Dr. Lamprini Malletzidou is a Research Associate at the Laboratory of Archaeometry and Physicochemical Measurements of “Athena” Research Center, Kimmeria, Xanthi, Greece, and a Post Doctoral researcher at the Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Devices (AMDelab), in the Department of Physics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece. Her work is focusing on materials characterization, dating and ageing with microscopic, spectroscopic, X-rays, thermoanalytical and luminescence techniques. She specializes in the study of pigments, minerals and organic materials in art.