Neville Agnew, who retired in 2022 from his role as principal project specialist at the Getty Conservation Institute, led the GCI's work in China since its inception in 1989. He is the author of numerous publications including (with two coauthors) Cave Temples of Mogao: Art and History on the Silk Roadand the editor of the proceedings of the first international conference on the conservation of grotto sites, published in 1997.