Martin Doyle
River Scientist, Duke University
Martin Doyle is a Professor at Duke University focused on water and rivers. His research and teaching is focused on water science and policy, from fluid mechanics and sediment transport to infrastructure finance and federal water policy. He has published over 100 journal articles and law reviews, along with two books, The Source (WW Norton), a history of America’s rivers (Book page), and Streams of Revenue (with Rebecca Lave) MIT Press), a study of environmental markets (book page). Doyle is a co-organizer and leader of the annual water forum at the Aspen Institute, which brings together some of the world’s foremost thought leaders around the future of water.
Doyle splits his time at Duke between the Nicholas School of the Environment–a traditional academic unit focused on basic research and education–and the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy–a think tank that focuses on pragmatic policy approaches to environmental issues.
In addition to these roles at Duke, 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, and from 2023-2024 he served as a Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works).
Doyle has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Early Career Award from the National Science Foundation, and recognized by the US National Academy of Sciences as both a Kavli Fellow and selected to deliver the NAS Gilbert White Lecture.
He continues to work on many aspects of water science and policy, and is currently finishing a book focused on infrastructure finance.