Dr Hughes-Riley is an Associate Professor in Electronic Textiles in the Advanced Textiles Research Group at Nottingham Trent University (UK). He leads the electronic textiles research activity within the group, which focusses on the development and application of electronic yarns. Dr Hughes-Riley has a growing reputation in the field, having given 14 invited talks on E-textiles. He has secured over £2M of funding for E-textiles research and has authored over 50 publications, including over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles, primarily in the fields of E-textiles and sensors.