Dr. Tomáš Kovárík is the Head of Department of Chemical Processes and Biomaterials at New Technologies - Research Centre, University of West Bohemia. Dr. Tomáš Kovárík completed an Ing. degree in Material Science and Engineering followed by a Ph.D. degree in material science from the Department of Materials and Engineering Metallurgy from the University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic. Since 2013, he has been running a research program and academic activities in material science focused on materials and technologies. Since 2017, he has been the co-researcher on international projects within the European Commission - Structural funds on the topic of composite structures and porous materials. His research interest is mainly devoted to the synthesis and characterization of porous inorganic materials the functionalization/incorporation of carbon nanoparticles. Besides, his focus is on the thermal analysis data processing and interpretation in the description of the thermal stability of materials. He has published over 40 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and international impacted journals like Materials & Design, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Construction and Building Materials, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, Thermochemical Acta etc.