Rehab A. Abdelghaffar is a Professor in the Department of Dyeing, Printing, and Textile Auxiliary Materials at the Textile Industries Research Division in the National Research Center, Egypt. She holds a PhD in Applied Arts, with a specialization in textile printing, dyeing, and finishing. Her research currently focuses on dyeing technology and textile fibre dyeing, using nanotechnology to improve the dyeing of natural and industrial fabrics, and water treatment to remove dye residues.  She has published several peer-reviewed articles on these topics and authored the book "Recent Trends for Technological Textile Dyeing Processes" published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing in 2017 and co-authored a chapter in some books under publication.