Petr Bezdicka is a highly qualified researcher at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences. He earned his Ph.D. degree (1993) at the University of Bordeaux, Talence, France in the Laboratory of Solid State Chemistry of the CNRS in the field of solid state chemistry and material science. Mr. Bezdická’s research focuses on solid state chemistry, crystallography, conservation and cultural heritage science, powder X-ray diffraction, and microdiffraction.