Dr Jiri Militky is a senior professor of Textile Science at the Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic. From 1991 to 1993, he was in the position of vice chancellor for foreign relations, and from 1994 till 2000, he was dean of the textile faculty. From 2001 till 2003 he was vice chancellor for science and foreign relations. Since 2004 till 2008 he was again the dean of the textile faculty. In 1995, Militky was appointed Academician of the Ukraine Academy of Engineering Sciences.
Militky is in the editorial boards of numerous scientific journals like Fiber Chemistry (USA), Journal of the Textile Institute (UK), Fibers and Textiles (Slovakia), Research Journal of Textile and Apparel (Hong Kong), Journal of Fiber Bioengineering and Informatics, etc. He has authored as well as co-authored around 20 books.