Umberto Veronesi is an archaeologist and heritage scientist based in Lisbon. He is specialised in the study of pre-modern technologies and uses scientific techniques as a way to inform historical research. Umberto received his BA in Archaeology from Sapienza Università di Roma in 2013 before moving to UCL where he completed the MSc in Archaeological Science. He developed a strong interest in ancient glass and glassmaking which brought him to explore the topic and work with glass-related materials spanning both chronologically and geographically. His Ph.D., also at UCL, explored the practice of early modern alchemy through the lenses of the material culture of laboratories. Umberto is currently a research
fellow at VICARTE, within the project ChromAz: The chromatic journey of the Portuguese azulejo, where he investigates the colour technology of Portuguese tiles through a mixture of scientific analyses and laboratory replications.