Dr. Carlos Martín is Vice President for Research and Policy Engagement at Resources for the Future, the oldest think tank devoted to environmental, energy, and climate economics and policy in the United States. For over 25 years, Dr. Martín has led evaluation, research, and policy analysis in the fields of residential decarbonization and climate adaptation, disaster mitigation and recovery, substandard housing, and environmental justice.
He has authored dozens of journal articles and research reports. He has testified before the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in addition to briefing the White House, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, and cabinet agencies. He is cited in the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, NPR, Marketplace, Grist, and E&E News/Politico. He was recently the Director of the Remodeling Futures Program at Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies and a David M. Rubenstein Fellow at Brookings Metro. Dr. Martín previously led the Urban Institute’s Built Environment practice area, leading all research on energy efficiency, climate adaptation, environmental governance, the housing industry, and construction regulations.
Before Urban, Dr. Martín was assistant staff vice president for construction codes and standards at the National Association of Home Builders, SRP professor for energy and the environment at Arizona State University, and coordinator for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing.
Dr. Martín is a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and has served on several National Academy of Science committees and its Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, and several civil sector and federal boards and advisory boards including ones at HUD, EPA, FEMA, the McKnight Foundation, Housing Policy Debate’s editorial board, the National Housing Trust, the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy’s research committee, Elevate Energy, Climate Resolve, Resilient Cities Catalyst, and Insurance for Good. Dr. Martín received his BSAD in architecture from MIT and his MEng and PhD degrees in civil and environmental engineering from Stanford University.
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Current Positions
- Vice President, Research and Policy Engagement, Resources for the Future
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Past Positions
- David M. Rubenstein Fellow, Brookings Metro
- Director of the Remodeling Futures Program, Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies
- Senior Fellow, Urban Institute, Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center
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Education
- PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
- MEng, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
- Studies towards MArch (Architecture) and MS (Civil Engineering), University of Michiga
- BSAD, Architecture with Building Technology Emphasis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology