Professor
Office: PPC 217
Email: mark.martinez@ubc.ca
Research Summary
Transport Phenomena, flow visualization, multiphase flows, quantitative microscopy
Education
University of British Columbia, 1995, Ph.D.
University of Toronto, 1990, M.A.Sc.
University of Toronto, 1987, B.A.Sc.
Research interests + projects
ERMP Phase 3: Understanding Energy Reduction and Developing Higher-Value Markets for Mechanical Pulps (research consortium sponsored by AB Enzymes, Alberta Newsprint, BC Hydro, Canfor, FP Innovations, Holmen, Millar Western, Paper Excellence, Valmet, West Fraser and NSERC)
Rapid 3D printing of tough hydrogel films and tubing through reactive hydrodynamic focusing (sponsored by NSERC, BioForm Solutions)
Pressure Filtration of Soft Porous Fibre Suspensions (Phase 3): Characterizing density variations using computed tomography(sponsored by Valmet)
Scholarly and professional activities + affiliations
Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry
Institute of Applied Mathematics (UBC)
BioProducts Institute (UBC)
Selected publications + presentations
Cainglet, H. E., Martinez, D. M., Drummond, J., Brown, S. N., Garnier, G., Tanner, J., & Batchelor, W. (2025). Enhanced analysis of cellulose nanofibril film structure. Carbohydrate Polymers, 352, 123190.
Li, Z., Co, S., Tsang, K., Xu, Y. T., Drummond, J. G., Martinez, D. M., Hamad, W.Y., Feng, J. & MacLachlan, M. J. (2024). When Cellulose Nanocrystals Meet Graphene Oxide: Structurally Enhanced Unidirectional Aerogels for Efficient Solar Steam Generation and Water Purification. Chemical Engineering Journal, 499, 156166
Hosseinimehr, S., Mohammadpanah, A., Benoit, M. J., Ester, D. F., Zang, A., Martinez, D. M. & Clare, A. T. (2024). Defect Evolution and Mitigation in Metal Extrusion Additive Manufacturing: from Deposition to Sintering. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 118457.
Ferreira, E. S., Sugiharto, J. W., Nyamayaro, K., Martinez, D. M., & Cranston, E. D. (2024). Creating bulky papers with hydroxypropyl methylcellulose. Cellulose, 31(14), 8851-8862.
Brown, S. N. M., Sibellas, A., Drummond, J., Chen, J., Beatson, R.P., Phillion, A.B., Martinez, D.M. (2024). Understanding the origin of microcompressions in cellulose fibres using 4D X-ray micro-computed tomography, Cellulose, 1-13