Martina Kolářová works at the National Institute of Mental Health as the Coordinator of the Sleep and Chronobiology Research Centre, whose main role is to provide administrative support to the researchers and facilitate their work. She studied Hotel management, Tourism and Marketing at The Institute of Hospitality Management in Prague. Prior to that, she worked both in the private sector and in a government agency to promote and create the image of the Czech Republic as a tourism destination abroad and in the Czech Republic.