Twenty eight years of professional research and development experience in a variety of scientific and technological fields as diverse as quantum theory and brain research, with extensive interdisciplinary collaborations. Extensive skills in data analysis, signal processing, modeling, applied mathematics, neural networks, and software development with experience in a broad range of physical science specialties, both experimental and theoretical.
Chief Scientist, R. L. Martin and Associates, May 1992 to present. Providing data analysis services, custom software development, and research services for a number of individuals and organizations including The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Pursuing research in signal processing and nonlinear systems to develop innovative and improved techniques to apply to client's problems.
Research Support Specialist, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell Univeristy, March 2005 to present. Performing research on forecast bias correction, turf disease forecasting, and ice storm forecasting.
Meteorologist, Climate Prediction Center, National Weather Service, May 1991 to February 2005. Performed research on neural network weather forecasting methods and then implemented these methods for forecasting operations. Designed, implemented, and maintained data analysis software and data bases for operational extended range forecasting and climatological studies. As one of only three forecasters experienced in doing all of CPC's forecasts, responsible for making official national 6 to 10 day and 8 to 14 day weather forecasts, hazards assessments, and monthly and seasonal climate outlooks, as well as providing special forecast support for events such as Presidential Inaugurations and the Olympics.
Senior programmer/analyst, Department of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins University, November 1988 to May 1991. Solely responsible for all aspects of software development for a neurological research group. Developed data analysis system of 25,000 executable lines of C code and collaborated in development of state-of-the-art movement disorder diagnostic system. Member of stereotactic neurosurgical team.
Research assistant/scientific programmer, Applied Research Corporation, May 1985 to November 1988. Developed computer models of rainfall and remote rainfall sensing which provided critical planning information for NASA's TRMM satellite. Discovered a statistical relationship for rainfall distributions. Contributed to studies of stratospheric ozone depletion.
Engineering programmer, Northrop Corporation, November 1984 to April 1985. Performed classified research.
Research assistant, Department of Physics, Iowa State University, August 1981 to July 1984. Performed research on the spatial structure and temporal evolution of global stratospheric temperature fields. Developed computer models of noise present in microwave radiance data.
Staff programmer, Department of Physics, Iowa State University, March 1977 to August 1981. Designed, tested, and implemented algorithms for satellite data analysis. Planned and monitored computer resource usage. Provided specifications and recommendations for purchases of microcomputer hardware and software.
M.S. in meteorology, Iowa State University, December 1986
M.S. in physics, Iowa State University, May 1979
B.A. magna cum laude in physics and mathematics, Coe College, May 1975
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi
Phi Eta Sigma
- Erskine Physics Prize
Department of Commerce Letters of Recognition
American Geophysical Union
American Meteorological Society
Sigma Xi
Huebener, R. P., R. T. Kampwirth, R. L. Martin, T. W. Barbee, Jr. and R. B. Zubeck, "Critical Current Density in Superconducting Niobium Films", J. Low Temp. Phys., 19, 247 (1975).
Leacock, R. A. and R. L. Martin, "Kinematics-free Angular Momentum Trajectories. II. Yukawa-potential Numerical Examples", Phys. Rev. D, 20, 316 (1979).
Wen-bi Yu, R. L. Martin and J. L. Stanford, "Long and Medium-scale Waves in the Lower Stratosphere From Satellite-Derived Microwave Measurements", J. Geophys. Res., 88, 8505 (1983).
Wen-bi Yu, J. L. Stanford and R. L. Martin, "Some Interhemispheric Comparisons of Medium-scale Waves in the Lower Stratosphere", J. Atmos. Sci., 41, 2084 (1984).
Martin, R. L. and J. L. Stanford, "Zonal Wave Number Variance Spectra of Stratospheric Microwave Brightness Temperatures", J. Geophys. Res., 91, D12, 13195 (1986).
Martin, R. L., "A Statistic Useful for Characterizing Probability Distributions, with Application to Rain Rate Data", J. Appl. Meteor., 28, 354 (1989).
Hartmann, D. L., K. R. Chan, B. L. Gary, M. R. Schoeberl, P. A. Newman, R. L. Martin, M. Loewenstein, J. R. Podolske and S. Strahan, "Potential Vorticity and Mixing in the South Polar Vortex During Spring", J. Geophys. Res., 94, D9, 11625, (1989).
