Professor Jiri Matousek, PhD, DSc, Dipl. Eng., born 1930, toxicological and environmental chemist. Director, Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection, Faculty of Chemistry, Technical University Brno, Czech Republic, visiting professor, International Institute for Peace, Vienna, Austria (former Director, Czechoslovak NBC Defence R&D Establishment, expert of the Czechoslovak delegation to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva). Member, Executive Committee and Council, International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility (INES); member, Standing Committee on Disarmament, World Federation of Scientific Workers; vice-chairman, Czech Committee for European Security and Cooperation etc.

email: matousek@fch.vutbr.cz.