Dr. Habil. Mrs. Dominique Cardon has been awarded the Silver Medal of CNRS for 2011. Her long pursued research themes are the history and archaeology of textile production and dyeing. Currently she is a Senior Researcher/ Directrice de Recherche at the National Centre of Scientific Research (CNRS), Lyons, France

She is the author of several books on Natural Dyes, in French and in English, one of which received the “Art and Science of Colour Prize”, Bronze Award, of the L’Oréal Foundation in 2003. She has acted as the scientific director of several International Symposiums/Workshops on Natural Dyes in India and Korea, being awarded the UNESCO Medal “Thinking and Building Peace” in 2006 for her contribution to these Symposiums on Natural Dyes. She holds numerous positions including elected Director at large of the Board of Textile Society of America.