Assoc. prof. Ing. Radko Tino, PhD. engages research aimed at the surface treatment of natural polymeric materials by discharge plasma (mainly low-temperature atmospheric plasma) and the characterization of surface properties of polymeric materials. He is the author of 17 reports on solved research tasks, 16 published peer-reviewed publications, i book published in CRC Press, 2 chapters in international encyclopedias. His research is currently registered with more than 100 citations. He had 6 invited lectures on international conferences and seminars. He was the coordinator of the DURAWOOD project (GA 22962. Project FP7-Research for SMEs) for Slovak partners of the project and acted as research manager of the project as well. He has 15 years experiences with plasma applications on lignocellulosic and other materials made from natural polymers. He is head of the laboratory for Surface treatment of lignocellulosic materials at Slovak University of Technology. In the last 15 years, he was also deeply involved in the development of mass conservation and deacidification technologies for lignocellulosic carriers of information (books, archival loose sheets, and other documents) and he is a member of the Forum of experts by Slovak comission for UNESCO. Currently he is director of Institute of Natural and Synthetic Polymers at Faculty of chemical and food technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava.