[1] In 1880, Martinez conducted geological studies for a month in Antisana, and wrote a report of his findings in Guayaquil's La Nación.
In the early 1890s, he found work as an assistant in the Astronomical Observatory of Quito, and later published Historia de la Ciencia Ecuatoriana (1896).
[2] He served again in the army in the liberal revolution of 1895 under General Francisco H. Moncayo, under whom he attained the rank of lieutenant colonel.
He served as acting Governor of Tungurahua in 1906, and in the same year, he was professor of natural science at Universidad Laica Vicente Rocafuerte.
The following year, Martinez settled in Ambato and accepted the Chemistry Chair, a position he held until 1927; he also served as rector till 1910.