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Stream: Treatment

Specialization: Artifacts

Areas of Interest: Ceramics, glass, metal, archaeological bone and fossils, instrumental analysis, preventive conservation

Ester completed her Honours Bachelor of Science from the University of Toronto in 2019, with a double major in Biology, and Evolutionary Anthropology. During her undergraduate career, she worked as a research assistant in the Department of Anthropology, performing 3D scanning and post-processing of primate foot bone morphology. After graduating, Ester worked in the Molecular systematics Lab at the Royal Ontario Museum, doing DNA extraction, PCR, and gene sequencing for multiple curators, during which she received a co-authorship in the Journal of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Ester also volunteered at the Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s Own Rifles Regimental Museum at Casa Loma in Toronto, where she gained experience in collections management, cataloguing, condition reporting, restoration, museum photography, designing new displays and mounting artifacts, as well as participating in events promoting public engagement.