Dr. Behnam Pourdeyhimi

Executive Director & Associate Dean, The Nonwovens Institute

Dr. Pourdeyhimi completed his Ph.D. at the University of Leeds in 1982. He is the William A. Klopman Distinguished Professor of Textile Materials. He won ASTM D-13 Dewitt Smith Medal, The Fiber Society Distinguished Scientist award, and O’ Max Gardner award. He was the president of The Fiber Society and was inducted into the National Academy of Inventors as a Fellow in 2021.

Dr.-Ing. Martin Dauner

Mechanical Engineer, Deutsche Institute für Textil (DITF)

Dr Dauner has been in DITF for 37 years in the medical department developing implants and special spinning and nonwovens technologies for medical devices. For more than 20 years, he has also been leading the department for Chemical Fibres and Nonwovens, and Head of Production for Medical Materials. He has been involved in many scientific coordination and evaluations as well as industrial consulting.

Professor Stephen J. Russell

Professor of Textile Materials & Technology, Leeds Institute of Textiles and Colour

Professor Russell is the Chair of Textile Materials and Technology at the University of Leeds and is a globally recognised leader in nonwovens research. He is also Group Technical Director of the Nonwovens Innovation and Research Institute (NIRI) Ltd, a company specialising in new product development for the nonwovens industry.