About Us
Natalie Martinkus is a licensed professional civil engineer with 20 years of experience in consulting and academia. Natalie received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University and an M.S. in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering from the University of Texas. After 7 years in consulting, she returned to school an obtained a PhD in Civil Engineering from Washington State University. Her research project was part of a $40 million USDA grant to determine the feasibility of using hard wood waste from logging operations as a feedstock for conversion into aviation biofuel, and the supply chains that would be necessary to support this new industry. Natalie’s dissertation focused on site selection of shuttered pulp and paper mills for converting into a biorefinery based on local economic, environmental, and social criteria. After graduation in 2016, Natalie then worked as an assistant professor in Environmental Science at Heritage University in Toppenish Wa for 2 years. In 2018, Natalie started Dry Creek Engineering and Geospatial to serve farmers in the Yakima Valley by providing data management consulting services. She helps farmers collect data using mobile devices, convert paper maps and data into a GIS-based digital platform, and provides drone services and satellite imagery.
Published Research
Rijkhoff, S., Martinkus, N., Roemer, K., Laninga, T., and Hoard, S. (2021). A capitals approach to biorefinery siting using an integrative model. Energy Impacts: A Multidisciplinary Exploration of North American Energy Development. 176-214.
Martinkus, N., Latta, G., Rijkhoff, S., Mueller, D., Hoard, S., Sasatani, D., Pierobon, F., and Wolcott, M. (2019). A multi-criteria decision support tool for biorefinery siting: Using economic, environmental, and social metrics for a refined siting analysis. Biomass and Bioenergy, 128.
Martinkus, N., Latta, G., Brandt, K., and Wolcott, M. (2018). A multi-criteria decision analysis approach to facility siting in a wood-based depot-and-biorefinery supply chain model. Frontiers in Energy Research, 6:124.
Ravi, V., Gao, A., Martinkus, N., Wolcott, M., & Lamb, B. (2018). Air Quality and Health Impacts of an Aviation Biofuel Supply Chain Using Forest Residue in the Northwestern United States. Environmental Science and Technology, 52, 4154-4162.
Martinkus, N., Latta, G., Morgan, T., & Wolcott, M. (2017). A comparison of methodologies for estimating delivered forest residue volume and cost to a wood-based biorefinery. Biomass and Bioenergy, 106, 83–94.
Martinkus, N., Rijkhoff, S. A. M., Hoard, S. A., Shi, W., Smith, P., Gaffney, M., & Wolcott, M. (2016). Biorefinery site selection using a stepwise biogeophysical and social analysis approach. Biomass and Bioenergy, 97, 139–148.
Martinkus, N., & Wolcott, M. (2016). A framework for quantitatively assessing the repurpose potential of existing industrial facilities as a biorefinery. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 11(2), 295–306.
Martinkus, N., Shi, W., Lovrich, N., Pierce, J., Smith, P., & Wolcott, M. (2014). Integrating biogeophysical and social assets into biomass-to-biofuel supply chain siting decisions. Biomass and Bioenergy, 66, 410–418.
