Martin is Director of the Energy Research Accelerator (ERA), he is also head of Nuclear Physics, Director of the Birmingham Energy Institute and the Birmingham Centre for Nuclear Education and Research at the University of Birmingham. In 2015 he co-led the Birmingham Energy Institute Commission, chaired by Lord Teverson, examining “Doing Cold Smarter”, and in 2012 he led the Policy Commission, chaired by Lord Hunt, on the “Future of Nuclear Energy in the UK”. He established the Birmingham Centre for Nuclear Education and Research in 2010. His main research area is the study of the structure of light nuclei, using nuclear reactions. This research is performed at international facilities worldwide. In addition, he is actively engaged in promoting research and educational programmes to support the UK’s investment in nuclear power generation. He received the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Prize, Humboldt Foundation, Germany in 2004 and the Rutherford Medal (IoP) in 2010.
