Stefan Roehrs
Scientist
Vitreous materials
Department: Conservation and Scientific
Research
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7323 8275
Email: sroehrs @ thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
In April 2007 Stefan Roehrs joined the CSR department to work on
vitreous materials. He is a chemist with a specialization in
inorganic analytical chemistry and produced his PhD thesis on the
analysis of Limoges painted enamels by portable micro X-ray
fluorescence at the Technical University in Berlin, Germany.
After completing his dissertation he had a post-doctoral
position in Paris at the C2RMF, the centre of research and
restoration for French museums. In this laboratory, which is
located at the Louvre, he was part of the research group working
with the AGLAE particle accelerator working on different kind of
materials.
His work at the British Museum mainly concerns the analysis of
enamels, glass and glazes.
Current British Museum projects
Egyptian core glass
Kush beads
Nineteenth century Persian (Kashan) tiles
Previous British Museum projects
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External fellowships/ honorary positions/ membership of professional bodies
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Publications
S. Roehrs, ‘About Limoges painted enamels – chronological
evolution of the glass chemical composition’ with I. Biron and H.
Stege, Proceedings of Association Internationale pour
l'Histoire du Verre 17
S. Roehrs, ‘Analyses of underglaze painted tiles from
19th-century Iran (Qajar period)’ with F. Voigt, B. Kanngießer, W.
Malzer, Y. Höhn, J. Salomon and I. Reiche Proceedings of 36th
International Symposium on Archaeometry 2006 in Quebec
S. Roehrs, ‘First-time observation of Mastro Giorgio
masterpieces by means of non-destructive techniques’, with G.
Padeletti, G.M. Ingo, A. Bouquillon, S. Pages-Camagna, M.
Aucouturier and P. Fermo, Applied Physics A, 83, (2006),
pp. 475-483
S. Roehrs, ‘Exploring advantages of 4He-PIXE analysis for
layered objects in cultural heritage’, with T. Calligaro, F.
Mathis, I. Ortega-Feliu, J. Salomon and P. Walter, Nucl. Instr.
Meth B, 249, (2006), pp. 604-607
S. Roehrs, ‘Analysing Limoges painted enamels from the 16th to
19th centuries by using a portable micro X-Ray fluorescence
spectrometer’, with H. Stege, X-Ray Spectrometry 33,
(2004), pp. 396-401