Deputy Director for Innovation and Implementation in National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ)
Marcin Kardas supervising department producing accelerators and department responsible for strategic projects like POLFEL (Polish Free Electron Laser) and HTGR (High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor) as well as institute’s Technology Park.
From 2019 to 2022, he worked at the Łukasiewicz Centre (Łukasiewicz Research Network) as Director of the Research and Innovation Department, where he was responsible for projects and processes related to supporting the research and development activities of the Łukasiewicz institutes in the area of research and innovation. He cooperated with the European Association of Research Organizations (EARTO) in the topics of technological infrastructure, Horizon programs and impact assessment of research organizations, among others, as well as working groups of the European Commission (e.g., technology maps for industrial sectors). He was involved in cooperation with the communities of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and European partnerships in Horizon Europe, as well as the network of European Digital Technology Hubs (EDIH).
In 2018-2019, he worked at EIT Food CLC North-East, where he was responsible for coordinating activities regarding the EIT Food innovation strategy implemented in Central and Eastern European countries, including building a portfolio of start-ups and their support, enhancing the skills and competencies of entrepreneurs, scientists and public sector representatives.
From 2009 to 2018, he worked at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in the Department of Innovation and Development, where he was responsible, among other things, for programming the 2014-2020 EU financial perspective in the area of research and innovation. He represented the Ministry in the OECD Technology and Innovation Policy Group, the Standardization Council of the Polish Committee for Standardization, the Regional Forum for Smart Specializations in Poland and the Working Group on Regional Innovation Strategies of the National Center for Research and Development.
He received his PhD in management science from the Warsaw School of Economics in 2009, and since 2013 he has been working with the Faculty of Management at the University of Warsaw, where he teaches project management and technological foresight (among others, as part of the EMBA@UW studies).
He is a member of the Scientific Council of the Information Processing Center – National Research Institute and the Committee for Scientific Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences.