Leila Sauvage is paper conservator and scientist at the Rijksmuseum since 2011. She has been working as coordinator and lecturer in book and paper conservation at the University of Amsterdam for the last three years. She holds a master’s degree in book and paper conservation from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. She has been involved in special projects, such as the technical analysis and conservation of 18th-century pastel paintings and the technical analysis of Rembrandt drawings. She also facilitates a papermaking workshop at the Moulin du Verger paper mill (France) and collaborates with Prof. Dr. Erdmann on the application of computer vision and AI tools for the study of historical papers. She authored and co-authored a few articles on historical blue paper and the use of experimental archeology to understand their materiality. She is currently writing a Ph.D. thesis on the prediction of cumulative damage on pastel paintings due to vibrations induced by handling and transport (in collaboration with the Dutch Cultural Heritage Agency and TU Delft).