Our People
LITAC is the University of Leeds’ hub for textiles, colour, and fashion research, tackling global challenges in the industry. Founded through a £21.1 million co-investment from The Clothworkers’ Company and the University, LITAC drives innovation in textile science, colour technology, and sustainable fashion.
Building on 150 years of expertise, we collaborate with industry, charities, and NGOs to develop new materials, processes, manufacturing techniques, digital tools, and technologies that address the needs of society, the environment, and the fashion sector. Bringing together various faculties at the University of Leeds, the members of the LITAC academic network represent a diverse and wide-ranging array of research areas.
Director of LITAC
- Professor Stephen Russell, Professor, Textile Materials and Technology
Deputy Director of LITAC
- Dr Paul Thornton, Associate Professor, Polymer Chemistry and Sustainable Materials
LITAC Professional Team
- Sue Rainton, Associate Director
- Kate Fenton, Business Engagement Manager
- Giorgio Grande, Communications and Engagement Officer
- Misia Wachowicz, Research, Impact & Management Support Officer
LITAC Academic Network
Academic profiles are listed alphabetically in the following sections. These profiles represent part of the LITAC academic network and are not intended to constitute a complete list of affiliated researchers.
Surname A-L
- Dr Kevin Almond, Lecturer, Fashion
- Dr Sonja Andrew, Associate Professor, Fashion Design Innovation
- Dr Rubab Ashiq, Lecturer, Fashion Marketing
- Professor Richard Blackburn, Professor, Sustainable Materials
- Dr Christine Bosch Lecturer, Diet and Health
- Dr Peter Broadbent, Research Assistant, Textile and Non-Textile Colouration
- Dr Vien Cheung, Associate Professor
- Dr Alice Dallabona, Lecturer, Fashion Marketing
- Dr Matthew Davis, Associate Professor, Organisational Psychology
- Professor Francesco Del Galdo, Professor of Experimental Medicine
- Professor Franciso M Goucoolea, Professor, Biopolymers and Biomaterials
- Dr Thuy Do, Associate Professor, Microbiology
- Elaine Evans, Senior Teaching Fellow, Fashion Design Innovation
- Mary Glasper, Lead Technician, Fashion, Design & Colour
- Dr Alessia Grassi, Lecturer, Fashion Marketing
- Dr Boshuo Guo, Lecturer, Digital Fashion Marketing
- Professor Russell Harris, Professor, Future Manufacturing Processes
- Dr Caroline Hemigray, Lecturer, Fashion Marketing and Colour
- Dr Phil Henry, Lecturer, Design Technology
- Dr Eunsuk Hur, Associate Professor of Sustainable Fashion
- Professor Paul Kay, Professor, Water Science
- Dr Hye-Won Lim, Lecturer, Fashion Design
- Dr Raheleh Jafari, University Academic Fellow, AI Technology in Fashion Design
- Dr Zi Young Kang, Lecturer, Fashion Design
- Professor Nikil Kapur, Professor, Applied Fluid Mechanics
- Dr Kevin Laycock, Lecturer, Art and Design, Teaching and Scholarship
- Dr Hye-Won Lim, Lecturer in Fashion Design
- Dr Maria Logkizidou, Lecturer, Fashion Marketing
Surname M-Z
- Professor Ningtao Mao, Professor, Fibre and Textile Technology
- Dr Edel Moore, Lecturer, Marketing
- Dr Bao Nguyen, Associate Professor, Physical Organic Chemistry
- Dr Qianqian Pan, Research Fellow, Colour and Technology
- Professor Phil Purnell, Professor, Materials and Structures
- Dr Peter Rhodes, Associate Professor, Colour Science
- Dr Muriel Rigout, Associate Professor, Textile Printing and Design
- Dr Eleanor Scott, Lecturer, Fashion Design, Creative Knit and Innovation
- Dr Natalia Sergeeva, Associate Professor, Colour Chemistry
- Dr Serge Sharoff, Professor, Language Technology
- Professor Yu Shi, Chair of Textiles Innovation & Smart Composite Materials
- Professor Pammi Sinha, Professor, Fashion Management
- Dr Yuri Siregar, Lecturer, Fashion Marketing and Brand Design
- Dr Tang Tang, Associate Professor, Sustainable Design
- Professor Muhammad Tausif, Professor, Sustainable Textile Manufacturing
- Dr Ioana Taylor, Research Fellow in Textile Engineering
- Dr Lindsey Waterton Taylor, Lecturer, Weaving Technologies and Design
- Dr Mark Taylor, Research Fellow, Sustainable Fashion and Fashion Technology
- Dr Paul Thornton, Associate Professor, Polymer Chemistry
- Professor Steven Toms, Professor, History of the Textile Industry
- Professor Giuseppe Tronci, Professor, Healthcare Materials
- Professor Pietro Valdastri, Professor, Robotics and Autonomous Systems
- Dr Armando Vargas-Palacios, Senior Research Fellow, Economic Evaluation
- Dr Marjan Vazirian, Research Fellow, Colour Imaging
- Dr He Wang, Associate Professor, Machine Learning
- Professor Stephen Westland, Professor, Colour Science and Technology
- Professor David Wood, Professor, Dental Materials
- Professor Kaida Xiao, Associate Professor, Colour and Imaging Science
- Dr Zi Young Kang, Lecturer, Fashion Design