Martin was born in Buenos Aires Argentina (and still misses the food, the city, and soccer). After finishing his high school studies (focused in chemistry) in his hometown, he lived in Santiago, Chile for two years as a service missionary.  Thereafter, he returned to Argentina were he started the Industrial Engineering program at the National Technological University (UTN).

 

One summer break (in 2002) he used all his savings to come to USA to study English at Brigham Young University (BYU).  He fell in love with BYU and transferred there to study Chemistry.  He earned a BS in chemistry in 2005.  While at BYU, he performed research in the laboratories of John D. Lamb (in close collaboration with Roger Harrison) and Morris J. Robins. Thereafter, he moved to the University of Utah, where he got a MS in Organometallic Chemistry in the lab of Janis Louie, working on mechanistic studies of new catalysts.  He then moved to Purdue University (Boiler Up!) to finish his doctoral studies (2012) in Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology under the Direction of Dr Mark Cushman. His research focused on the synthesis of heterocycles with chemopreventive potential.

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He performed his postdoctoral training in the group of Dr Sam Stupp, one of the world leaders in self-assembled materials, at Northwestern University. There he (eventually) learned a lot about biomaterials, self-assembly, and material sciences.