Isabel Tissot is a metal conservator-restorer and researcher at LIBPhys, NOVA University Lisbon. Her research focuses on developing analytical and conservation strategies for the study and preservation of metal heritage, with particular emphasis on industrial, scientific, and technical heritage objects.

She holds a PhD in Physical Engineering and a master’s degree in Applied Electrochemistry from the University of Lisbon. Isabel also holds a degree in Conservation-Restoration from Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa and a bachelor’s degree from the former Escola Superior de Conservação-Restauro de Lisboa. She received a research grant from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation to study conservation at the Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique (IRPA-KIK) in Belgium.

With over 20 years of experience, Isabel has worked as a conservator in both the public and private sectors. She has been part of the R&D team at Haute-École Conservation-Restauration in Switzerland and has worked as a conservator at the former Portuguese Institute for Conservation and Restoration (now the Laboratório Instituto José de Figueiredo) and the company Archeofactu in Portugal. As a guest assistant professor, she has taught metal conservation at the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar, the Portuguese Catholic University, and the NOVA University of Lisbon.

Isabel is committed to promoting the safeguarding of industrial, scientific, and technical heritage. Her goal is to enhance this heritage by highlighting and preserving both its tangible and intangible dimensions in an interdisciplinary manner.