Handbook of Museum Textiles, Volume 1

Seiko Jose is a scientist at the School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India, and specializes in textile chemistry. He has more than 16 years of experience in textiles of which 7 years in industry and 9 years in research. He has extensive experience in cotton, silk, and linen processing industries as well as natural and synthetic dyes. Since 2013, he has handled many natural fibers like wool, jute, pineapple leaf fiber, coir, ramie, etc. He contributed to more than 40 international peer-reviewed research papers and 11 book chapters.

Sabu Thomas, PhD, is the Vice-Chancellor of Mahathma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and has been ranked no.5 in India with regard to the number of publications. Prof. Thomas's research group is specialized areas of polymers which includes Polymer blends, ageing and degradation, natural fibre, biocomposites, sorption and diffusion, interpenetrating polymer systems, recyclability and reuse of waste plastics and rubbers, elastomer crosslinking, dual porous nanocomposite scaffolds for tissue engineering, etc. He has published more than 1200 publications as well as over 150 books.

Pintu Pandit is an assistant professor in the Textile Design Department at the National Institute of Fashion Technology under the Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India, Patna campus. He is a PhD (Tech.) and M.Tech. in Fibers and Textile Processing Technology from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India. He has published many research articles in SCI journals as well as edited 4 books with the Wiley-Scrivener imprint.

Ritu Pandey, PhD, is assistant professor at Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology (CSAUAT) Kanpur, India She has 25 years of teaching experience. She has published more than 35 research papers in various national and international journals and her specialist area is in flax.

Dr. Vandana Gupta, PhD, is Professor and Head of Parul Institute of Design & Fine Arts in Parul University, Vadodara, Gujarat. She has worked in reputed fashion and design institutions and was awarded for her academic and administrative contributions. She has several research, review and book chapters publications in the areas of sustainability, smart textiles, natural dyes, antibacterial and UV protective finishes, museums, textile design.