Madhavi Z Martin

Bio

Staff Scientist

Ph.D., Solid State Physics, University of California at Los Angeles, 1992
M.S., Physics, University of California at Los Angeles, 1987
B.S., Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics, Nagpur University, 1980

Research Interests:

Developing laser and imaging technologies for phenotyping wood and grass species with a focus on biomass characterization.

• Developing laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy along with multivariate models for the detection of rare earth elements in natural materials and in nuclear reactions.
• Dendrochemistry to understand tree growth and development related to environmental effects.
• Development of environmental sensors specifically used in complex biological and chemical matrices.
• Development of multivariate analysis (MVA) models and algorithms used in high-throughput applications.

Recent Publications:

• Elizabeth Herndon, Emily G. Willman, Ellie E. Wetter, Hui Li, Hunter Andrews, Madhavi Martin, and Natalie Griffiths, Evaluating genetic and environmental controls on leaf silicon and phytolith accumulation in Populus trichocarpa, Plant and soil (2025).DOI:10.1007/s11104-025-07584-3
• H. B. Andrews, Z.B. Kitzhaber, B. T. Manard, L. R. Sadergaski and M. Z. Martin, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2025, Real-Time Elemental Analysis of Liquids for Process Monitoring Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy with a Liquid Wheel Sampling Approach. DOI:10.1039/D4JA00393D.
• Tomás A. Rush, Ann M. Wymore, Miguel Rodríguez, Jr, Sara Jawdy, Rytas J. Vilgalys, Madhavi Z. Martin, Hunter B. Andrews, Fungal elemental profiling unleashed through rapid laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), mSystems, American society for microbiology, mSystems 2024, 9, doi: 10.1128/msystems.00919-24e00919-24.
• Ployet R, Feng K, Zhang J, Baxter I, Glasgow DC, Andrews HB, Rodriguez M, Chen J-G, Tuskan GA, Tschaplinski TJ, Weston DJ, Martin MZ and Muchero W (2024) Elemental profiling and genome-wide association studies reveal genomic variants modulating ionomic composition in Populus trichocarpa leaves. Front. Plant Sci. 15:1450646. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1450646
• H.B. Andrews, A.M. Wymore, E. E. Wetter, E.M. Herndon, H. Li, S.A. Martin, N.A. Griffiths, X. Yang, W. Muchero, D.J. Weston, M.Z. Martin. “Rapid Screening of Wood and Leaf Tissues: Investigating Silicon-based Phytoliths in Populus trichocarpa for Carbon Storage Applications using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy–Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy”. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 2023. 38: 2353-2364 RES ID 195048. DOI: 10.1039/D3JA00186E
• Devireddy, Amith, De, Kuntal, Jawdy, Sara, Yao, Tao, Feyissa, Biruk, Engle, Nancy L., Martin, Madhavi Z., Weston, David, William Patrick Bewg, CJ Tsai, Tschaplinski, Timothy, Tuskan, Gerald, Chen, Jay, Muchero, Wellington. A cation/H+ antiporter enhances carbon assimilation in water-deficit plants" (reference number: NCOMMS-23-25993-T), which was recently submitted to Nature Communications. RES ID 196010 IF 17.694.
• Hunter B. Andrews, Madhavi Z. Martin, Ann M. Wymore, Udaya C. Kalluri, “Rapid In Situ Nutrient Element Distribution in Plants and Soils Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy”, Plant and Soil, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-023-05988-7
• Saint-Vincent, P., A. Furches, S. Galanie, E. Teixeira-Prates, J.L. Aldridge, A. Labbé, N. Zhao, M.Z. Martin, P. Ranjan, P. Jones, D. Kainer, U. Kalluri, J.-G. Chen, W. Muchero, D. Jacobson, and T.J. Tschaplinski. 2023. Validation of a metabolite-GWAS network for Populus trichocarpa family 1 UDP-glycosyltransferases. Front. Plant Sci. 14:1210146. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1210146 RES ID 181919
• Harman-Ware, A.E., M.Z. Martin, N.L. Engle, C. Doeppke, and T.J. Tschaplinski. 2022. Rapid screening of secondary aromatic metabolites in Populus trichocarpa leaves. 16 Biotech. for Biofuels and Bioproducts DOI: 10.1186/s13068-023-02287-2.
• Samarthya Bhagia, Surbhi Kore, Sanjita Wasti, Jaroslav Ďurkovič, Ján Kováč, Xianhui Zhao, Hunter B. Andrews, Madhavi Martin, Nidia C. Gallego, Uday Vaidya, and Soydan Ozcan. 2023, "3D printing of a recycled copolyester of terephthalic acid, cyclohexanedimethanol and tetramethylcyclobutanediol," Polymer Testing. IF 4.28. doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2022.107916
• Dove, N.C., A.A. Carrell, N. Engle, D.M. Klingeman, M. Rodriguez, M.Z. Martin, T.J. Tschaplinski, W. Muchero, C.W. Schadt, and M.A. Cregger. 2022. Relationships between Sphaerulina musiva infection and the Populus sp. microbiome and metabolome. mSystems Vol 7(4) RES ID 173547 IF=6.53 doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00120-22
• Madhavi Martin, Rodger C. Martin, Steve Allman, Deanne Brice, Samir Martin, and Andre Nicolas. “Quantification of Rare-Earths in the parts-per-million range- A Novel Approach in the Application of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy”. Appl. Spectrosc. Vol 76 (8) 2022 https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028221092051(2022)
• Timothy Yates, Madhavi Martin, Wellington Muchero, David Weston, Xiaohan Yang, Stanton Martin, Natalie Griffiths, Samir Martin, Md Mahmudul Hassan, Guoliang Yuan, Synthetic Biology Genome-wide identification and functional prediction of silicon (Si) transporters in poplar, Plant Biotechnology Reports, (2022). DOI:10.1038/s41598-020-61182-0
• Madhavi Martin, Deanne Brice, Samir Martin, Nicolas Andre, and Nikki Labbe. “Inorganic Characterization of Switchgrass Biomass using Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy”. Spectrachimica Acta, B.Volume 186, December 2021, 106323, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2021.106323.
• Furches, A., D. Kainer, D. Weighill, A. Large, P. Jones, A.M. Walker, J. Romero, J.G.F.M. Gazolla, W. Joubert, M. Shah, J. Streich, P. Ranjan, J. Schmutz, A. Sreedasyam, D. Macaya-Sanz, N. Zhao, M.Z. Martin, X. Rao, R.A. Dixon, S. DiFazio, T.J. Tschaplinski, J.-G. Chen, G.A. Tuskan, and D. Jacobson. 2019. Finding new cell wall regulatory genes in Populus trichocarpa using multiple lines of evidence. Front. Plant Sci. 10: Article 1249, 08 October 2019 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.01249. 129265
