Mona Hess

Vita

Dr. Mona Hess is a Full Professor and Lead of the chair for Digital Technologies in Heritage Conservation. She has graduate degrees in architecture from the Munich University of Technology, heritage conservation from the University of Bamberg, both Germany and a PhD in 3D imaging metrology for cultural heritage from University College London (UK) in 2015. She has 20 years of experience in interdisciplinary research projects for 3D imaging metrology and digital documentation for cultural heritage buildings and museum artifacts and has worked in this field in Montreal (Canada), Los Angeles (USA), London (UCL, UK), and Germany. Since 2017 she has been full professor and course director for the new M.Sc. in Digital Technologies in Heritage Conservation at the University of Bamberg, Germany. She is also co-chair at the Centre for Innovative Applications of Computer Science and vice-chair at the Centre for Heritage Conservation Studies and Technologies (KDWT) at the University of Bamberg, Germany. She has published papers and book chapters in the cultural heritage and geomatics community (CIPA and ISPRS). She has been an expert member at ICOMOS CIPA Heritage Documentation since 2019 and will be on the executive committee of CIPA from 2024 as Commission Chair for Education and Dissemination.