Peter Martin Email & Phone Number

Boulder, Co, Us

Arvada, Colorado, United States

- Developed ML-based remote sensing models using distributed computing, enabling continent-scale project generation and a tenfold reduction in the search space for individual projects.- Researched chemistry of ore parent rocks, identifying spatial relationship between target commodity and common rock types. Guided program prioritization across a 720,000 km2 area.- Led development of software for deployment during field work while interfacing with geology and engineering teams, resulting in discovery of target commodity at a previously unexplored site.- Executed extract, transform, and load operations on a wide variety of data types and structures, resulting in tripling of database content and cutting data processing time from months to days.

Boulder, Colorado, United States

- Designed and wrote ETL pipeline to ingest a large, poorly-structured dataset (>100GB). Resulted in ability to expand existing database by >1000%- Processed airborne geophysical surveys for mineral exploration prioritization, culminating in average of ~80% reduction in claims size- Built machine learning model using remote sensing data for detection of enriched soils. Productionized on the continent scale using out-of-memory computation with dask and Xarray, leading to downgrading thousands of square kilometers of potential exploration space

• Performed inverse gaussian and forward modeling of chemical data (cluster computing). Correlated results through geospatial analysis (QGIS) and identified possible control on carbon cycle over the past 15 million years. Presented results at two national conferences.• Designed and built open-source uncertainty propagation Python package (Monte Carlo analysis) that corrects common 20% errors in modeling of helium data. Includes optional GUI to allow access to wider userbase (HeCalc, available on PyPI and GitHub).• Contributed plugin for open-source database (Docker, postgreSQL) to extract, transform (ML image processing and uncertainty propagation), and load three data streams to publicly available web frontend in support of FAIR (Findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable) data standards.• Led team of four scientists at CU Boulder and UC Berkeley as principal investigator on successful research proposal to National Science Foundation resulting in $119,848 of initial funding.

Pasadena, California, United States

• Provided guidance on sampling/measurement priority for Curiosity Mars rover over four years. Developed two new analytical methodologies and identified evidence of water more recently than previously thought. Resulted in ten invited lectures, nine conference talks, and five publications.• Simulated remote sensing outputs from four instruments using multi-/hyperspectral image resampling (Python, IDL, ArcGIS, principal component analysis) to optimize Perseverance Mars rover operations given scheduling and data volume constraints.

Pasadena, California, United States

• Prepared and curated samples for engineering tests for Perseverance mission. Diagnosed and solved sample contamination problems, resulting in update to JPL standards and procedures.

Middletown, Connecticut, United States

• Synthesized several hydrated carbonate minerals including Ikaite and Monohydrocalcite, and confirmed the techniques by XRD and VNIR spectroscopy.• Developed methodology for preparation of Brassica rapa leaves for stomatal index technique, improving throughput by over 50%.• Developed rotaxane (physically interlocked organic molecule) synthesis methods using column chemistry purification, and analyzed products using NMR and thin-layer chromatography methods

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Geochemistry

Activities and Societies: Keck Institute for Space Studies Affiliate

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Chemistry

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Earth And Environmental Science

Activities and Societies: Dean's list 2013-2014; 4-year varsity rower