Dr. Alessio Varesano is a Senior Researcher and the Head of the Prototype and Pilot Plant Laboratory. He obtained his degree in Chemical Engineering from the Polytechnic of Turin, Italy in 2001. His research focuses on traditional chemical spinning and electrospinning processes; the preparation and characterization of polymeric solutions and blends for chemical spinning and electrospinning processes; the synthesis and deposition of electrically conductive polymers on textile substrates; chemical treatments and industrial textile processes; the chemical–physical–mechanical characterization of fibers and textile materials; the instrumental characterization and analysis techniques: Infrared spectrophotometry (FT-IR), UV/visible spectrophotometry, optical microscopy, electron microscopy (SEM) and microanalysis (EDX), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), mechanical and dynamometric characterization; viscometric and rheological measurement techniques; analytical tests according to UNI EN ISO textile standards.