Schoeberl, M. R., L. R. Lait, P. A. Newman, R. L. Martin, M. H. Proffitt, D. L. Hartmann, M. Loewenstein, J. R. Podolske, S. E. Strahan, J. Anderson, K. R. Chan and B. Gary, "Reconstruction of the Constituent Distribution and Trends in the Antarctic Polar Vortex From ER-2 Flight Observations", J. Geophys. Res., 94, D9, 11815, (1989).
Bell, T. L., A. Abdullah, R. L. Martin and G. R. North, "Sampling Errors for Satellite-derived Tropical Rainfall: Monte Carlo Study Using a Space-Time Stochastic Model", J. Geophys. Res., 95, D3, 2195, (1990).
Lenz, F. A., R. L. Martin, H. C. Kwan, R. R. Tasker and J. O. Dostrovsky, "Thalamic Single-Unit Activity Occurring in Patients with Hemidystonia", Stereotact. Funct. Neurosurg., 54+55, 159, (1990).
Lenz, F. A., H. C. Kwan, R. L. Martin, R. R. Tasker, J. O. Dostrovsky and Y. E. Lenz, "Single Unit Analysis of the Human Ventral Thalamic Nuclear Group. Tremor-related Activity in Functionally Identified Cells", Brain, 117, 531, (1994).
Lenz, F. A., H. C. Kwan, R. Martin, R. Tasker, R. T. Richardson and J. O. Dostrovsky, "Characteristics of Somatotopic Organization and Spontaneous Neuronal Activity in the Region of the Thalamic Principal Sensory Nucleus in Patients with Spinal Cord Transection", J. Neurophys., 72, 1570, (1994).
Martin, R. L., "Toroidal Magnetic Fields", ORMAK Technical Memo #177, Thermonuclear Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, (1974).
England, A. C., L. A. Berry, J. F. Lyon, R. L. Martin and G. L. Morgan, "Neutron Emission From ORMAK", presented at the Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics of the American Physical Society, (1974).
Huebener, R. P., R. T. Kampwirth, R. L. Martin, T. W. Barbee, Jr. and R. B. Zubeck, "Critical Current Density in Superconducting Nb-Films", presented at the 1974 Applied Superconductivity Conference of the American Physical Society, (1974).
Leacock, R. A. and R. L. Martin, "A Presentation of Partial-wave Data That Is Free of Elastic Kinematics: Pion-Nucleon Elastic Scattering as an Example", Ames Laboratory Report IS-3965, (1976).
Martin, R. L., "Studies in Angular Momentum: Kinematic-free Trajectories and Pion-Nucleon Data Analysis", M.S. Thesis, Iowa State University, (1979).
Wen-bi Yu, R. L. Martin and J. L. Stanford, "Long and Medium-scale Waves in the Lower Stratosphere From Satellite-Derived Microwave Measurements", presented at the Fourth Conference on the Meteorology of the Upper Atmosphere of the American Meteorological Society, (1983).
Stanford, J. L., W. J. Randel, Wen-bi Yu and R. L. Martin, "Medium-scale Waves in the Summer Southern Troposphere and Stratosphere", presented at the First International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology of the American Meteorological Society, (1983).
Schoeberl, M. R., L. Lait, P. A. Newman, R. L. Martin, M. Loewenstein, J. R. Podolske, J. Anderson and M. Proffitt, "The Evolution of AAOE Observed Constituents with the Polar Vortex", Proceedings of the Polar Ozone Workshop, NASA Conference Publication 10014, (1988).
Bell, T. L., A. Abdullah, R. L. Martin and G. R. North, "Sampling Errors for Satellite-Derived Tropical Rainfall: Monte Carlo Study Using a Space-Time Stochastic Model", presented at the Conference on Mesoscale Precipitation: Analysis, Simulation, and Forecasting of the American Meteorological Society, (1988).
Lenz, F. A., R. L. Martin, H. C. Kwan, R. R. Tasker, J. O. Dostrovsky and M. L. DeLong, "Thalamic Single Unit Activity Occurring in Patients with Hemidystonia", Proceedings of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (Abstracts). 10, 161, (1989).
Lenz, F. A., H. C. Kwan, R. L. Martin, R. R. Tasker and J. O. Dostrovsky, "Characteristics of Spontaneous Neural Activity at Different Locations in Ventrocaudal Thalamus of Patients with Spinal Cord Transection", Pain, 5S, 493, (1990).
