Xiao Ma is a Professor at the Department of the History of Science and Technology and Scientific Archaeology, University of Science and Technology of China. He holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), an M.S. in Materials Engineering from Purdue University, and a B.S. from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. His research mainly focuses on cultural heritage conservation science, including technological history studies of ancient building materials, the development of conservation materials for ancient building materials, as well as degradation mechanisms of cultural heritage materials. Xiao has worked in esteemed conservation and scientific research institutions such as Getty Conservation Institute, the Smithsonian Institution's Museum Conservation Institute, National Gallery of Art, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He has been honored with awards such as the Ralph C. Altman Award, R.E. Taylor Best Poster Award, Martin J. Aitken Best Poster Award, Charles E. Culpeper Fellowship in Conservation Science, and Sidney S. Williston Memorial Fund Award, etc. His work in cultural heritage conservation science has been published in top journals including Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Analytical Chemistry, Construction and Building Materials, etc. He has been sponsored by various funding agencies, such as Ministry of Science and Technology (National Key Research and Development Programs), National Cultural Heritage Administration, National Natural Science Foundation of China, etc.
