JACOPO CONTI
JACOPO CONTI
Born in Rome, Italy
Lives & works in Rome
Always passionate about virtual reality and three-dimensional models, he refined digitization techniques during his PhD in Virtual Paleontology.
Since 2019, he is a research fellow at the Polo Museale Sapienza (University of Rome), for which he creates digital content for the Sapienza museums and manages and organizes the instrumentation of the Officine Museali laboratory (PMS).
Drawing on his extensive experience, he specializes in virtual restoration, digitization, and digital cataloging of cultural heritage. He collaborates on scientific research and creates virtual content for events, museum exhibitions, and educational workshops.
2024
Class on "cataloging of natural heritage assets"
Heritage Cultural Activities School Foundation
Compile cataloging natural heritage records
2024
Class on "Digitising cultural heritage"
Heritage Cultural Activities School Foundation
Digital acquisition, digital imaging, digitisation processes, metadata and archiving of cultural heritage
2023
Class on "Museum professionalism and expertise"
Heritage Cultural Activities School Foundation
2023
Job as "Photogrammetry expert
Fabrica Conservazione e Restauro s.c.p.l.
Realization of the virtual model by photogrammetry of the pre- and post-restoration of the "Testa di Augusto", stored at the Imperial Forum Museum (Rome, Italy).
2022 - 2023
Job as "Museology expert"
Sapienza, University of Rome – Earth Science Department
Design of the exhibition itinerary and subsequent content realization for the digital paleontological exhibits of the “Museo Archaeologico Ernico” in Anagni, Italy.
2021 - 2022
Lecturer in for PhD students on virtual paleontology
Sapienza, University of Rome – Earth Science Department
Title:" Methods and tools for the study of paleontological heritage: between research and valorization"
2021
Lecturer in the "Museology and Management of Cultural Heritage"
Sapienza University of Rome - Animal and Human Biology Department
2020 - 2021
Advanced education class
Sapienza, University of Rome - Faculty of Architecture
Title: "From real object to parametric digital model: Communication in Virtual and Augmented Reality of Cultural Heritage"
2019
Job as "Photogrammetry expert"
Aldo Moro, University of Bari - Department of Earth and Geoenvironmental Sciences
Census of the footprints and realization of three-dimensional models through aereal and close-range photogrammetry of the dinosaur track area of Cava Pontrelli and Molfetta (Bari, Italy)
2019
Job as "Photogrammetry expert"
Sapienza, University of Rome – Earth Science Department
Production of three-dimensional models of the skeleton of adult female Palaeoloxodon falconeri and the skull of adult male Palaeoloxodon antiquus at the Museum of Earth Sciences of Sapienza, University of Rome (MUST)
2019
Job as "Photogrammetry expert"
Sapienza, University of Rome – Earth Science Department
Digitalization through photogrammetry of the fossiliferous deposits and the vault of the “Grotta Romanelli” site (Castro, Lecce, Italy)
2019
Interneship activity "Laboratory of Vertebrate Paleobiology and Virtual Paleontology"
Sapienza, University of Rome – Earth Science Department
preparation, representation and digitization of fossil specimens for master's and bachelor's degree students
2019
PhD in Earth Sciences - curriculum Paleontology and Palaeoecology
Sapienza, University of Rome – Earth Science Department