Marie O'Mahony is an academic and consultant. She is Professor of Advanced Textiles for Fashion + Design at Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) University, Toronto and Visiting Professor at University of the Arts, London. She is also a textile and technology consultant, author and curator. Books include TechnoTextiles 2, TechnoTextiles, Cyborg - The Man Machine and Sportstech all published by Thames and Hudson with the most recent Advanced Textiles for Wellness and Health published in October 2011. Exhibitions curated include Cyborg for the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, The Fabric of Fashion an international touring exhibition for the British Council and TechnoThreads for Science Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin. Clients include Zaha M. Hadid, Seymour Powell, Ove Arup and Partners, NIKE and Hussein Chalayan. She has also served on the Australian Government's Textile, Clothing and Footwear Innovation Council (TCFIIC) from 2009-2011.