Marcus Aldén got his PhD in Physics at Lund University in 1983 and became Professor 1992 within the Physics Department also at Lund University, where he during 1991-2020 served as Head of the Division of Combustion Physics. Prof. Aldén has among other scientific commitments been Chairman of the Gordon Conference on Laser Diagnostics of Combustion in 2003 and served as Program co-Chair of the 31^st International Symposium on Combustion in 2006.

Prof. Aldén has had his main scientific activity in the field of laser/optical diagnostics of combustion and high temperature systems which have ranged from fundamental studies of laser-matter interactions to industrially real-world applications. He has been the main supervisor for 38 PhD graduates and has co-authored +470 regular papers.

Prof Aldén is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, IVA, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, KVA and is since 2018 Fellow of the Combustion Institute. He has Honorary Professorships at Xian Jiaotong University and at Tianjin University and is Guest professor at Zhejiang University, all in China. In 2009 and in 2015 he got Advanced Investigators Grants from the European Research Council, ERC. At the 39^th International Symposium on Combustion in Vancouver, 2022, he was invited to give the Hottel Lecture and where he also received the Jürgen Warnatz Gold Medal of the Combustion Institute.