Our Team

Sara Martin is a wetland specialist for Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant, a program manager at Mississippi State University and the science coordinator for the Mississippi Sound Estuary Program.

In her Sea Grant role, Sara primarily works to advance the use of living shorelines across coastal Mississippi and Alabama by decreasing barriers to implementation. This includes helping to coordinate aspects of the Living Shoreline Technical Assistance Program, supervising project permitting, contributing to outreach and more.

As science coordinator for the Mississippi Sound Estuary Program, Sara works with researchers, natural resource managers and others to support science-based understanding and stewardship of the Mississippi Sound. Her work focuses on helping protect water quality, habitats, and the fish and wildlife that depend on the estuary. She also works to ensure communities can continue to benefit from and enjoy the estuary for years to come.

Sara holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in biological sciences from The University of Alabama, where she conducted research in wetland plant ecology and marsh processes.