Using tools from history and ecology, she explores how humans intentionally and unintentionally shape the distribution and diversity of other species. She is currently completing a book on the history of ecological restoration as an idea, practice, and scientific discipline (Saving Species: The History and Politics of Ecological Restoration, under advance contract with Harvard University Press). Martin earned her PhD from Cornell University in 2015 and held a Ziff Environmental Fellowship at Harvard University from 2015 to 2017.