Marie Palaniak

Textile engineer with hands-on experience in color science, dye formulation, textile adhesion, and recycled-material performance. Experienced in developing predictive models, validating material behavior, and improving industrial color management tools for textile applications.

Junior Textile Consultant - Pigmentoco - Remote

(2025-11)

• Support product development by analyzing market trends, color directions, and customer expectations for textile applications

Engineering Intern - Natific - Aesch, Switzerland

(2025-02 - 2025-07)

• Developed advanced color prediction models for fluorescent and non-fluorescent dyes, including a mathematical solution for fluorescent formulations.
• Validated model performance on recycled polyester and nylon substrates.
• Created and implemented a new metamerism index as an industrial pass/fail tool.
• Produced documentation on digital color management across supply chains.
• Analyzed large datasets in color science to support timely, technically robust decisions.

Engineering Intern - Protechnic - Cernay, France

(2023-05 - 2023-07)

• Developed and tested thermoadhesive solutions for recycled polyester applications.
• Improved bond durability and textile compatibility through iterative scientific experimentation.
• Applied technical and scientific methods, including VBA-based analysis, to support formulation optimization.
• Contributed to measurable performance gains, including a 17% improvement in KPIs for PA co-polymers across 70 baseline iterations and a 15% improvement for PES co-polymers

International Master of Science - Textile Engineering - Kyoto Institute of Technology (2025-09)

International Master of Science - Textile Engineering - Université de Gand (2025-09)

Engineering Degree - Textile and Fibers - Nationale supérieure d'ingénieurs Sud-Alsace (ENSISA) (2025-09)