Austin Chivington

Experience

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  Herculaneum Graffiti Project

  Mar 2018 - Aug 2018

  Researcher

  -Translated and cross-examined CIL 04, REG. II CAMPUS COL. I-CXI for the Epigraphic Database Roma.-Verified the locations of inscriptions and their descriptions for the APG database.- Created Latin descriptions of figural graffiti for EDR.-Created and edited bibliographic entries from relative articles of Pompeian graffiti. -Investigated inscriptions of suspected historical or specific value such as one that mentions a local poltician named Surus Holconi by constructing a profile based on other epigraphic mentions. Show less

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  Wabash College

  May 2018 - Aug 2020

  - Research in organic dye chemistry developing a fluorescing phosphatase sensor -Collaborated with The Ohio State University on the synthesis of bis-spiropyrans -Researching the text of ancient graffiti at Herculaneum in the field of the summer of 2018. Led a team of two other peers in the same project. -Using traditional and digital techniques to document and understand inscriptions in their on-site contexts, I focus particularly on the graffiti from the latrines at the House of the Inn. The graffiti here remains undocumented and thus unanzlayed.

  • Research Chemist

    May 2019 - Aug 2020

  • Undergraduate Researcher

    May 2018 - Aug 2020
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  Indiana University Bloomington

  Apr 2022 - now

  Research Assistant