An art historian and conservator-restorer (PhD 2011, Università della Campania Vanvitelli), Angela Cerasuolo is an associate professor at the University of Siena and a member of the Doctoral board in Art History (University of Siena-University for Foreigners of Siena). She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Interdepartmental Centre for Research in Applied Sciences for Cultural Heritage (ASCH) at the University of Siena, aimed at promoting knowledge and conservation of cultural heritage in connection with the applied sciences, and is an Associate Researcher with the CNR-ISPC (Institute of Cultural Heritage Sciences) in Naples. She is the scientific director of the AURUM advanced training project for an interdisciplinary study of the paintings in the Pinacoteca di Siena, in partnership with OPD and CNR-ISPC, funded by the Tuscany Region (FSE+ 2021/2027).
A former senior official at the Ministry of Culture and head of the Conservation Department at the Capodimonte Museum in Naples, she has directed major restoration projects, managed the Conservation Archive, and coordinated projects and partnerships with national and international institutions (CRNS–Sorbonne University in Paris, the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, the Prado in Madrid, the National Gallery in London, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and the National Gallery of Art in Washington). In 2022, she spearheaded the establishment at the Capodimonte Museum, in collaboration with the University of Campania Vanvitelli, the CNR-ISPC and the Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), of the joint technical and scientific research laboratory OFFICINA CAPODIMONTE.