In 1999 Alexej Bubnov has received their PhD degree in Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science from the Charles University in Prague. Since 1995 he worked as a research assistant, postdoc and researcher at the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences and, subsequently, since 2005 served as staff scientist and since 2020 as a senior staff scientist. In 2003 he was a research fellow at Trinity College of Dublin and in 2006 he was a Marie Curie research fellow in Warsaw University. He was an invited professor at Moscow State University within 2010-2013. Since 2002 Dr. Bubnov is appointed as an independent expert of European Commission serving with evaluation exercises as an expert/rapporteur/vice-chair on several hundred European projects and project proposals belonging to different Calls under FP6, FP7, H2020 and Horizon-Europe programs. Dr. Bubnov has contributed greatly to the understanding of molecular structure – mesomorphic property relationship of liquid crystalline materials possessing the self-assembling behaviour. Dr. Bubnov research expertise and activities are related to material science, soft matter physics and physical chemistry of organic self-assembling materials of various shape and functionality, in particular: functional liquid crystals (LC), LC monomers/polymers/elastomers and related subjects including nano-composites and nano-materials. His research interests are concentrated on: cell fabrication, alignment; differential scanning calorimet