Autor: Guoqiang Chen

Dr Mohammad Shahid received the master»s degree in Chemistry from Shibli National College, Azamgarh (India) in 2006 and Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (India) in 2014 under the supervision of Dr Faqeer Mohammad. He is now a post doctoral researcher in Prof. Chen»s research group at College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, China. Currently, his research focuses on the application of plant extracts and biotechnologies in textile dyeing and functional finishing. He also has research interests in the revival of historical dyeing techniques and development of analytical methods for textile cultural heritage studies. Dr. Guoqiang Chen is a professor in College of Textile and Clothing Engineering at Soochow University (China). He received his Ph D degree intextile chemistry and dyeing & finishing engineering from Donghua University (China). Since 1986, he taught textile chemistry at Soochow University, hepursues research and development on textile chemicals and functional textiles.He has published more than 250 papers. He has received several prizes (State Science and Technology Awards, Mulberry and Flax Prize of Hong Kong). He serves as Editor-In-Chief of Modern Silk Science and Technology as well as Vice President of the China Silk Association. His representative papers include: A hemicyaninefluorescent reactive cationic dye: synthesis and applications on wool fabrics, Color. Technol.; Novel transfer printing paper for silk printing with reactive dye, Mater. ; Preparation and properties of acryloyloxy carboxylic perfluorooctyl estercopolymer for liquid repellent finishing of cotton, Fiber. Polym.; Performance offlame retardant wool fabric grafted with vinyl phosphate, J. Eng. Fibers and Fabr. ; Synthesis and application properties of fluorinated aromatic copolymers, J. Appl. Polym.Sci.