Isabel Tissot is a metal conservator-restorer and researcher at LIBPhys, NOVA FCT. She holds a PhD in Engineering Physics and a Master’s degree in Applied Electrochemistry from the University of Lisbon, a degree in Conservation-Restoration from NOVA FCT, and a Bachelor’s degree from the former Lisbon Higher School of Conservation-Restoration. She received a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation to study conservation at the Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique (IRPA-KIK) in Belgium. She is a member of the EPPIC coordination team.

With over 20 years of professional experience, she has worked in both the public and private sectors, notably at the former Portuguese Institute for Conservation and Restoration, Archeofactu, and the Haute-École Conservation-Restauration in Switzerland. She has taught metal conservation at the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar and the Portuguese Catholic University, and currently teaches at NOVA FCT.

Her research focuses on the study, conservation and valorisation of metal, industrial, scientific and technical heritage through analytical and interdisciplinary approaches that integrate both its tangible and intangible dimensions.