Wow Woman in Fashion Tech and Smart Textiles

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Jane Wood is a senior lecturer and PhD student at Manchester Metropolitan University. She is involved with all things techie, including being part of the university wearable research group which cuts across the wide range of disciplines within the institution. Her PhD studies are investigating the role of bio fabrics as a technical textile, with particular focus on how these will impact the wearable technology sector. She has written chapters in several books in the field of wearable tech and technical textiles, has presented at several conferences and authored guest articles in magazines. Jane is involved with the Textile Institute and was part of the organising committee for the first Manchester and Cheshire section student conference, Textiles and Life. She is also part of the European Commission Horizon 2020 assessors panel for the current round of wearable tech funding. Jane is a proud Manchester girl at heart (of course she’s a Manchester City fan!) and the even prouder mum of identical twin boys who are nearly as tall as she is.