Graduate Conservator Natalie Daßler, M.A.

Education

Since 2023: Research associate at the Competence Center for Heritage Science and Technologies (KDWT) at the Otto-Friedrich University of Bamberg

2021 – 2023: Master program in Heritage Conservation (M.A.) at the Otto-Friedrich University of Bamberg

Master's thesis: Cultural assets contaminated by arsenic. Scientific and art historical analysis of causes using selected objects from the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg as examples.

2015 – 2020: Diploma program in Art Technology, Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage (specializing in murals and architectural surfaces) at the University of Fine Arts Dresden

Diploma thesis: The murals of the residential and commercial building at Fleischmarkt 1 in 04860 Torgau. Development of a conservation, restoration, and presentation concept.

Pre-diploma seminar paper: A cultural-historical study of the color black, using the example of the so-called "Schwarzen Stuben" ('Black Parlours').

2014 – 2015: Preparatory internship in restoration

Practical Experience

2023: Student Assistant at the Professorship of Forensic Restoration Science of Organic Polymers at the Otto-Friedrich University of Bamberg

2018 – 2019: Student Assistant at the University of Fine Arts Dresden in the ERFE project "Spätmittelalterliche Kunst in der Montanregion Erzgebirge" ('Late Medieval Art in the Erz Mountains Mining Region')

Seit 2017: Freelance work in mural restoration

Master's thesis Cultural assets contaminated by arsenic. Scientific and art historical analysis of causes using selected objects from the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg as examples., awarded with:

PUSh-Prize of the Bamberg University's equal opportunities office for outstanding female students in science (2024).

Exemplary Examinations of Construction Elements and Interior Decoration Contaminated by Arsenic and Heavy Metals (Built Heritage Conservation).