Professor Nicole Martinez

Nicole Martinez is a Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at Clemson University in the United States. Since 2019 she is also a Joint Faculty Appointee within the Center for Radiation Protection Knowledge at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Her first professional position was as an officer in the U.S. Navy where she served just under four years, first as a nuclear power instructor and later a radiation health officer. She then worked for 2 years in industry before attending graduate school at Colorado State University where she specialized in health physics and radioecology. A portion of her doctorate work involved spending ~1.5 years at Savannah River National Laboratory. Dr. Martinez’s current research focuses on dosimetric modeling and the behavior and effects of radiological contaminants in the environment for applications ranging from risk assessment to biosensing. In addition, she is interested in non-technical issues relevant to the field such as the roles of ethics, art, and culture in science and engineering. She is a Certified Health Physicist, on the Main Commission of the International Commission on Radiological Protection, and a member of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. She also currently serves on the National Academies Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board as well as the CDC/NIOSH Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health.