He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of Alaska in Fairbanks in May of 1996.
Martin works on the evolutionary ecology of the monotropoid mycorrhizal symbiosis.
The monotropes are a group of 10 genera of non-photosynthetic ericaceous plants. In other words, these are three-partite associations between two mycorrhizal plants and a mycorrhizal fungus. M.I. Bidartondo, J. Baar, and T.D. Bruns. Bidartondo, Martin I. and Thomas D. Bruns. Patterns of extreme specificity in the monotropoid mycorrhizal symbiosis.