• Multi-Phenotype Association Decomposition: Unraveling Complex Gene-Phenotype Relationships Deborah Weighill1, Piet Jones, Carissa Bleker, Priya Ranjan, Manesh Shah, Nan Zhao, Madhavi Martin, Stephen DiFazio, David Macaya-Sanz, Jeremy Schmutz, Avinash Sreedasyam, Timothy Tschaplinski, Gerald Tuskan and Daniel Jacobson. Frontiers in genetics 10, 417, 2019.
• Elena Garlea, Brittany Bennett, George Powell, Madhavi Martin, Robert Bridges, John Leckey, “Novel Use of a Hand-Held Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Instrument to Monitor Hydride Corrosion and Microstructure Effects in Uranium,” Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy 105651, 2019.
• Madhavi Martin, Daniel Hamm, Samir Martin, Steve Allman, Gary Bell, Rodger Martin, “Micro-Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy: A Novel Approach Used in the Detection of Six Rare Earths and One Transition Metal,” Minerals, 9(2), 103 (2019). https://doi.org/10.3390/min9020103 (registering DOI).
• Timothy James Tschaplinski, Paul E. Abraham, Sara S. Jawdy, Lee E. Gunter, Madhavi Z. Martin, Nancy L. Engle, Xiaohan Yang, Gerald A. Tuskan, “The nature of the progression of drought stress drives differential metabolomic responses in Populus deltoides,” Annals of Botany, mcz002, 1–10 (2019). doi: 10.1093/aob/mcz002 (IF= 4.041)
• Deborah A Weighill, Piet Jones, Manesh Shah, Priya Ranjan, Wellington Muchero, Jeremy Schmutz, Avinash Sreedasyam, David Macaya-Sanz, Robert Sykes, Nan Zhao, Madhavi Z Martin, Stephen DiFazio, Timothy J Tschaplinski, Gerald Tuskan, Daniel Jacobson, Pleiotropic and Epistatic Network-Based Discovery: Integrated Networks for Target Gene Discovery, bioRxiv, p. 267997 (2018), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• B. N. Bennett, M. Z. Martin, D. N. Leonard, E. Garlea, “Calibration curves for commercial copper and aluminum alloys using handheld laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy,” Applied Physics B, 124, 42 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-018-6909-x. (IF=1.7).
• C Kristian G. Myhre, Mihir J. Mehta, Madhavi Z. Martin, Miting Du, “Comparison of Univariate and Multivariate Approaches for Quantitative Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Measurements of Europium and Samarium in Aluminum Oxide,” Spectrochimica Acta, Part B: Atomic Spectros, 149, 30–34, (2018). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2018.07.014 (IF = 3.18)
• G. Shaw, M. Bannister, T. M. Biewer, M. Z. Martin, F. Meyer, B. D. Wirth, “The detection of He in tungsten following ion implantation by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy,” Applied Surface Science, 427, Part B, 695–703 (January 2018). (IF = 3.15)
• Madhavi Z. Martin, David C. Glasgow, Timothy J. Tschaplinski, Gerald A. Tuskan, Lee E. Gunter, Nancy L. Engle, Ann M. Wymore, David J. Weston, “Correlating Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) with Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) to determine the elemental concentration in the ionome of the Populus trichocarpa leaf,” Spectrochimica Acta Part B, 138, 46–53 (2017). (IF = 3.18)
• Suresh Poudel, Richard J. Giannone, Miguel RodriguezJr., Babu Raman, Madhavi Z. Martin, Nancy L. Engle, Jonathan R. Mielenz, Intawat Nookaew, Steven D. Brown, Timothy J. Tschaplinski, David Ussery and Robert L. Hettich, “Integrated omics analyses reveal the details of metabolic adaptation of Clostridium thermocellum to lignocellulose-derived growth inhibitors released during the deconstruction of switchgrass” Biotechnology for Biofuels201710:14 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-016-0697-5 (IF= 5.5)
• Madhavi Martin, Rodger C. Martin, Steve Allman, Deanne Brice, Ann Wymore, and Nicolas Andre. Quantification of Rare Earth Elements using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, Spectrochimica Acta Part B:  Atomic Spectroscopy, (2015) Vol 114, pp 65-73. (I.F = 3.18)
• Madhavi  Z. Martin, R. V. Fox, A. W. Miziolek, F. C. DeLucia Jr., and Nicolas André, “Spectral Analysis of Rare Earth Elements using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy”, Proceeding of SPIE 9482- 2015, Baltimore MD, USA, April 20-24. 2015. Next-Generation Spectroscopic Technologies VIII, 94820G (June 3, 2015);   doi: 10.1117/12.2178192
• Tschaplinski, T.J., Plett, J.M., Engle, N.L., Deveau, A., Cushman, K., Martin, M.Z., Doktycz, M.J., Tuskan, G.A., Brunm, A., Kohler, A., and F. Martin. 2014. Populus trichocarpa and Populus deltoids exhibit different metabolomics responses to colonization by the symbiotic fungus Laccaria bicolor. Mol. Plant Microbe Int. Available online. DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-­‐09-­‐13-­‐0286-­‐R 27:546-556.
• G. Shaw, M.Z.   Martin,  R. Martin, T.M.  Biewer. “Preliminary Design of Laser-induced breakdown Spectroscopy for Proto-MPEX.” Review of Scientific Instruments 85 11D806 (2014).
• Madhavi Z. Martin, Melanie A. Mayes, Katherine R. Heal, Deanne J. Brice, and Stan D. Wullschleger, Investigation of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy and multivariate analysis for differentiating inorganic and organic C in a variety of soils. Spectrachimica Acta Part B. (2013). pp. 100-107.  DOI information: 10.1016/j.sab.2013.05.026
• J. Kaiser, K. Novotný, M.Z. Martin, A. Hrdlička, R. Malina, M. Hartl, V. Adam, R. Kizek, “Trace elemental analysis by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy – biological applications” Surface Science Reports 67 (2012) 233-243.
• Madhavi Z. Martin, Steve Allman, Deanne J. Brice, Rodger C. Martin, Nicolas O. Andre, “Exploring laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for nuclear materials analysis and in-situ applications”, Spectrochimica Acta Part B. vol 74-75 (2012) 177-183.
• High-Resolution Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy used in Homeland Security and Forensic Applications (Bull. Las. Spectrosc. Soc. India., 2006)
• Cellular Response of Shewanella oneidensis to Strontium-Stress (Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 2006)
• Analysis of preservative-treated wood by multivariate analysis of LIBS spectra, (Spectra Chimica Acta B., 2005)

