Chandra L. Reedy received a Ph.D. in archaeology from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1986. She is a Professor in the Biden School of Public Policy and Administration and Director of the Center for ​Historic Architecture & Design (CHAD). She also maintains the Laboratory for Analysis of Cultural Materials in CHAD. Her main interests lie in the preservation of traditional technologies and their associated materials and intangible cultural heritage. She likes to combine ethnographic fieldwork with laboratory analysis. Most of her fieldwork has been done in Asia, most recently China (primarily Sichuan Province); her laboratory analyses focus especially on various microscopy and image analysis techniques. Among other books, she is the author of Himalayan Bronzes: Technology, Style, and Choices (University of Delaware Press, 1997). She is also the Editor-in-Chief of Studies in Conservation.