CURRICULUM VITAE
Jerry Charles Podany jpodany@getty.edu DEGREES
1981-1982
University of London, Institute of Archaeology, Department of Conservation and
Materials Science.
Certificate in Archaeological Conservation (with distinction).
1976-1978
Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA.
Master of Fine Arts Degree.
1970-1975
University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree (Honors)
Major: Studio Arts, Minor: Art History
CONTINUING EDUCATION
1981-1982
Birkbeck College, University of London, Department of Crystallography.
Course in Electron Microscopy.
1981-1982
London Technical Institute, Course in Petrology.
1980
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. “Technical Examination of Works of Art”
Course.
1979
Walter C. McCrone Research Institute.
Microscopy for the Conservator (certificate).
CAREER
1986-present
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Conservator-Department Head,
Antiquities Conservation
1991 – present
Adjunct Professor
University of Southern California
1984-1986
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Conservator-Acting Department Head,
Antiquities Conservation
1984-1986
The J. Paul Getty Museum.
Associate Conservator, Acting Department Head
Department of Antiquities Conservation.
1977-1984
The J. Paul Getty Museum.
Conservation Assistant,
Department of Antiquities Conservation.
1970-1974
The Joslyn Art Museum
Exhibition Designer and Preparator,
Omaha, Nebraska.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD EXPERIENCE
1993- 1995
Conservation Project for the Laetoli Hominid Trackway, Tanzania
Field conservator in charge of treatment
Tanzanian Ministry of Culture and the GCI
1990
The Sphinx of Giza
Consultant. Evaluation of a large segment failure of the Sphinx.
Egyptian Antiquities Authority, Directorate of the Giza Plateau
1984
The Forum of Trajan
Condition survey of architectural fragments
Site conservator
1983
Joint Expedition to Terqa, Ashara, Syria
Site conservator
Institute of Archaeology, UCLA.
1982
Agora Excavations, Athens, Greece
Site Conservator
The American School of Classical Studies
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1983-2006
University of Southern California
Museum Studies Program
(Principles of Conservation)
Adjunct Professor (since 1991)
2001
Turkish Ministry of Culture
Topkapi Palace and the National Archaeological Museum
“Seismic Mitigation of Museum Collections” workshops,
Istanbul, Turkey
Instructor and course designer
2000-2001
Mellon Foundation Visiting Conservator
The Michael C. Carlos Museum,
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
Lecturer
1996
University of Southern California
School of Fine Arts
(Introduction to Conservation Course, Materials Science in the Fine Arts Course)
Lecturer
1995-present
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
Institute of Archaeology
Occasional guest lecturer
1995-present
Columbia University
Architectural Conservation Course
Lecturer on mosaic conservation
1995
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
Institute of Archaeology/ extension program
(Conservation for archaeologists)
1993
UCLA/GCI
(Conservation and the Archaeologist)
Instructor
A winter quarter course offered jointly by the
UCLA and The Getty Conservation Institute.
1983
UNESCO
(Conservation of Archaeological Ceramics)
Instructor
National Anthropological Museum, Lima, Peru
1989
University of Canberra, Conservation Program
(Lecture on the conservation of stone artifacts)
Lecturer
1976-1978
Pitzer College
Claremont, California
(Studio Arts)
Instructor
1976-1978
Laguna Beach School of Art
Laguna Beach, California
(Studio Arts)
Instructor
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2007-present
President, International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
2005 – 2007
Elected Council member, International Institute for Conservation
2005
Planning Committee member for the American Association of Museums and the U.S.
Department of State initiative on conservation of museum collections in Iraq
