Tomáš Vondrák graduated from the Science Faculty, Charles University, with the specialization in organic chemistry (1979). He received his PhD degree in chemical physics from the J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, where he has worked until mid nineties. The topic of his interest was the application of photoelectron spectroscopy in the studies of electron structure of molecules. After one year research fellowship at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Hukoriku, Tomáš moved to the USA and worked at the Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota from 1997 to 1999.  The topic of his research interests were experimental studies of excited states on surfaces and photochemistry of adsorbates. He has continued this research at the School of Chemical Sciences, University of East Anglia between 1999 and 2001. From 2002 he was with the School of Environmental Sciences, UEA and later with the School of Chemistry, University of Leeds. The topic of his research interests were laboratory and computational simulations of the chemistry of extraterrestrial material in the upper atmosphere. He has published over 40 research papers in international journals. Tomáš has joined the Technology Centre in 2008 and he is a member of the Strategic Studies group. He is focused on assessment, evaluation and benchmarking of R&D activities.