Jintu Fan Chair Professor, Institute of Textiles and Clothing
Head, Institute of Textiles and Clothing
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Emailjin-tu.fanpolyu.eduhk


8314 Citations Source: Scopus
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1989 …2021
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BiographyProfessor Jintu Fan is currently a Chair Professor of Fiber Science and Apparel Engineering and Head of Institute of Textiles and Clothing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Professor Fan joined ITC in 1996 as Assistant Professor, was promoted to Associate Professor in 2001 and then to Professor in 2005. He left PolyU in 2012 and joined the Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design at the College of Human Ecology in Cornell University, USA as Department Chair and Vincent V. C. Woo Professor in Fiber Science and Apparel Design. During his tenure with Cornell University, he orchestrated the establishment of the Cornell Institute of Fashion & Fiber Innovation and is the founding Director of the institute.
Professor Fan is internationally renowned in the field of fashion and textiles. His research focuses on improving understanding of the interactions among the human body, clothing and environment, and on that basis, developing fibrous materials and fashionable clothing with enhanced functional performance. His work is multi-disciplinary and involves instrumentation, computational modeling, biomimetics, nanotechnology as well as psychology. He has won numerous competitive research grants and authored/co-authored about 270 SCI/EI refereed journal papers, many of which have appeared in leading journals of relevant fields, including Science Advances, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Nano Letters, Soft Matter, Langmuir, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, and Textile Research Journal.
In recognition of his outstanding contributions, Professor Fan has been honoured with a number of prestigious awards, including:
Warner Memorial Medal from The Textile Institute, 2016.
Morgan Sesquicentennial Fellow from Cornell University.
Honorary Fellow of The Textile Institute, 2010 (the highest honour within the institute for creativity and advancement of knowledge).
Gold Medal Award - 32nd International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, 2004.
Distinguished Achievement Award from the US-based international Fiber Society, 2003.
Professor Fan has a prominent international standing in the field of fashion and textiles. He served as President of the US based international Fiber Society in 2018, Director of the Shanghai International Fashion Innovation Center from 2016 to 2019 and is currently the Chairman of Hong Kong Institution of Textiles and Apparel (HKITA).


Education/Academic qualificationBachelor of Engineering, East China Institute of Textile Science and Technology

Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Leeds






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Research output Research output per year 1989 2006 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2017 2018 2021 2021 8314 Citations
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312 Journal article
41 Conference presentation (not published in journal/proceeding/book)
40 Chapter in an edited book (as author)
30 Conference article published in proceeding or book
27 More 6 Literature review
4 Conference article
4 Patents granted
3 Research book or monograph (as author)
3 Foreword/postscript
3 Article (for policy / professional audience)
2 Review article
1 Edited book (as editor)
1 Comment/debate/erratum



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Research output per year



Advanced materials for personal thermal and moisture management of health care workers wearing PPELou, L., Chen, K. & Fan, J., Oct 2021, In: Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports. 146, p. 100639Research output: Journal article publication ? Journal article ? Academic research ? peer-review
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An All-Fabric Droplet-Based Energy Harvester with Topology OptimizationLiang, F., Chao, X., Yu, S., Gu, Y., Zhang, X., Wei, X., Fan, J., Tao, X. M. & Shou, D., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Advanced Energy Materials.Research output: Journal article publication ? Journal article ? Academic research ? peer-review









An exploratory study of bust measurements during running using 4D scanning technologyPei, J., Griffin, L., Ashdown, S. P., Fan, J., Juhnke, B. & Curry, C., 19 Jun 2021, In: International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education.Research output: Journal article publication ? Journal article ? Academic research ? peer-review
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Characterization on Modification and Biocompatibility of PCL Scaffold Prepared with Near-field Direct-writing Melt ElectrospinningChen, Z., Hao, M., Qian, X., Chen, W., Zeng, M., Huang, J., Liang, R., Fan, J. & Liu, Y., 19 May 2021, In: Chemical Research in Chinese Universities. 37, p. pages578–583Research output: Journal article publication ? Journal article ? Academic research ? peer-review
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Comparative Analysis of Comfort Properties of Bio- Mimetic Branching Structured Plant Fabrics with Commercial FabricsSarkar, M. K. & Fan, J., Jan 2021, In: Journal of Textile Science & Fashion Technology. 07, 03, p. 1 7 p.Research output: Journal article publication ? Journal article ? Academic research ? peer-review
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Prizes
Best Poster AwardFan, Jintu (Recipient), Oct 2000
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Distinguished Achievement AwardFan, Jintu (Recipient), Oct 2003
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Doctor of Science AwardFan, Jintu (Recipient), 2011
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Gold Medal AwardFan, Jintu (Recipient), Mar 2004
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High Impact AwardFan, Jintu (Recipient), 2009
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Activities Activities per year 1992 2003 2011 2013 2020 19 Organizer / committee member
15 Invited talk
10 Office holder / member of other professional body
6 Editorial work for journals
1 More 1 Office holder / member of board



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China Textile Engineering Society (External organisation)Jintu Fan (Council member)
2020 → …
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Textile Progress (Journal)Jintu Fan (Editorial board member)
2019 → …
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Hong Kong Institution of Textiles and Apparel (External organisation)Jintu Fan (Chair / President)
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US Fiber Society (External organisation)Jintu Fan (Chair / President)
2018
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US Fiber Society (External organisation)Jintu Fan (Vice Chair / Vice President)
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