Prof. Michal Sedlacik is a full professor at Tomas Bata University in Zlín (TBU), Czech Republic. He studied materials engineering and obtained his Ph.D. degree in 2012 from TBU. From 2010, he works at Centre of Polymer Systems at TBU as a senior researcher. At the same time, since 2012, he works at Faculty of Technology, Department of Production Engineering at TBU. Since 2024, he has been the director of TBU University Institute. He obtained his prof. degree in surface engineering in 2023 from University of Pardubice, Czech Republic. He has published over 90 papers (h-index = 33) in leading international journal and his scientific interests include smart magnetorheological and electrorheological systems, their application, electromagnetic shielding materials, and tribology.