Dr. Martin Doyle

Dr. Martin Doyle is an associate professor in the Department of Geography at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has extensive expertise in river processes, policy, and economics; infrastructure in the environment; eco-hydrology; and environmental history. His knowledge has helped the Corps address critical issues related to river policy, geographic service areas, and infrastructure.

While at IWR, Dr. Doyle examined the following topics:

• Optimal scale for geographic service areas in compensatory mitigation
• River identification and definition
• Infrastructure decommissioning
• The evolving political economy of U.S. rivers

Among Dr. Doyle’s notable achievements are his appointments as a Guggenheim Fellow (2009), an Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow, (Stanford University - Woods Institute of Environment 2008), GlaxoSmithKline Faculty Fellow for Public Policy (Institute for Emerging Issues, 2008), member of the Editorial Board, Ecology (2008-present), CAREER award recipient (National Science Foundation, 2005), and Nystrom Award (Association of American Geographers, 2004).

Dr. Doyle has served on a number of committees and panels tackling issues related to hydrology, ecology, and infrastructure. These include the National Ecological Observatory Network - Hydroecology sub-committee; the Heinz Center for Policy, Economics and the Environment - Dam Removal Science and Policy Panel; and the Political Economy Research Center - Free-Market Environmentalism Panel (2004, 2007).

Dr. Doyle is an author on more than 50 peer-reviewed journal article as well as numerous book chapters. He is writing a book on the history and political economy of rivers of the U.S. South. As the Clarke Visiting Scholar, he divided his time between IWR’s Alexandria office and his university office in Chapel Hill.

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