Prof. Dr. Thomas Bechtold, University Innsbruck, Research Institute for Textile Chemistry and Textile Physics. Prof. Bechtold is the head of the Research Institute for Textile Chemistry and Textile Physics at the University of Innsbruck since 1998. He is one of the leading scientist in the field of fabric and textile chemistry and published over 260 articles/chapters and 20 patents. Prof. Bechtold is involved in several collaborations with industry and interdisciplinary research programmes. In 2015 he was awarded with the „Wissenschaftspreis des Landes Vorarlberg“ in Austria. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tung Pham, University Innsbruck, Research Institute for Textile Chemistry and Textile Physics. Prof. Tung Pham is working as industrial research professor at the Research Institute for Textile Chemistry and Textile Physics at the University of Innsbruck since 2016. He obtained his Ph.D. in Chemistry at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg from where he moved for a postdoctoral stay at the Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada.