Contributors | The Lazarus Project

None of the accomplishments of the Lazarus Project would be possible without the teamwork and expertise of the project’s collaborators.

The Lazarus Project collaborators are a diverse group of scholars, scientists, and people in industry drawn from many disciplines. They play various supporting roles in recovery projects depending on their skill set.

Among the humanists, the paleographers and codicologists provide expert advice to scholars involved in reading manuscripts, while heraldry experts aid in identifying the coats of arms that often adorn objects.

Historians, archeologists, and historians of cartography aid with locating and deciphering unusual artifacts.

Senior scholars who have broad contacts with museums and collections throughout the world help us gain access to manuscripts, maps, and cultural heritage objects.

Material scientists with expertise in x-ray fluorescence (XRF), Raman spectroscopy, polarized light microscopy, and sample collection advise on the chemistry of inks, pigments, and substrates, supporting the work of humanists in the identification and provenance of objects.

Technical photographers and optical engineers help build and deploy new imaging equipment and portable supports for that equipment.

Imaging scientists help both with image processing and with the development of new methods and algorithms for image processing.

Founding Members

Gregory Heyworth ►

Director, Lazarus Project

Associate Professor of English, History and Computer Science, University of Rochester

email: gregory.heyworth@rochester.edu

Michael Phelps

Executive Director, Early Manuscript Electronic Library
email: mphelps@emelibrary.org

Ken Boydston

Photographer & CEO, Megavision
email: boulderhaven@yahoo.com

Roger Easton, Jr., Ph.D.

Professor of Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology

Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology

email: easton@cis.rit.edu

Chet Van Duzer ►

Author & Cartographic Historian

Researcher in Residence, John Carter Brown Library, Providence, RI

email: chet.van.duzer@gmail.com

Active Lazarus Ph.D. Candidates

Catherine Albers-Morris ►

Program Coordinator
Ph.D., University of Rochester
email: calbers@ur.rochester.edu

Lazarus Lab Staff

Kathy Kingsley

Program Assistant, Lazarus Project
University of Rochester Department of English
email: kathy.kingsley@rochester.edu

Contributing Scholars

Sarah Baribeau

Brian Cook, Ph.D.

Auburn University
Auburn, AL

Multilingual medieval British literature, classical and medieval education, vernacular literacy, environmental and animal mnemonics, and media technologies

email: bsc0028@auburn.edu