Awards

• Senior Member of the IEEE (2019)
• Appointed to CLEO 2020, 2021, and 2022, S&I13 subcommittee:  Active Optical Sensing
• (Community of Lasers and Electro-Optics) (2019)
• Senior Member of the Optical Society of America (2017) Recognized for expertise in the application of optical methods in biological and environmental research
• Appointed to the Appointed to North American Society of LIBS (NASLIBS) committee (2010-12)
• Journal: Applied Optics
  Feature Issue on Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
  Editors: Jagdish P. Singh, Madhavi Z. Martin, and Andrzej W. Miziolek (1 Nov 2008) 

Awarded Sir Frederick McMaster Fellowship by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in Australia in 2007-2008 to explore the development of rapid assessment tools for characterizing the chemical and mechanical properties of wood, wood products, and woody and herbaceous biomass for biofuels applications.

Appointed to the International Scientific Committee for the Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Society, 2004-present.

SERDP Project of the Year Award, Co-PI of the project for continuous monitoring of smoke stack emissions by LIPS, 1997 – 2000.

Graduate Opportunity Fellowship, University of California, Los Angeles, 1989 – 1990.

Rotary Fellowship, Rotary International Foundation, 1985 - 1986.

University Grants Commission Fellowship, India, 1983 – 1985.

Gold Medal in Physics, Shivaji University, India, 1982.

Specialized Equipment

Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Instrumentation.

Trademarks and Patents

US Patent No 7,251,022 issued for “Dual Fiber Microprobe for Mapping Elemental Distributions in Biological Cells.”

Publications