Monica Argumedo Rendon is a chemist who completed her post-graduate training at Yale University’s Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage (IPCH), where she investigated methods in art conservation. Born in El Salvador, Argumedo Rendon completed her undergraduate studies in Chemistry at Lone Star College and Austin College in Texas. Argumedo Rendon will be working in the BENCH cluster of EduceLab, combing her knowledge and experience with cultural heritage and materials engineering to find innovative ways to improve material heritage conservation treatment methods. She is enrolled in the Materials Science and Engineering doctoral program.