Elisabeth Petrina joined the Courtauld team in 2025 as a studio supervisor of MA Easels students in the Conservation department. She received her painting conservation training at the Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge, during which time she specialised in non-invasive analysis of paintings and preventative conservation. Since graduating, she has pursued a career in the private sector, working on a wide variety of projects. In 2017, she undertook the conservation, restoration and historical research of a portrait of the Protestant Reformers for Lewis town hall. Her work and findings were presented to the public and published in 2018. Elisabeth has a BSc in chemistry from the University of Liverpool and a diploma in Fine Art from Exeter College.
