Chemistry Faculty
Email: Jason.Martin@np.edu
Phone: 501-760-4172
A native of Indiana, Dr. Jason Martin moved to Poughkeepsie, Arkansas (30 miles north
of Batesville, AR) with his parents and two brothers immediately after high school.
It was here that he grew to appreciate and eventually love rural Arkansas, where the
number of chickens and cattle outnumber people.
Dr. Martin developed a passion for chemistry at Lyon College (B.S. ’04) and then went
on to earn his Ph.D. in physical chemistry at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville
(’09). During his time there, he studied and performed research under the direction
of Dr. Peter Pulay in the area of computational/theoretical chemistry.
He met his wife, Caysie, while serving in leadership at a campus ministry called Chi
Alpha. They spent several years volunteering and working for this ministry in Arkansas,
Oklahoma, and Virginia as well as abroad on mission trips (Bolivia, Greece, Jamaica)
until Dr. Martin returned to academia to pursue a full-time faculty position.
Dr. Martin loves spending time with his wife and daughter (Kaylee) in the great outdoors
which includes: hiking, camping, rock climbing/rappelling, and kayaking/canoeing.
