Treatment Studies:  developing treatments to slow hydrolysis in paper and evaluating alkaline aqueous washes of oxidized papers.

Chemistry of Aging:  obtaining important clues for tailoring conservation treatments based on a better understanding of the chemistry which causes aging and developing ways to intervene in the aging process of paper.

Storage Environments:  determining the effect of climate control and housing materials on the degradation of paper.

Stress Induced Degradation:  evaluating cellulose fibers placed under loads to determine the effect of stress as a means of accelerating cellulose degradation.

Naturally Aged Papers: correlating the effects of pH, gelatin content, and metals content on the natural aging of paper samples dating from 1477-1793.