: 10.17863/CAM.1041102016
Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)
A National Framework for Managing Malignant Plastics in Museum Collections
RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS
2023
Journal article
Safe Storage? An Assessment of Polyethylene for the Storage of Heritage Objects
DOI: 10.1080/00393630.2022.20927022022
Journal article
Investigating the efficacy of interleaving materials in the preservation of plasticised PVC slip-cover notebooks in Yang Zhichao’s artwork Chinese Bible
DOI: 10.1080/19455224.2022.21124052022
Journal article
Collaborative Development of Polymer-Based Collection Survey Methodology and Relational Data Model
DOI: 10.1080/00393630.2022.20490342021
Conference Proceedings
Identification of polymer-based artefacts from the former Wheeler Residence at the Mernda archaeological site in Victoria, Australia: A comparison of attenuated total reflectance and reflectance spectroscopic techniques
2021
Journal article
A preliminary investigation into the influence of archaeological material on the yellowing of polyethylene storage bags
DOI: 10.1080/10344233.2022.20582452020
Conference Proceedings
Conservation and characterization of arabic papyrus in Egyptian National Library and Archives, Egypt
DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/949/1/012003
RECENT PROJECTS
2023
Internal Research Grant
Improving Materials Testing for the Display and Storage of Museum Collections
2022
Research Contracts
Identification and Storage of Nitrate and Acetate Materials at South Australia Museum