OUR STAFF

Alessio Assonitis

Alessio Assonitis

Director
Ph.D. Columbia University, 2003
assonitis[at]medici[dot]org

Alessio Assonitis (Rome, 1970) received his doctoral degree in Renaissance art history from Columbia University in 2003.

Elena Brizio

Elena Brizio

Vice Director
Ph.D. Università degli Studi di Firenze, 1993
ebrizio[at]medici[dot]org

Elena Brizio completed her Ph.D in Medieval History at the University of Florence in 1993 with a thesis on the political and prosopographical analysis of the Sienese government in

Lorenzo Allori

Lorenzo Allori

Technology Director
lallori(at)medici(dot).org

Lorenzo Allori, native of Florence, is currently attending the University of Siena majoring in Business Communication. Primarily a Unix and networking specialist, he has worked for Syracuse University and for several other firms, building ad hoc IT solutions and packages integrating proprietary and opensource products.

Sheila Barker

Sheila Barker

Director of The Jane Fortune Research Program on Women Artists in the Age of the Medici
Ph.D. Columbia University, 2002
barker[at]medici[dot]org

Sheila Barker graduated from Amherst College in 1993 and completed her M.A., M.Phil., and Ph. D. at Columbia University with a specialization in Italian Baroque painting.

Lisa Kaborycha

Lisa Kaborycha

Director of Academic Affairs and Coordinator of Jewish History Program
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 2006
lkaborycha[at]medici[dot]org

Lisa Kaborycha is a native of New York City, who studied at the University of California, Berkeley, where she received a Ph.D in Medieval and Early Modern European History in

Maurizio Arfaioli

Maurizio Arfaioli

Senior Research Fellow
Ph.D. University of Warwick, 2002
arfaioli[at]medici[dot]org

Maurizio Arfaioli was born in Piedmont in 1967 and grew up in Tuscany. He received a B.A. (Honors) in Renaissance History at the University of Pisa in 1995 and completed a Ph.D.

Roberta Piccinelli

Roberta Piccinelli

Compagnia di San Paolo Fellow di Torino 2009-2012
Ph.D. Università degli Studi di Teramo, 2008
rpiccinelli[at]medici[dot]org

Roberta Piccinelli has a degree in History of Art and a Ph.D in Art Collecting at the University of Teramo with a dissertation entitled: Communication and Documentary Research.

Julia A. Vicioso

Julia A. Vicioso

Kress Fellow, 2009-2012
Ph.D. Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, 1994
jvicioso[at]medici[dot]org

Julia A Vicioso received a Master’s Degree in 1990 at the Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Scuola di Specializzazione per lo Studio ed il Restauro de

Lisa Goldenberg Stoppato

Lisa Goldenberg Stoppato

Coordinator of Educational Programs
Laurea Università degli Studi di Firenze 1991
goldenberglisa[at]virgilio[dot]it

Lisa Goldenberg Stoppato, Medici Archive Project fellow from 2000 to 2003, was born in Boston and raised in Belmont, Massachusetts, where she attended high school.

Lorenzo Pasquinelli

Lorenzo Pasquinelli

Senior Developer
lpasquinelli(at)medici(dot).org

Native of Florence, is a JEE Solutions Architect with a strong background in financial environments. During his 11 years in the IT industry he specialized in development, systems analysis and

Joana Amill Luzondo

Joana Amill Luzondo

Web Graphic Designer
jamill(at)medici(dot)org

Joana Amill Luzondo was born in Barcelona in 1985 and graduated from Universitat Ramon Llull in 2007 in Industrial Design and has worked for Gemma Bernal Diseño as an Industrial and Graphic designe

Matteo Doni

Matteo Doni

Junior Developer
mdoni(at)medici(dot).org

Matteo Doni, native of Pontedera near Pisa, is curently attending University of Pisa pursuing a degree in Information Technology.

Claire Eskander

Claire Eskander

Jane Fortune Research Program - Junior Researcher

Claire Eskander graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a BA (Mod.) Hons in History of Art and Architecture with Ancient History and Archaeology in 2011. She wrote her undergraduate the

Myrto’ Psicharis

Myrto’ Psicharis

Jane Fortune Research Program - Junior Researcher

Myrto’ Psicharis was born in Florence. She is currently carrying out a degree in Art History, Conservation and Care of Cultural Heritage at the University of Florence.

 Victoria Jones

Victoria Jones

Intern

 Victoria Jones is a high school student from Dallas who began interning at the Medici Archive Project in the early summer of 2011.