Biruk Fentahun Adamu is an Assistant Professor at the Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. He holds a Ph.D. in Textile Engineering from Donghua University, China, awarded through the Chinese Government Scholarship (2019–2025). He has over 12 years of teaching and research experience. He has published 37+ journal articles, authored 10 book chapters (including three in Cotton Science and Processing Technology, Springer Nature), and reviewed over 100 manuscripts. He teaches MSc courses such as Advanced Material Manufacturing, Textile and Garment Testing, and Woven Fabric Manufacturing. His research focuses on electrospinning, nanofibrous mats, fiber processing, biomedical textiles, and advanced materials.
Jing Gao is Professor and PhD Supervisor at the College of Textiles, Donghua University, China. She is Associate Director of the High-tech Textile Department and Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Bio-based Fiber Materials of Textile Industry. She earned her Ph.D. in Textile Engineering from Donghua University. Her research includes biomedical textiles, electrospun nanofibers, wound dressings, drug delivery systems, smart textiles, and functional composites. She has led or participated in 20+ national and provincial projects, including China’s National Key R&D Program, 863 Program, NSFC, and industry collaborations. She has published 100+ papers, filed 25 invention patents (13 granted) and 3 utility models (1 granted), and received over 10 provincial/ministerial awards in science and teaching.
Lu Wang is Professor at Donghua University and Director of the Key Laboratory of Textile Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, China. She earned her BSc and MSc from Donghua University and Ph.D. in Biomedical Textiles from the University of Haute-Alsace, France. Since 2003, she has focused on biomedical textiles including vascular grafts, sutures, meshes, dressings, and degradable implants. She has led projects under China’s 111 Project, National Key R&D Program, NSFC, and Shanghai Science and Technology Commission, and participated in international collaborations (EU Asia-Link, Australia CAWIN, US NSF). She has published 250+ papers, holds 132 patents (108 granted), contributed to 11 books, and received multiple national and provincial awards.
Melkie Getnet Tadesse is Assistant Professor of Textile Chemistry at Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. He earned his BSc (2007) and MSc (2013) in Textile Technology from Bahir Dar University and Ph.D. in Textile Materials Technology (2019) through a joint program involving University of Borås (Sweden), Gheorghe Asachi Technical University (Romania), and Soochow University (China). He has postdoctoral experience supported by the ExiST project and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany, 2022–2025). His research interests include intelligent textiles, conductive textiles, supercapacitors, plasma technology, and AI-based textile modeling (FNN, CNN). He has reviewed 242+ manuscripts, published 55+ papers and book chapters, holds an h-index of 20 and i10-index of 25, with 1021+ citations since 2017. He is currently an AvH Fellow and Assistant Professor at Bahir Dar University.
