Education / Experience:
| 2017 - Present: | Staff Scientist, CHESS, Cornell University |
| 2017 - 2016: | Postdoc, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship, Department of Scientific Research, Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| 2016 - 2015: | Postdoc, CHESS |
| 2015 - 2009: | PhD in Materials Chemistry, Cornell University |
| 2009 - 2005: | BA in Chemistry and Fine Arts, Hamilton College |
Research Interests:
In-situ SAXS/WAXS analysis of low Z materials, x-ray fluorescence microscopy, x-ray imaging, x-ray microprobe measurements, technical analysis of cultural heritage
Selected Publications:
- Smieska, L.; Woll, A.; Vanmeert, F.; Janssens, K. “Synchrotron-Based High-Energy X-ray MA-XRF and MA-XRD for Art and Archaeology,” Synchrotron Radiation News, 2019, 32(6): 29-33. DOI: 10.1080/08940886.2019.1680212
- Tehrani, M. W.; Huang, R.; Guimarães, D.; Smieska, L.; Woll, A.; Parsons, P. J. “A study of lead uptake and distribution in horns from lead-dosed goats using synchrotron radiation-induced micro X-ray fluorescence elemental imaging,” Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology, 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2019.05.013
- Smieska, L.; Twilley, J.; Woll, A.; Schafer, M; Marcereau DeGalan, A. “Energy-optimized synchrotron XRF mapping of an obscured painting beneath Exit from the Theater, attributed to Honoré Daumier,” Microchemical Journal, 2019, 143, 679-691. DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2019.01.058
- Kozachuck, M. S.; Sham, T. K.; Martin, R. R.; Nelson, A.; Coulthard, I.; Smieska, L., Woll, A. “Recovering Past Reflections: X-Ray Fluorescence Imaging of Electrocleaned 19th Century Daguerreotypes,” Heritage, 2019, 2(1), 568-586. DOI: 10.3390/heritage2010037
- Guimarães, D.; Roberts, Austin A.; Tehrani, M.; Huang, R.; Smieska, L.; Woll, A. R.; Lin, S.; Parsons, P. J. “Characterization of arsenic in dried baby shrimp ( Acetes sp.) using synchrotron-based X-ray spectrometry and LC coupled to ICP-MS/MS,” Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 2018, 33, 1616-1630. DOI: 10.1039/C8JA00094H
- Smieska, L.M; Mullett, R.; Ferri, L.; Woll, A. R. “Trace elements in natural azurite pigments found in illuminated manuscript leaves investigated by synchrotron x-ray fluorescence and diffraction mapping,” Applied Physics A, 2017, 123: 484. DOI: 10.1007/s00339-017-1093-0