**About the Editor**

**David Herak**, Ph.D. (1978), is currently the Vice Dean for International Relations and a professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague. He specializes in the application of agricultural technology in tropical countries and energy efficiency for processing agricultural products. He has been involved in several scientific projects focused on the processing of tropical oil seeds worldwide (Ethiopia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Turkey and Ukraine). In addition, he is the coordinator of summer schools in Indonesia, the Philipinnes and Turkey. He also served as a guest professor at several foreign universities. Professor Herak is the author of 161 publications in scientific databases, the author ´ of two patents, a member of the European Physical Society, a member of The Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicians, as well as the editor and editorial board member of several high-level scientific journals.
