Jens Bliedtner studied precision engineering at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena. He wrote his doctoral thesis in the fields of development of pulsed laser systems and special methods in macro material processing. Since 2000, Bliedtner has been a professor at the Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences in Jena and the head of the department production engineering and automation of production processes. Currently, he is working in the research fields of optical technology, laser material processing and additive manufacturing.