Jiri Martan holds a PhD in Physics and Laser–Material Interaction from the University of West Bohemia (UWB), Czech Republic, and the Ecole Polytechnique of the University of Orleans, France (2005). He became an associate professor at UWB in 2019. He is head of the Laser Micro-processing and Thermodiagnostics Team. He focuses on the development of measurement systems, with a special focus on time-resolved temperature measurements and laser surface texturing (LST). He has been principal investigator or co-investigator of four international and two national projects. He is a member of the Board of Stakeholders of the Photonics21 European Technology Platform. He deals with cooperation with industry through specific contractual research projects (Honeywell International, Continental Automotive, Preciosa Ornela). His academic contributions include the following: H-index: 14; citations: 539; articles in impacted journals: 36; international patents: 2; function samples: 12; verified technologies: 9; prototypes: 10; research reports for industry: 18; and types of software developed: 3.