Dr. Anna Hojna is Senior Researcher in Generation IV technologies R&D department at the Centrum výzkumu Řež (CVR), the member of UJV Group, in Czech Republic. Anna is responsible for projects on structure materials for fusion and fission nuclear systems. Before joining CVR, Anna was employed for 28 years in the Integrity and Technical Engineering division at UJV Rez. As a material expert, she was involved with testing and analyses in Environmentally Assisted Cracking and Irradiation-Assisted SCC of nuclear reactor internals. Anna received a Rerum Naturalium Doctor Degree (RNDr) in Solid State Physics from Charles University in Prague and a postgraduate academic degree (Dr) in Material Engineering and Metallurgy from West Bohemia University in Pilsen.