
Helen Ganiaris
I have been Chair of the Archaeology Group since 2018. In March 2019, I retired from the Museum of London from the post of Conservation Manager of archaeology, objects and paper. I started at the Museum in 1980 as an archaeological conservator conserving finds from the numerous excavations, many of them waterlogged sites. I led the archaeological conservation team until 2001 and then took on the wider management role.
Dr Alaina Schmisseur
After a BA in Classics and an MA in Medieval Archaeology, I completed the MSc in Conservation for Archaeology and Museums at UCL in 2008. In 2019 I completed a PhD in Archaeology and Conservation at the University of York.

Ellie Rowley-Conwy
I completed the MA in Conservation of Archaeological and Museum Objects at Durham University in 2012. Until recently my work focused mainly on arms and armour at the Royal Armouries, Leeds. While there I gained experience working on all types of materials, with metals making up about half of this.

Luisa Duarte ACR
I am an archaeological conservator of 10 years’ experience. After graduating from UCL with an MA and an MSc in conservation in 2010, I worked as an object conservator for the Imperial War Museum, moving to MOLA in 2011.
Vicky Garlick
I completed a Masters degree in the Conservation of Archaeological and Museum Objects at Durham University in 2012. This included a nine-month placement at the National Museum of Wales.
Hazel Gardiner
At UCL I completed the MA in Principles of Conservation in 2009 and the MSc in Conservation for Archaeology and Museum in 2011, following a career holding research and research-related posts at a number of University of London institutions.

Charlotte Wilkinson ACR
After completing a Masters in the Conservation of Archaeological and Museum Objects at Durham University, I began working as an Archaeological Conservator at the York Archaeological Trust in 2015.

Claire Woodhead ACR
I work for the Hampshire Cultural Trust in Winchester, which has been home since 2007. This is my second stint on the Archaeology Group Committee, having previously served from 2008–2016.
Emma Smith
I gained a BA in Archaeology and Anthropology from the University of Cambridge in 2015 and an MPhil in Textile Conservation from the Centre for Textile Conservation, University of Glasgow in 2019. I have held a number of roles within the heritage field: as a field archaeologist on numerous projects, notably the Ness of Brodgar; as a Research Assistant for the ERC funded PROCON Project at the McDonald Institute for Archaeology; and working within conservation studios at the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Library, where I held a Clothworkers' Company funded internship.
Mags Felter ACR
I am Senior Conservator at York Archaeological Trust, where I have worked since 2005. I work on freshly excavated material and archaeological museum objects. I have a keen interest in bone and antler objects and metals and also in on-site conservation and lifting of fragile materials.