Prof David Lewis

Career: princ devpt offr Int Wool Secretariat 1965-78, sr res scientist CSIRO Geelong Aust 1978-79, princ devpt scientist IWS 1979-87; Univ of Leeds: prof and head of dept 1987-2004, head Resource Centre Sch of Physical Sciences 1997-2003, emeritus prof 2004-; chief scientific offr Perachem Ltd, research dir Inovink Ltd 2004-, chief scientific offr Green Chemicals plc Ltd, chm Chromophoric Solutions Ltd 2011-; hon visiting prof Xian Textile Inst PRC 1988, hon visiting prof Wuhan Inst of Science and Technology PRC 1999, hon visiting prof Heilangjiang Univ Harbin PRC, visiting prof Univ of Manchester 2010; memb American Chemical Soc, memb and former chm WR Region Soc of Dyers and Colourists; pres Soc of Dyers and Colourists 1993-94; memb American Assoc of Textile Chemists and Colorists; author Wool Dyeing; Milson Medal for Innovation American Assoc of Textile Chemists and Colourists 2005, Olney Medal for Achievement American Assoc of Textile Chemists and Colourists 2009; Liveryman Worshipful Co of Dyers, Freeman City of London 1995; FRSC 1984, FRSA 1989