Amol Patil

Amol is a textile technologist presently working at the Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM) at Deakin University. He holds an MTech (IIT Delhi) and a PhD (Deakin University) in Textiles. Before his PhD, he spent several years in the textile industry focusing on Quality assurance, Research & Development and Product Development. His research interests are the dyeing and finishing of textiles and the environmental impact of textiles. He has worked on many collaborative industrial projects developing sustainable chemistry in fibre manufacturing and fabric processing. He keenly follows developments in the area of circular textiles and fibre-to-fibre recycling.