Rate My Professor Candace Martin

Her research focuses on environmental geology, biogeochemical cycles, radiogenic isotope geochemistry, trace element geochemistry, and aqueous geochemistry. Specific interests include Nd-Sr isotopic and trace element geochemistry of river sediments and soils, sources and sinks of unradiogenic osmium runoff, and chemical and physical weathering processes monitored by bedload sediment compositions. She supervises postgraduate students on topics such as the influence of clay mineral properties on soil expansion in Southland, geochemistry of historic mine waters in Otago, biosorption of heavy metals from water, and tracing gold mineralization and heavy-metal pollution using lead isotopes. Key publications include Corella Santa Cruz et al. (2025) 'Geochemical and isotopic characterisation of trench sediment at the Hikurangi Margin from IODP sites U1518 and U1520' in New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics; Alpos et al. (2021) 'Understanding in vivo mastication behaviour and in vitro starch and protein digestibility of pulsed electric field-treated black beans after cooking' in Foods; Singh et al. (2019) 'Cucumber peel bead biosorbent for multi-ion decontamination of drinking water collected from a mine region in New Zealand' in Environmental Technology; and Pettinger et al. (2018) 'Sources and downstream variation of surface water phosphorus concentrations in the Taieri River, New Zealand' in New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics. Her contributions advance knowledge of geochemical processes in New Zealand's river systems and mining-impacted environments.