Who is Martins Zaumanis?

Sustainability at the core of road construction! This is my motto and I strive to this goal by researching asphalt recycling, the use of waste materials and warm mix asphalt.

I have authored many scientific publications where, through exploring the fundamental material-related aspects, I present practice-oriented solutions to bring sustainability to practitioners. To increase the adaptation of these technologies, I have worked closely with multiple companies and road administrations to improve road specifications, particularly towards introducing performance-based approach in mixture design and quality control.

Implementation of new technologies also depends on their acceptance in society and among practitioners, therefore I communicate my findings actively through videos, social networks, and I have presented in a TEDx conference. In 2016 I received the International Road Federation award for best research for the work on 100% asphalt recycling.

While communicating my own research results, I realized that many other scientists are struggling with letting others know about their research. So I decided to write a book series that will help good research get the recognition it deserves. The books offer no-nonsense strategies to write impactful research papers, prepare engaging scientific posters, give memorable talks, prepare winning research grant applications, and more. See the books here.

I received PhD as a Fulbright scholar at WPI, Massachusetts. Before that, I pursued Master’s thesis at TU Denmark and received a Bachelor of Science degree at TU Riga.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Research on 100% hot asphalt recycling

• Winner of International Road Federation Global Road Achievements Award 2016

• TED conference presenter https://youtu.be/acbAthiKrnI

• Author of a book series on Communication in Science

• Author of >70 peer-reviewed publications, see a list on Google Scholar

• More than 100,000 views of my YouTube channel videos on sustainable asphalt technologies

• 5.57 million EUR in research grants (see list)

• Fulbright fellow (US Department of State scholarship for studies in the US)

• Talks at many international conferences (see list)

• Consultant of industry projects to implement sustainable asphalt production practices

• Research projects for road administrations in Latvia, Switzerland, Canada, and the US

• Member of RILEM

• Supervisor of Master's and PhD thesis

• Scientific committee member of multiple conferences

• Avid tennis player

It ain't what you don’t know that gets you into trouble,

It’s what you know for sure that just ain't so.

/Mark Twain/