Team

The people behind EM.

Extended Matrix is developed by an open, voluntary research community. Active maintainers and contributors are listed first, followed by honorary contributors whose past work continues to shape the project. Many more people use, teach and extend EM in their own work — see the projects gallery and the partners section.

Active maintainers

  • Emanuel Demetrescu

    Emanuel Demetrescu

    Project lead, formal language design
    CNR-ISPC (Rome)

    Researcher at CNR-ISPC and originator of the Extended Matrix method. Coordinates the EM language, the s3dgraphy library and the EM Tools / Heriverse ecosystem.

  • Simone Berto

    Simone Berto

    Community building, dissemination, music & dance reconstruction
    CNR-ISPC (Rome)

    Archaeologist at CNR-ISPC. Active in EM community building, dissemination and music & dance reconstruction projects.

  • Elisa Dalla Longa

    Elisa Dalla Longa

    Contributor, dissemination, narrative and communication outputs
    CNR-ISPC (Rome)

    Researcher at CNR-ISPC, specialist in Bronze Age archaeology and prehistoric museum collections. Contributes to EM case studies and develops the narrative and communication outputs of the system.

  • Daniel Tejerina

    Daniel Tejerina

    Contributor, virtual reconstruction workflows, historical characters and animation
    Universidad de Alicante

    Researcher at the University of Alicante, specialist in virtual reconstruction, 3D documentation and immersive narratives. Contributes to EM through reconstructions involving historical characters, animation and teaching workflows for heritage visualisation.

  • Ivana Cerato

    Ivana Cerato

    Contributor, research communication and public engagement
    CNR-ISPC (Florence)

    Archaeologist and researcher at CNR-ISPC, specialist in Digital Heritage, science communication and public engagement. Contributes to EM by making interpretation processes and scientific knowledge more accessible to non-specialist audiences.

Honorary contributors

Researchers and contributors whose past work continues to shape EM today — recognised for the role they played.

  • Alfonsina Pagano

    Alfonsina Pagano

    Honorary contributor, EM visual identity (logo & brand palette)
    CNR-ISPC (Naples)

    Research Technologist at CNR-ISPC, specialist in UX research and digital accessibility for cultural heritage. Honorary contributor to EM: co-designed the hourglass logo and the blue-and-gold brand palette with Emanuel Demetrescu, shaping the project's visual identity.

Scientific committee

The scientific committee is a separate, prestige-tier structure being designed. It will be populated as the composition and membership criteria are finalised.

Affiliations are listed for identification purposes only. The team is a voluntary research community: contributions are made in individual capacity and do not imply any financial commitment or formal endorsement on the part of the institutions cited.

To be added to this page (after a sustained contribution), get in touch with the project lead. Existing members can edit their entry via a PR adding/updating a YAML file in src/content/team/. See the EDITORS_GUIDE.