Paul S. Martin, M.A. is an anthropologist and K9 handler for History Flight, Inc. with K9 Ziva, where they assist in the search and recovery of missing American Service Members from foreign conflicts. He also provides archaeological consulting services through Martin Consulting.
He is an affiliate of the Society of American Archaeology, the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, and is the past president of the National Network of Canine Detection Services. He is a member of the AAFS Standards Board Consensus Body for Dogs and Sensors. He is the cofounder of HRD Specialized K9 Training that was established in 2002. He earned his B.S. in Anthropology with a concentration in Forensic Anthropology at Western Carolina University in 2011 and his M.A. at the University of Mississippi in 2015. He is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Memphis in the Department of Earth Sciences, where his dissertation research is centered on Cadaver Dogs and Ground-Penetrating Radar.
Since 1997, he has been involved with search and rescue, and has specialized in human remains recovery since 2000. He has worked cases and consulted for numerous agencies on the local, state, and national levels in regard to the recovery of human remains. He has presented research to American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the Society for American Archaeology, United South and Eastern Tribes, NSDA, Southeastern Section meeting of the Geological Society of America, NASAR, and the Mississippi Archaeology Association.
In 2011, he helped to develop Cadaver Dog Training offered through the Forensic Osteology Research Station (FOREST) at Western Carolina University. This was the first university based program in the country where he served as the coordinating instructor for two different courses there. He was affiliate faculty to the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at WCU from 2012-2017 and was an assistant instructor for the Field Recovery of Human Remains class from 2012-2015.
His major research interests in forensic anthropology include taphonomy, cadaver dogs, geophysical survey methods, recovery, mapping, soil analysis, and theory. He is currently working with his fifth and sixth canine partner in the field of human remains detection.
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Season 2 Ep. 21 Dr. Nathan Hall (Updates and Announcements)
Season 2 020 Cameron Ford (role reversal)
019 Jo-Anne Brenner of K9 Medic
018 with Kimberly Artley (Health and Wellness)
017: Dr. Lauryn Degreeff “Odor Mixtures”
016 "Experience Counts" with Andy Weiman
015: Dr. Paola Teidemann (Prada) "Pseudo vs. Real"
014 Detection Sports and Chemistry with Stacy Barnett
013 Simon Prins (Detection is Dutch to me)
012 Talking Tracking (Mashup with Working Dog Radio)
011 Dr. Michele Maughan and Jenna Gadberry.... Keep that Odor to itself
010 Ariel Peldunas (From Military Handler to Academic)
009 Breaking Bad with Kevin Sheldahl
008 - Mike Herstik (Science, Pseudo Science and Lessons from life)
007 - Canine Cognition on Detection Dogs with Dr. Brian Hare of Duke University
006 - Interview with Mallory DeChant (Researcher Canine Olfaction Laboratory Texas Tech University)
005 - Advice for New Handlers. Ret. K9 Sgt. Gregg Tawney
004 - Science of Odor with Dr. Nathan Hall
003 - K9 Nose Work" - Speaking with the founders Amy Herot and Jill Marie O'Brian
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