Associate Professor
108 CETL
Anderson, SC 29625
Office: 864.656.1984
Fax: 864.656.0672
E-mail: nmarti3@clemson.edu
PhD: Radiological Health Sciences, 2014, Colorado State University
MS: Radiological Health Sciences, 2011, Colorado State University
Classes | Publications | Honors | CV
Faculty Overview
Nicole Martinez joined Clemson University as an Assistant Professor in August 2014, as part of a unique departmental program designed to address broad environmental issues associated with anthropogenic and natural radioactivity. Dr. Martinez received her M.S. and Ph.D. in Radiological Health Sciences from Colorado State University, specializing in health physics and radioecology, respectively. Prior to attending graduate school she served in the United States Navy as a nuclear power instructor and radiation health officer. The main achievements of her doctoral work were evaluation of lake trophic structure effect on iodine accumulation in fish, development and application of various computational phantoms for internal dosimetry of rainbow trout, and assessment of reflectance spectroscopy as a potential tool for use in phytoremediation. Dr. Martinez’s current research focuses on the behavior and effects of radiological contaminants in the environment, to include radiation transport modelling, improved dosimetric methods, chronic low dose effects to and multi-contaminant response in non-human biota, and mechanisms of competitive uptake in plants. This work contributes to the major research areas in radioecology lacking in data, and supports the increasing public interest in nuclear energy, decommissioning, waste management, and environmental stewardship.
Professor Nicole Martinez is a Collaborator on the Department of Energy, Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research Implementation Project "Radionuclide Waste Disposal: Development of Multi-scale Experimental and Modeling Capabilities" (2014-Present)
Class Information
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EES 4100/6100 Environmental Radiation Protection
EES 4140/6140 Radioecology
EES 4800/6800 Environmental Risk Assessment
EES 4900 Env Co-contaminant Exposure
EES 8150 Radiobiology
Selected Publications
Donaher, S.E., Dunn, R.P., Gonzales, A.K., Wattier, B.D., Powell, B.A., Martinez, N.E., 2023. Tissue-Specific Toxicokinetics of Aqueous Radium-226 in an Estuarine Mussel, Geukensia demissa. Environ. Sci. Technol. 57, 3187–3197. doi:10.1021/ACS.EST.2C09421/ASSET/IMAGES/LARGE/ES2C09421_0005.JPEG
Manglass, L.M., Vogel, C.M., Wintenberg, M., Blenner, M.A., Martinez, N.E., 2023. Flowthrough of 239PU and 55FE during RNA extraction. J. Radiol. Prot. 43. doi:10.1088/1361-6498/ACB15D
Montgomery, D.A., Edayilam, N., Page, H., Sheriff, S.A., Tharayil, N., Powell, B.A., Martinez, N.E., 2023. Comparative uptake, translocation, and plant mediated transport of Tc-99, Cs-133, Np-237, and U-238 in Savannah River Site soil columns for the grass species Andropogon virginicus. Sci. Total Environ. 857, 159400. doi:10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2022.159400
Phillips, S.H., Donaher, S.E., Powell, B.A., Tharayil, N., Martinez, N.E., 2023. The Influence of Iron and Ligand Type on Plutonium Uptake in Two Strains of Hydroponically Grown Corn (Zea Mays). Health Phys. 124, 97–105. doi:10.1097/HP.0000000000001638
Wattier, B.D., Gonzales, A.K., Martinez, N.E., 2023. Perfluorooctanoic acid uptake in the mustard species Brassica juncea. J. Environ. Qual. 52, 199–206. doi:10.1002/JEQ2.20431
Wintenberg, M., Manglass, L., Martinez, N.E., Blenner, M., 2023. Global Transcriptional Response of Escherichia coli Exposed In Situ to Different Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation Sources. mSystems 8. doi:10.1128/MSYSTEMS.00718-22
Voigt, G., Martinez, N.E., Garnier-Laplace, J., Maher, F., Cousins, C., Hirth, G., Czarwinski, R., Sapoi, R., Suzuki, K., Qiu, R., Belinco, M., Di Giorgio, M., 2022. Women in radiation (WiR)—a perspective for the strengthening of radiation protection. J. Radiol. Prot. 42, 010502. doi:10.1088/1361-6498/AC2909
Wieder, J.S., Schneider, T., Martinez, N.E., 2022. The three R’s of reasonable in radiological protection: relationships, rationale, and resources. J. Radiol. Prot. 42. doi:10.1088/1361-6498/AC563B
Wijewardana, C., Gonzales, A.K., Vogel, C.M., Martinez, N.E., 2022. 17α-Ethynylestradiol-induced changes in Brassica rapa during the seedling growth stage. Agrosystems, Geosci. Environ. 5, e20258. doi:10.1002/AGG2.20258
Manglass, L., Wintenberg, M., Blenner, M., Martinez, N., 2021. Pu-239 Accumulation in E. Coli and P. Putida Grown in Liquid Cultures. Health Phys. 121, 484–493. doi:10.1097/HP.0000000000001455
Awards & Honors
Elda E. Anderson Award, Health Physics Society (2019)
Bo Lindell Medal for the Promotion of Radiological Protection (2018)
Young Investigator’s Award, 3rd International Conference on Radioecology & Environmental Radioactivity, International Union of Radioecology (2014)
F. Ward Whicker Scholarship, Environmental/Radon Section of the Health Physics Society (2012)
Burton J. Moyer Memorial Fellowship, Health Physics Society (2010)
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, USN (2007)
