He is best known for his work collaborating with scientists, engineers, and health care professionals developing applications of statistics.
He was coauthor with Robert Hermann of Algebro-geometric and Lie theoretic Techniques in Systems Theory (1977).
[1] Martin is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Statistical Association.
[2] Recently, Martin has focused his research on studying improvements in crop insurance for farmers in Sub Saharan Africa.
[3] He also serves on the Science Advisory Board of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.