Abdul Jabbar

Dr Abdul Jabbar is a Research Fellow in Sustainable Textile Manufacturing at the School of Design, University of Leeds, UK. He holds a PhD in Textile Technics and Material Engineering from Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic, and BSc/MSc degrees in Textile Engineering from National Textile University Pakistan.

• 12+ years of teaching and research experience
• Professional focus on textile sustainability and material science

Key research areas: microplastic fragmentation from textiles, circular economy in textile production, yarn structure-property relationships, nonwovens, and fibre-reinforced composites.

Registered Engineer with the Pakistan Engineering Council. The School of Design at Leeds positions him in an interdisciplinary environment combining material science with sustainable design practices.