The dyeing and finishing processes in the textile industry currently require a lot of water—which is an increasingly scarce resource. However, postdoc Dr. Molla Tadesse Abate is seeking to change this: "I aim to significantly reduce water consumption in the dyeing and finishing of textiles and, if possible, to test other processes that do not require any water at all."  

After having been nominated for the Georg Forster Research Fellowship, one of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's prestigious fellowships, he began his postdoctoral research activities at the Institute of Materials Sciences (ifm) at Hof University of Applied Sciences, a place with a long textile tradition. 

Dr. Molla Tadesse Abate’s work is part of a broader collaboration between researchers in Bavaria and Ethiopia. For more information click here.