Frantisek Kastanek is a professor of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering at the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, ex-director of the Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and ex-director of the Technology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Currently, he is a senior researcher in the Department of Catalysis and Reaction Engineering at the Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of the CAS. His scientific activities include fundamental and applied research into hydrodynamics and mass transfer in multiphase reactors and bioreactors, environmental chemical engineering, environmental biotechnology, and technologies for degrading hazardous compounds in soils and groundwater.