Personnel

The following list gives BHMPI personnel as of 31.12.2024

Board of Directors

Professorin Dr. Tanja Michalsky | Managing Director (01.03.2024–28.02.2026)
Professor Dr. Tristan Weddigen | Director

Executive Assistants
Mara Freiberg Simmen, M.A. | Department Weddigen
Anna Paulinyi, M.A.
Ornella Rodengo, M.A. | partly Lise Meitner Research Group
Raffaele Rossi, M.A. | Department Michalsky

Department Michalsky: Cities and Spaces in Premodernity
Professorin Dr. Tanja Michalsky | Director

Scientific Assistants
Dr. Adrian Bremenkamp
Dr. Anna Magnago Lampugnani
Elisabetta Scirocco, Ph.D.

Postdoc Fellows
Alev Berberoğlu, Ph.D.
Alessio Ciannarella, Ph.D.
Damiana Di Bonito, Ph.D.
Malvina Giordana, Ph.D.
Mariano Saggiomo, Ph.D.

Predoc Fellows
José Gabriel Alegría, M.A.
Sofia Hernandez, M.Phil. (Princeton-Fellow)
Rebecca Johnson, M.Phil.
Kristen Racaniello, M.Phil. (Fellow Kress Foundation)

Project Collaborator
Polina Voronova, M.A. (Mapping Sacred Spaces)

Department Weddigen: Art of the Modern Age in Global Context
Professor Dr. Tristan Weddigen | Director

Scientific Assistants
Lara Demori, Ph.D.
Anna Aline Mehlman Dumont, B.A.
Ariella Minden, Ph.D.

Scientific Collaborator
Dr. Tobias Teutenberg

Postdoc Fellows
Giulia Morale, Ph.D.
Braden Lee Scott, Ph.D.
Baptiste Tochon-Danguy, Ph.D.

Predoc Fellows
Elena Amerio, M.A.
Luigi Crea, M.A. (Fellow Ruth und Arthur Scherbarth Stiftung)
Nora Guggenbühler, M.A.
Caterina Martinelli, M.A.
Morad Montazami, M.A.

Wölfflin Edition
Dr. Jutta Teutenberg (employed at the University of Zurich)

Digital Visual Studies
Dr. Darío Negueruela del Castillo | Scientific Coordinator (employed at the University of Zurich)
Angela Di Pietro | Administration (employed at the University of Zurich)
Andrea Alfarano, M.Sc. | Scientific Collaborator (employed at the University of Zurich)
Jacopo Neri, M.Sc. | |Scientific Collaborator (employed at the University of Zurich)
Ana María Zapata Guzmán, M.A. | Scientific Collaborator (employed at the University of Zurich)
Pepe Ballesteros Zapata, Ph.D. | Postdoc Fellow (employed at the University of Zurich)
Ludovica Schaerf, Ph.D. | Postdoc Fellow (employed at the University of Zurich)

Lise Meitner Research Group: Decay, Loss, and Conservation in Art History
Research Group Leader: Francesca Borgo, Ph.D.

Ornella Rodengo, M.A. | Assistant
Lea Greenberg, Ph.D. | Editorial Associate

Postdoc Fellow
Camilla Colzani, Ph.D.

Predoc Fellows
Helen Buddensieg, M.A.
Agnieszka Dziki, M.A.
Costanza Paolillo, M.A.

Max Planck Research Group: Visualizing Science in Media Revolutions
Research Group Leader: Sietske Fransen, Ph.D.

Katja Hackstein, M.A. | Assistant

Postdoc Fellows
Marvin Bolt, Ph.D.
Leendert van der Miesen, M.A.

Predoc Fellows
Odile Manon Lehnen, M.Phil.
Jennifer Marine, M.A.

Senior Scholar

Dr. Susanne Kubersky-Piredda

Digital Humanities – DH Lab

Alessandro Adamou, Ph.D. | Digital Humanities Scientist
Elisa Bastianello, Ph.D. | Digital Publications Manager
Dr. Martin Raspe | Scientific IT-Administrator
Christopher David Tomlinson, Ph.D. | Digital Humanities Scientist [DFG]

System Administrator

Dr. Alexander Drummer

Research Associate

Dr. Lothar Sickel

Ph.D. Candidates Supported by Third-Party Funds

Luigi Crea, M.A. – Department Weddigen | Fellow Ruth und Arthur Scherbarth Stiftung
Sofia Hernandez, M.Phil. – Department Michalsky | Princeton-Fellow
Kristen Racaniello, M.Phil. – Department Michalsky | Fellow Kress Foundation

Emeritae & Emeriti

Prof. Dr. Sybille Ebert-Schifferer
Prof. Dr. Christoph Luitpold Frommel
Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Kieven
Prof. Dr. Matthias Winner

Library

PD Dr. Golo Maurer | Head Librarian
Dr. Sonja Kobold | Deputy Head Librarian, Subject Indexing, Electronic Resources
Hanna Sophie Stegemann, M.A. | Assistant to Head Librarian, Article Cataloging

Scientific Librarians
Dr. Philine Helas | Scientific Subject Indexing (part-time 70%)
Dr. Michael Schmitz | Scientific Subject Indexing
Dr. Pavla Langer | Scientific Subject Indexing

Digital Library
Dr. Klaus E. Werner | Digitization, Scientific Subject Indexing (part-time 80%)
Paola Filatro, M.A. | Digitalization rare books
Cathaysa Santana, M.A. | Digitalization rare books
Anna Wilkens, M.A. | Digitalization rare books

System Librarian
Sabine Winter, Dipl.-Bibl.

Book Acquisitions and Cataloging
Kathrin Holenstein, Dipl.-Bibl.
Annika Pietsch, B.A.
Uta Schneikart, M.A.
Stephanie Seidl, M.A. | Curator Archive

Support Staff
Alessandro Agnoletto (part-time 50%)
Romano Crescenzi
Milivoj Kokic
Roberto Lilli
Alessandro Simonetta
Paolo Talone, M.A.

Photographic Collection

Dr. Johannes Röll | Curator
Dr. Tatjana Bartsch | Deputy Head, Acquisition
Marga Sánchez, M.A. | Assistant to the Curator (part-time 75%)

Bequests and Historical Collections
Dr. Regine Schallert | Scientific Collaborator

Scientific Cataloging
Dr. Regina Deckers | Subject Indexing
Mariafrancesca Denora, M.A. | Subject Indexing (part-time 50%)
Giovanni Freni, Ph.D. | Subject Indexing
Christoph Stolz, M.A. | Subject Indexing
Maria Tafelmeier, M.A. | Subject Indexing (part-time 65%)

IT
Pietro Liuzzo, Ph.D. | Senior Information Scientist

Employees
Maria-Teresa Petrilli (part-time 50%)
Natalie Vitiello, Dipl.-Mus. (part-time 75%)

Photographer
Enrico Fontolan, M.A.

Publications & Public Relations

Dr. Marieke von Bernstorff | Head
Dr. Mirjam Neusius | Scientific Collaborator
Caterina Scholl, M.A. | Assistant

Project Collaborator
Andrew McKenzie-McHarg, Dr. des.

Facility Management

Angelika Gabrielli, M.A. | Head
Fabio Usai | Technical Operations Manager
Claudio Caucci | Operations Technician

Administration

Cav. Brigitte Secchi, Dipl.-Verw. | Head
Susan Neumann | Deputy Head, Personnel