Robert Waller
Robert Waller, PhD, CAPC, FIIC is President and Senior Risk Analyst at Protect Heritage Corp. as well as Research Associate at the Canadian Museum of Nature and Adjunct Assistant Professor at Queen's University Art Conservation Program. His career started with 33 years at the Canadian Museum of Nature in various roles in management of collections and conservation. He holds a PhD in Conservation from Göteborg University Institute of Conservation and Professional Accreditation with the Canadian Association of Professional Conservators. His research interests have included: the preservation of mineral specimens, especially the effects of relative humidity, temperature and pollutants on minerals; the condition and stability of fluid-preserved collections; the effect of relative humidity on rates of deterioration of materials in general; cultural property risk assessment, analysis and management, and holistic approaches to collection management and preservation. Author of more than 25 scientific and technical papers, chapters, or books on conservation, Robert Waller has taught, lectured, and served as a consultant at dozens of museums, universities, and organizations throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. His doctoral thesis from Goteborg University in 2003, Cultural Property Risk Analysis Model, was considered groundbreaking and has since changed the way museum collection professionals plan strategically and set priorities.
He is a fellow of the International Institute for Conservation and is a Past-Chairman of the Canadian Association of Professional Conservators. His team at the Canadian Museum of Nature received the 2003 American Institute for Conservation of Heritage Preservation Award for “Outstanding Commitment to the Preservation and Care of Collections,” he was the 2010 recipient of the Carolyn Rose Award from the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections and the 2016 recipient of the Sheldon & Caroline Keck Award by the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works.