Loic Martin
Innsbruck Quaternary Research Group
Post Doc in the FWF Project "The Wheel of Time"
Methodological development of OSL rock surface dating
Research interests
Luminescence dating
Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) dating
U-series dating
Dosimetry for luminescence and ESR dating
Modelling for luminescence and ESR dating
Image acquisition and processing
Short CV
02-2023-ongoing: Postdoctoral research fellow, U. Innsbruck (Austria).
08/2022-02/2023: Research associate, SUERC, Glasgow (Scotland).
2020-2022: Newton International Fellow, SUERC, Glasgow (Scotland).
09/2019-12/2019: Postdoctoral research fellow, U. of Pau and Pays de l’Adour, Pau (France).
2019: Expert in development of experimentation, LSCE/IPSL, Paris (France).
2016-2017: Postdoctoral research fellow, IRAMAT-CRP2A, Bordeaux (France).
11/2015: Contract engineer, IRAMAT-CRP2A , Bordeaux (France).
2012-2015: Ph.D physics of the archaeo-materials, U. Bordeaux-Montaigne, Bordeaux (France).
2011-2012: Master 2 Cultural Heritage Materials and Archeometry, U.Bordeaux-Montaigne, Bordeaux (France).
2010-2011: Master 1 Physics, U. Bordeaux1,Bordeaux (France).
2009-2010: IUFM – Physics and chemistry, Université de Bordeaux1, Bordeaux (France).
2005-2009: Licence Physic-Chemistry, U. Bordeaux1, Bordeaux (France).
Awards
2015: Best Student Oral Presentation Prize, APLED2015.
2014: Martin Aitken Prize for the best oral presentation, LED2014.
Grants
2019: Newton International Fellowship, Royal Society, UK
Science communication and public outreach
Documentary on U-series dating of ostrich eggshell of South Arfrican archaeological site (link to website)
Publications
Kreutzer, S., Mauz, B., Martin, L., Mercier, N. (2019): 'RCarb': Dose rate modelling of carbonate-rich samples -an implementation of Carb in R. - Ancient TL, 37, 1-8.
Martin, L., Mercier, N., Incerti, S. (2015): Comparison of DosiVox simulation results with tabulated data and standard calculations. - Ancient TL, 33, 2, 1-9
Martin, L., Mercier, N., Incerti, S., Lefrais, Y., Pecheyran, C., Guérin, G., Jarry, M., Bruxelles, L., Bon, F., Pallier, C. (2015): Dosimetric study of sediments at the beta dose rate scale: Characterization and modelization with the DosiVox software. - Radiation Measurements, 81, 134-141.
Martin, L., Mercier, N., Incerti, S. (2015): DosiVox: Implementing Geant 4-based software for dosimetry simulations relevant to luminescence and ESR dating techniques. - Ancient TL, 33, 1, 1-10
Kreutzer, S., Martin, L., Dubernet, S., Mercier, N. (2018): The IR-RF alpha-Efficiency of K-feldspar. - Radiation Measurements, 120, 148-156.
Kreutzer, S., Martin, L., Guérin, G., Tribolo, C., Selva, P. and Mercier, N. (2018): Environmental dose rate determination using a passive dosimeter: Techniques and workflow for α-Al2O3:C chips. - Geochronometria, 45, 1, 56-67.
Fang, F., Martin, L., Williams, I. S., Brink, F., Mercier, N., Grün, R. (2018): 2D modelling: A Monte Carlo approach for assessing heterogeneous beta dose rates in luminescence and ESR dating: Paper ΙΙ, application to igneous rocks. - Quaternary Geochronology, 48, 195-206.
Discher, M., Mauz, B., Martin, L., Durcan, J. A., King, G. E., Tsakalos, E., Christodoulakis, J., Lang, A. (2018): Calculating or simulating the dose rate? A comparison. - Radiation Measurements, 120, 202-208.
Mercier, N., Martin, L., Kreutzer, S., Moineau, V., Cliquet, D. (2019): Dating the palaeolithic footprints of ‘Le Rozel’ (Normandy, France). - Quaternary Geochronology, 49, 271-277.
Duval, M. and Martin, L. (2019): ESR dating of fossil teeth: In which extent the thickness of adjacent tissues should be taken into account in the external beta dose rate evaluation? - Geochronometria, 46, 1, 102-110.
Kreutzer, S., Tribolo, C., Martin, L., Mercier, N. (2020): Dose-rate estimation using alpha-Al2O3:C chips: aftermath. - Ancient TL, 38, 1-10.
Mauz, B., Martin L., Discher, M., Tribolo C., Kreutzer, S., Bahl, C., Lang, A., Mercier, N. (2021): Technical note: On the reliability of laboratory beta-source calibration for luminescence dating. - Geochronology, 3, 371–381.
Tribolo, C., Mercier N., Martin, L., Taffin, N., Miller, C. E., Will M., Conard, N. (2022): Luminescence dating estimates for the coastal {MSA} sequence of Hoedjiespunt 1 (South Africa). - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 41, 103320.
Martin, L., Sanderson, D., Paling, S., Cresswell, A., Murphy, S. (2022): Advancing dosimetry for Dating Environmental Materials: Development of an ultra-sensitive beta dosimeter system and potential for beta autoradiography. - Radiation Measurements, 154,106760.
Martin, L., Galy, A., Barbotin, G., Claverie, F., Pons-Branchu, E., Tribolo, C., Mercier, N., Pécheyran, C. (2022): Isotopic Imaging Using {fsLA} Single-Collector {ICP}-{SFMS} for Direct U/Th Dating of Small Archaeological Carbonates. - Analytical Chemistry, 94, 7, 3046--3055.
Fitzgerald, S.K., Sanderson, D.C.W., Cresswell, A.J., Martin, L. (2022): Using Infra-red stimulated luminescence and phototransferred thermoluminescence to investigate electron trapping and charge transport in feldspars. - Radiation Measurements, 156,106817.
Alghamdi, H., Sanderson, D., Carmichael, L., Cresswell, A., Martin, L. (2022): The use of portable OSL and IRSL measurements of NaCl in low dose assessments following a radiological or nuclear emergency. - Frontiers in Public Health, 10, doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.969829.