Selected Funded Research Projects

(2024-2025) All Cellulose Composite: Novel processing of alternative natural fibres as mono-composite textiles for the luxury interior and automotive markets, Project-Lead, NERC, FFN+, (£50,482) Total fund £99,850

(2024-2025) Scaling Circularity: classifying product inventories to accelerate design for recyclability, Co-Lead, NERC, IMPACT+, Total fund £99,816

(2024-2025) New composites: diversifying material sources in a circular textiles economy, Project-Lead, Innovate UK, Total fund £115,530

(2023-2026) Future Fibres Networking Grant, Co-Lead, NERC, (£240,887) Total fund £3.2m

(2023-2024) Quantifying Circularity: co-developing design guidelines with textile recyclers, brands and impact assessment, Co-Lead, Innovate UK, Circular Economies for SMEs Innovating with the NICER Programme (£44,450) Total fund £149,507

(2021-2022) Catalyst Report on Circular Fashion and Textiles, Project Lead, NERC Contract Research, (PS21190) (£23,000)

(2020-2024) HEREWEAR: Bio-based Local Sustainable Circular Wear, http://herewear.eu/, Co-Lead, Horizon 2020 EU FNR14, (£558, 000) Total fund £5.5m                

(2020-2021) Sustainable alternatives for COVID-19 PPE: biodegradable wipes and reusable masks made of pineapple leaf fibre, Project-Lead, Innovate UK, Sustainable Innovation Fund, with Ananas Anam. https://www.ananas-anam.com/ (UKRI Feature) (£207,000) 

(2019-2023) The Business of Fashion, Textiles and Technology Collaborative R&D Partnership, (BFTT), http://bftt.org.uk Co-Lead, Deputy Director, AHRC Creative Industries Cluster Programme (CICP), funded by UK Industrial Strategy Fund (£5,500,000)

(2017) Textile Production Innovation in the UK Circular Economy, Project-Lead, AHRC, LDoc Post-Doctoral Funding, (£60,000)

(2016-2018) The Curated Wardrobe (Design Researchers in Residence), Co-Lead, Mistra Future Fashion (Strategic Reserve Pilot project), (£32,000) 

(2015-2019), Designing Fast and Slow Materials, Products, Systems for the Circular Economy, http://mistrafuturefashion.com/ and https://www.circulardesignspeeds.com/, Co-Lead, Design Theme Leader, Mistra Future Fashion 2, Funded by the Mistra Foundation, (£322,000) Total fund £5m  

(2015-2018) Trash-2-Cash: Designed high-value products from zero-value waste textiles and fibres via design driven technologies, https://trash2cashproject.eu/, Co-Lead, Horizon 2020, funded by European Commission, (£750,050) Total fund £7m        

(2014) Material Journeys: creative tools for industry (UAL/HEIF Funded, £5K)

(2013) FIREup: Fashion Innovation Research Evolution http://www.fire-fashion.uk/, Seed Award, for the development of laser-welded composite textiles & garments, at TWI, Cambridge, AHRC, (£7,500)

(2011-2015) Interconnected Design Processes, http://mistrafuturefashion.com/ and http://www.textiletoolbox.com/, Researcher, Mistra Future Fashion 1, Funded by Mistra Foundation, (£360,667) Total fund £4.5m        

(2008) Materials KTN, Spark Award, Seed Award, for the development of laser-welded composite textiles & garments, at TWI, Cambridge, Funded by the Knowledge Transfer Network, (£5,000)