Martin Holland

About

Martin Holland is an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Stuckeman School, Penn State University, having joined the department on August 1, 2024. His academic background includes a Ph.D. in Landscape Architecture from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, an M.L.A. from the University of Virginia, a B.Des. in Environmental Planning from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and a B.A. in Philosophy from Dalhousie University. Holland's research interests encompass the role of commemoration and memorial practices within the built environment, landscape history, landscape conservation and preservation, design pedagogy, and the role of experiential learning in design fields. He has coauthored a book titled 'Representing Landscapes: One Hundred Years of Visual Communication' and has contributed to various scholarly articles and book chapters on topics such as hybridized landscapes, landscape architecture history, environmental design, and urban agriculture. Holland has professional experience working with several design firms and has served in leadership roles within professional organizations, notably as the president of the Alliance of Historic Landscape Preservation. His academic and professional work reflects a focus on landscape history, conservation, and the integration of experiential learning in design education.

Research topics

• Genetics
• Biology
• Sociology
• Computational biology
• Computer Science
• Artificial Intelligence
• Anthropology
• Mathematics
• Statistics
• Philosophy

Selected publications

• Assessing heteroplasmic variant drift in the mtDNA control region of human hairs using an MPS approach

  Forensic Science International Genetics · 2017-10-02 · 51 citations

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• Deep-Coverage MPS Analysis of Heteroplasmic Variants within the mtGenome Allows for Frequent Differentiation of Maternal Relatives

  Genes · 2018-02-26 · 36 citations

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  : Distinguishing between maternal relatives through mitochondrial (mt) DNA sequence analysis has been a longstanding desire of the forensic community. Using a deep-coverage, massively parallel sequencing (DCMPS) approach, we studied the pattern of mtDNA heteroplasmy across the mtgenomes of 39 mother-child pairs of European decent; haplogroups H, J, K, R, T, U, and X. Both shared and differentiating heteroplasmy were observed on a frequent basis in these closely related maternal relatives, with t…

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• Recovery of mtDNA from unfired metallic ammunition components with an assessment of sequence profile quality and DNA damage through MPS analysis

  Forensic Science International Genetics · 2018-12-23 · 33 citations

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• A Forensic Genomics Approach for the Identification of Sister Marija Crucifiksa Kozulić

  Genes · 2020 · 30 citations

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  Sister Marija Krucifiksa Kozulić (1852-1922) was a Croatian nun who is in consideration for beatification by the Vatican, which is facilitated by the identification of her 20th-century remains. Sister Marija was buried in a tomb in Rijeka, Croatia, along with other nuns including her biological sister, Tereza Kozulić (1861-1933). When the remains were exhumed in 2011, they were found in a deteriorated state and commingled with several other sets of remains. Thus, mitochondrial genome sequencing…

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• Impact of DNA degradation on massively parallel sequencing-based autosomal STR, iiSNP, and mitochondrial DNA typing systems

  International Journal of Legal Medicine · 2019-07-02 · 23 citations

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Frequent coauthors

• Jennifer A. McElhoe

  Pennsylvania State University

  18 shared

• Dragan Primorac

  University of Osijek

  15 shared

• Walther Parson

  Innsbruck Medical University

  11 shared

• Thomas J. Parsons

  Smithsonian Institution

  8 shared

• Charity A. Holland

  Pennsylvania State University

  6 shared

• Henry Lee

  6 shared

• Stanimir Vuk-Pavlović

  6 shared

• Željana Bašić

  University of Split

  6 shared

Labs

• Landscape ArchitecturePI

Education

• PhD, Biochemistry

  University of Maryland

  1989

Awards & honors

• President, Alliance of Historic Landscape Preservation, 2014…
• Vice-President, Alliance of Historic Landscape Preservation,…

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