Dr Sameer S Rahatekar is a Senior Lecturer in Composites and Advanced Materials Research Centre, School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing at Cranfield University, UK. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge and postdoctoral researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST, a US Federal research lab working on advanced scientific measurements techniques).
He is a world leading expert working on natural polymers-based textiles manufacturing using environmentally benign manufacturing process and use of natural dyes for natural fibres/textiles dyeing. In total, he participated in securing total research grants equivalent to £3 million plus as PI and Co-I from EPSRC, Innovate UK, UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI), the British Council, the Royal Academy of Engineering, PhD research funding and industrial research funding. He has a strong publication record with 50 plus journal papers (3000 plus citations; H index 31. Source: Google Scholar) in high impact factor (IF) journals.
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