University / institution contact details
Position: scientist
Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung
BAM 4.5
http://www.bam.de
Second university / institution contact details
Position: Lecturer/Professor
Hamburg University
Kunstgeschichte
Teaches (T) and/or researches (R) in:
2. History of the Jewish People: R
12: Medieval: R
17: Archaeology: R
10. Jewish Studies and Resources: R
81: Codicology: R
11. Digital Humanities: R
86: Digital humanities: R
Other subjects:
material science: Teach and Research
Description
Ira Rabin, professor at the Hamburg University a senior scientist at the Federal Institute of Material Research and Testing (BAM) in Berlin and the Centre for the Studies of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) in Hamburg, Germany.
Ira Rabin studied chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Between 1979 and 1983 she worked as a student and later as a staff member of the Conservation Department of the Jewish National and University Library (JNUL), with specialization paper and parchment conservation. In 1983, she returned to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to continue her studies in physical chemistry, particularly in mass spectrometry. In 1987 she moved to Berlin, where she obtained a PhD degree in physical chemistry at the Max-Planck-Society in collaboration with the Free University. Until 2003 she worked in basic research in cluster physics in the Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max-Planck-Society and continued her research on parchment but as a hobby. Since 2003 her main research interest has been dedicated to the Dead Sea Scrolls. Between 2005 - 2007 she worked in Israel as a scientific advisor to the Israel Antiquities Authority and the Jewish National Library. 2007 - 2010 she coordinated the international Qumran project. Currently besides conducting research dedicated to the Dead Sea Scrolls and history of black writing inks she is working towards including ink composition into description of historical manuscripts.
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