Charles R. Martin (born November 20, 1959) is an American Distinguished Professor of chemistry at University of Florida.
[3] Martin graduated with high distinction from Centre College of Kentucky in 1975 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
He was a Robert A. Welch Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Allen J. Bard in University of Texas at Austin.
Beginning in the 1980s, his research group pioneered a versatile method for preparing nanomaterials called template synthesis.
He is currently the Colonel Allan R. and Margaret G. Crow Professor of Chemistry in University of Florida.