Jana Drbohlavová is the Deputy Director and Coordinator of the Czech Semiconductor Centre project, where she focuses on developing the semiconductor ecosystem in the Czech Republic and fostering innovation and cooperation between research and industry. She is also actively involved in education and in promoting technical fields, particularly microelectronics, with the aim of increasing interest among students, companies and other stakeholders.

After graduating in Physical Chemistry from Brno University of Technology and obtaining her PhD from Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, she worked at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Technologies and at CEITEC BUT. From 2017 to 2023, she was seconded as a national expert to the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, where she focused on the safety and sustainability of materials for innovation markets.