Martin Nakata AM is an Australian academic, researcher and scholar in the field of Indigenous education, knowledge, and studies.
[3][4] In 2020 he was conferred with Member of the Order of Australia for "significant service to tertiary education, and to learning outcomes for Indigenous students".
[5] An asteroid in the Koronis family has been named in his honour as 7547 Martinnakata for his contribution to Indigenous astronomy.
His mother is a traditional owner of islands in the Torres Strait, a remote region of Australia.
He has presented over seventy plenary and keynote addresses at professional conferences in Iceland, Norway, Scotland, Greece, South Africa, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Canada, United States, Peru, Aotearoa (NZ) and Australia, and has published extensively on Australian Indigenous education issues in national and international academic journals, anthologies and books.