Research & Development

2025-07-31

Roshan Paul appointed as Full Professor by invitation at UBI, Portugal

Roshan Paul, Ph.D. (Tech.) was recently honoured with the position of Full Professor (by invitation) Professor Catedrático Convidado by the Rector, Prof. Mário Lino Barata Raposo of University of Beira Interior (UBI), Portugal https://www.ubi.pt/en. This highest position was offered to him in recognition of his outstanding scientific contributions, particularly for pioneering sustainable innovations in textile processing technology.

(f.l.t.r.): Professor Dr Roshan Paul, Professor Dr Mário Lino Barata Raposo (Rector, University of Beira Interior), Professor Dr Mário Marques Freire (Head of the Faculty of Engineering) and Professor Dr Nuno José Ramos Belino (Head of the Department of Textile Science and Technology) © 2025 ITA

Roshan Paul was serving as a Professor (by invitation) in UBI from 2015 onwards. He works as Platform Leader of the Smart Finishing Group at Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA) of RWTH Aachen University.

Professor Paul was also invited to join the Fiber Materials and Environmental Technologies (FibEnTech) https://fibentech.ubi.pt/en/about research unit. FibEnTech is a unique research unit that brings together fundamental and applied research skills for the development and characterisation of fibrous, structured and composite materials for the textile, paper and packaging industries.

ITA Director Professor Thomas Gries congratulates Roshan Paul on his impressive achievement: "We are very proud to have such a great technologist Professor Paul in our ranks."

"It was indeed a great honour for me to accept this eminent position at UBI, and I am thankful to the Rector and my colleagues", says Professor Paul.