Dr. Martin is the Director of the Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) communities program at the Center for Hazardous Substance Research at Kansas State University, assisting communities in EPA Regions 5 and 7, a 10 state area, with brownfields revitalization issues. Before joining the Center for Hazardous Substance Research in 2002, she worked as a consultant in the environmental industry. Dr. Martin earned a Masters degree in geology and a Ph.D. in hydrogeology from Justus-Liebig-University in Germany.