ESP Biography



NOVA WU, ESP Teacher



Major: Materials Science

College/Employer: Stanford

Year of Graduation: 2024

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Past Classes

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S7906: Seeing Into Paintings: Analyzing Fine Art with Scientific Means in Splash Fall 2023 (Dec. 02 - 03, 2023)
How can we use light to analyze the chemical makeup of the ground layer of Leonardo Da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa'? Why do some yellow pigments degrade faster than others despite both being on Picasso's Époques des 'Demoiselles d'Avignon'? These are some of the questions we will be examining in this course, which focuses on how microscopy and spectroscopy (scientific measurement methods that take advantage of how light and matter interact) is used to analyze paintings, sculptures, and other works of art.