Stem, Leaf and Fruit Fibres and Sustainability: Volume One

Author Biography

Miguel Angel Gardetti  Before obtaining his doctoral degree Miguel Angel Gardetti holds two Master’s Degrees: one in Business Administration from the IAE Business School (Universidad Austral, Argentina), and the other one in Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development from the Universidad de Ciencias Empresariales y Sociales (Argentina).   In the field of sustainable textiles and fashion, he founded the Centre for Sustainable Textile. He was guest co-editor for severals publications in journals and books. Moreover, he was a renowned professor at different Latin American universities, and participated both as trainer and instructor in projects of the Inter-American Development Bank.  Between 2012 and 2015, he was also a member of the Consulting Board of the “Future Fashion” Project of MISTRA (a Swedish government foundation that conducts research into environmental topics).  He participated in the activity “Changing the World through Fashion,” organised by the United Nations for the 4th Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20).  Dr. Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu  Dr. Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu holds a PhD in Textiles Sustainability and has written around 200 books and 100 research publications. He is well known for his contributions in the field of sustainable textiles and has extensive academic and industrial experience. He is the subject editor of the Journal of the Textile Institute and he edits three books series with Springer-Nature.