Patrick Dietemann studied chemistry at the Swiss Federal InsƟtute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, where he obtained a PhD in analyƟcal chemistry with his thesis on the aging of natural resin varnishes on painƟngs. AŌer three years at the Zentrallabor of the Bavarian State Office of Historic Monuments, he joined the Doerner InsƟtut of the Bavarian State PainƟng CollecƟons, Munich, in 2007, where he is responsible for the analysis of organic binders. His research interests are the idenƟficaƟon of binding media of painƟngs and their degradaƟon processes, but also includes the idenƟficaƟon of organic materials on all kinds of objects of art and cultural heritage.