Martin, R. L., "Skill of the Climate Analysis Center's 6 to 10 Day Categorical Precipitation Forecasts", presented at the Fourth International Conference on Precipitation, (1993).
Stone, P. J., R. L. Martin and G. G. Parker, "Spectral Analysis of Temperature and Humidity in a Tall Mixed-deciduous Forest", presented at the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, (1996).
O'Lenic, E. A., J. Hoopingarner, H. M. van den Dool, J. Schemm, J. Pan, R Martin, A. Wagner, A. Artusa and D. Unger, "Format, Methods, and Estimated Skill of Proposed Operational Forecasts for Week 2 (Days 8-14)", Proceedings of the 21st Climate Diagnostics Workshop, (1996).
O'Lenic, E., J. Hoopingarner, R. W. Higgins, Y. Zhu, R Martin, A. Artusa, and A. J. Wagner, "In-Context Forecasts for Varying Time Scales and Reaching Out to Forecast Users", Proceedings of the 23rd Climate Diagnostics Workshop, (1998).
Twenty three years of experience in the veterinary medical field, including training at major research hospitals, have given Dr. Martin knowledge of numerous aspects of the biological sciences, including molecular biology, transgenics, comparative anatomy, microbiology, and pathology.
Chief, Training and Development, Cornell Center for Animal Resources and Education, Cornell University, February 2005 to present.
Chief of Veterinary Surgical Services and Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University, February 2001 to December 2004. Provided clinical care for a variety of research animals, and consulted on their proper care and use. Taught classes in laboratory animal medicine and microbiology. Collaborated on vaccine research.
Postdoctoral Fellow in Comparative Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, May 1997 to January 2001. Provided clinical care for a variety of research animals, and consulted on their proper care and use. Pursued research in infectious diseases.
Resident in Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Maryland at Balitimore, August 1995 to April 1997. Provided clinical care for a variety of research animals, and consulted on their proper care and use. Assisted researchers with experimental biomedical procedures. Involved in immunological research.
Veterinarian, June 1982 to July 1995. Provided a broad range of medical care for a variety of small domestic animals, with special emphasis on surgery, endoscopy, internal medicine, and diagnostics.
D.V.M. with honors, Iowa State University, May 1982
M.P.H, The Johns Hopkins University, May 2001
Phi Zeta
Phi Eta Sigma
The Henry and Lois Foster Award for academic excellence in laboratory animal medicine
American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine
American Veterinary Medical Association
American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
Maryland State Veterniary Medical Association
Martin, Mary E., Karen Caspersen, and J. Stephen Dumler, “Immunopathology and Ehrlichial Propagation Are Regulated by Interferon-gamma and Interleukin-10 in a Murine Model of Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis”, Am. J. Path., 158, 1881-1888, (2001).
Martin, M. E., J. E. Bunnell and J. S. Dumler, "Pathology, Immunohistology, and Cytokine Responses in Early Phases of Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in a Murine Model", J. Infec. Dis., 181, 374-378, (2000).
Lepidi, H., J. E. Bunnell, M. E. Martin, J. E. Madigan, S. Stuen and J. S. Dumler, "Comparative Pathology and Immunohistology Associated with Clinical Illness After Ehrlichia Phagocytophila-Group Infections", Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 62, 29-37, (2000).
Martin, M., K. Stump, C. Lauderbaugh, B. Lefbom, and L. DeTolla, "Treatment of an Aged Rhesus Macaque with Ventricular Tachycardia", presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, (1996).
Dumler, J. S., M. E. Martin, J. E. Bunnell and J. E. Madigan, "HGE in North America: Understanding clinical disease and pathogenesis with animal models", proceedings of Rickettsiae and rickettsial diseases at the turn of the third millenium, D. Raoult and P. Brouqui, Elsevier eds., 294-302, (1999).
Martin, M. E., J. E. Bunnell, and J. S. Dumler, "Pathology, Immunochemistry, and Cytokine Responses in Early Phases of HGE in a Murine Model", presented at the 88th Annual Meeting of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, (1999).
Martin, M. E. and J. S. Dumler, "Immunopathogenesis of Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in a Murine Model", American Society for Rickettsiology meeting, May 2000.
Martin, M. E., K. Casperson, and J. S. Dumler, "Immunopthology in a Murine Model of Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis (HGE)", presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, (2000).
R. L. Martin and Associates can call upon the services of a variety of scientists and engineers affiliated with major universities and other organizations as needed.
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