Martin Doyle is a Professor at Duke University focused on the science and policy of rivers and water in the US. His work ranges from fluid mechanics and sediment transport to infrastructure finance and federal water policy. His first book, The Source (WW Norton, February, 2018), is a history of America’s rivers. His second book, Streams of Revenue (MIT Press, 2021) is an analysis of ecosystem markets. In addition to his role as a professor, Doyle has had several stints in government: in 2015-2016, he moved to the Department of Interior, where he helped establish the Natural Resources Investment Center, an initiative of the Obama Administration to push forward private investment in water infrastructure, enable water marketing, and increase the use of markets and conservation banks for species conservation. Prior to that, in 2009-2010, he was the inaugural Frederick J. Clarke Scholar at the US Army Corps of Engineers.
He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Early Career Award from the National Science Foundation, recognized as a Kavli Fellow for the Frontiers of Science from the National Academy of Sciences and selected to deliver the Gilbert White Lecture by the National Academy of Sciences.
School Division
Environmental Sciences & PolicyEducation
- Ph.D., Purdue University (2002)
Recent Grants
- Internet of Water: Preparing Oregon State Agency Water Data for Management on an Integrated Portal awarded by Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
- BHPF - IoW Phased Implementation awarded by BHP Foundation
- Research and Development toward a linked data system and foundational knowledge network for the Internet of Water. awarded by Water Resources Research Institute
- Amry Corps of Engineers IPA Lauren Patterson 2020 awarded by Army Corps of Engineers
- Amry Corps of Engineers IPA Martin Doyle 2020 awarded by Army Corps of Engineers
Recent Publications
- Ecosphere 13, no. 12 ( ):
- Journal / American Water Works Association 114, no. 5 ( ): 46 - 57
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- Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 148, no. 2 ( ):