Dr. C.W. Kan is now Professor and Associate Dean (Strategic Planning and Development) in the School of Fashion and Textiles, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Dr. Kan graduated from Hong Kong Polytechnic University with a BSc in Textile Chemistry. He gained his PhD degree from the same University. He had worked in private and public sectors in the area of textile evaluation and safety and health management for more than five years before joining the Institute. His main duties in the Institute are in the area of teaching colouration and finishing. Dr. Kan’s research interests are also in the area of (i) Textile coloration and finishing, (ii) Surface treatment of textile materials, (iii) Textile products evaluation, (iv) Textile testing instrumentation, (v) Safety and health management and (vi) Environmental management.

Dr. Kan holds the professional qualification of Chartered Colourist, Chartered Textile Technologist, Chartered Chemist and Chartered Safety and Health Practitioner; also Fellowship of the Society of Dyers and Colourists, Textile Institute and Royal Society of Chemistry, U.K. In addition, Dr. Kan is a member of Institution of Occupational Safety and Health and Hong Kong Institution of Textile and Apparel.

Recently, Dr. Kan published more than 180 SCI journal papers and 250 conference papers in his research area.