Julie Arslanoglu is a Research Scientist at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York). She investigates paints, coatings, adhesives, and the organic materials found in artworks across all ages using spectroscopy (FTIR), mass-spectrometric (GC/MS, Py-GC/MS. MALDI, LC/MS) and immunological techniques (ELISA), with emphasis on natural and synthetic polymer identification and degradation. Her research interests include interactions between pigments and binders, especially proteins, polysaccharides, lipids, and their mixtures. She is co-founder Art Bio Matters (ABM; https://www.artbiomatters.org/), a one-of-a-kind conclave of scientists, conservators,, art historians and curators who are interested in the analysis of biological materials found in cultural heritage. She is also co-founder of ARt and Cultural HEritage: Natural Organic Polymers by Mass Spectrometry (ARCHE; https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/conservation-and-scientific-research/scientific-research/arche) with Dr. Caroline Tokarski (University of Bordeaux), a collaboration to study the material dimension of museum collections on a molecular level with mass spectrometry, especially for conservation and preservation of artworks, and to reconnect the relationship between history and natural products.