Mr. Martin received his M.S. from the University of Delaware/Winterthur Program in the Conservation of Artistic and Historic Objects in 1989, and was a Samuel H. Kress Fellow at the University of Cambridge, England. He shares his expertise as a visiting instructor at the FBI Academy's Counter-terrorism and Forensic Science Research Unit and is a Research Scientist in Chemistry at Williams College.

Mr. Martin is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, a Fellow of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, Chair Emeritus of its Research & Technical Studies Subgroup, a recent member of its Ethics and Standard Committee, and Program Chair for the 2007 Annual Meeting on Fakes, Forgeries and Fabrications. He also is a member of the American Chemical Society, American Society for Testing and Materials, the Infrared and Raman Users Group, New England Society of Microscopy, and the Society of Applied Spectroscopy.

Facilities

Orion is headquartered in Williamstown, Massachusetts, about one hour east of the Albany International Airport (New York), one and one-half hours northwest of the Bradley International Airport (Connecticut), and about three hours west of Logan Airport (Boston) and north of JFK Airport (New York).

Orion's facility is equipped with state-of-the-art research instrumentation for infrared microspectroscopy (FT-IR), polarized light and fluorescence microscopy, stereomicroscopy, sample preparation (thin-sections, cross-sections, extractions, etc.), and scientific photography. Scanning electron microscopy with backscattered electron imaging and x-ray energy-dispersive spectrometry, and other instrumental methods, are used for research at nearby academic institutions. Orion collaborates with scientists and researchers at other institutions, who are expert in x-ray diffraction, instrumental chromatography, radiocarbon dating, thermoluminescence, etc.