Department of Chemistry

Columbian College of Arts & Sciences

Using Chemistry to Understand Ancient Asian Art

February 4, 2020
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Jennifer Giaccai, a Ph.D. candidate in chemistry, prepares to examine a sample of pine soot using Raman spectroscopy. (Harrison Jones/GW Today)

Using Chemistry to Understand Ancient Asian Art, Jennifer Giaccai, a Ph.D. candidate in the Miller Lab, combines her passion for chemistry and art as part of a research project analyzing carbon-based soot.