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email: marty_h at montana.edu
http://www.biofilm.montana.edu/people/faculty/hamilton-marty.html

Education

  • PhD, Statistics, Stanford University, 1968.
  • Biostatistics (non-degree program), University of Aberdeen, Scotland, 1962-63.
  • MS, Statistics, University of Wyoming, 1962.
  • B.S., Statistics, University of Wyoming, 1961.

Experience

2006 – 2013: Senior Statistician and CEO, Big Sky Statistical Analysts, LLC.
1970 – 2006:  Montana State University – Bozeman

  • Center for Biofilm Engineering (33%) 2003 – 2006; Adjunct Research Professor.
  • Department of Mathematical Sciences 1970 − 2002; Professor 1980 - 2002; Professor Emeritus since 2003.
  • Center for Biofilm Engineering (Joint appt: 50%) 1991−2002; Acting Dir., 91− 92.
  • WAMI Regional Medical Education Program (Joint appt: 10%) 1976−85, 90−91.
  • Department of Microbiology (Joint appointment: 15%) 1983 – 1988.

1978 – 1979: Visiting Scientist, Biometry Branch, National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences.
1968 – 1970: Staff Scientist, Mathematical Statistics and Applied Mathematics Section, Biometry Branch, National Cancer Institute.
1961– 1968: IBM Research Assistantship, in conjunction with the Western Data Processing Center (WDPC), University of Wyoming; Fulbright Scholar, University of Aberdeen, Scotland; Teaching/Research Assistant and NIH Trainee, Stanford University.

Awards (post-1970)

  • Scientific and Technological Achievement Award – Level I, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, for the “Reassessment of the Performance Standard for the AOAC Use-Dilution Methods,” 2015.
  • Fellow, American Statistical Association, 2002.
  • Outstanding Research Award, College of Engineering, Montana State University, 2002.
  • Recognized as an author of one of the 10 most influential papers published in Environmental Science and Technology since the journal was founded by the American Chemical Society in 1967, ES&T 35:488A-494A, 2001. The 1977 statistical methods paper was authored by Marty Hamilton, Rose Russo, and Vance Thurston.
  • Charles and Nora Wiley Faculty Award for Meritorious Research,  Endowment and Alumni Foundation, Montana State University, 1984.
  • Research Career Development Award, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 1979.

Research areas

Statistical theory & methods for: microbiology; biofilm science & technology; disinfectant efficacy evaluation; toxicology; epidemiology; biological assay; robust and distribution-free statistical inference.

Articles in refereed journals

Published since 2000

Reproducibility of antimicrobial test methods. Scientific Reports 8, 12531 (2018) Aug 22. [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30282-3 8 pages + Supplementary] A. E. Parker, M. A. Hamilton, D. M. Goeres..

Use of Statistical Modeling to Reassess the Performance Standard for the AOAC Use-dilution Methods (955.15 and 964.02). J. AOAC International 97(1):68-77(2014) S. F. Tomasino, A.E. Parker, and M.A. Hamilton.

Guidelines for the Statistical Analysis of a Collaborative Study of a Laboratory Method for Testing Disinfectant Product Performance. J. AOAC International 96(5):1138-1151 (2013) M.A. Hamilton, G.C. Hamilton, D. M. Goeres and A.E. Parker.

Performance of the AOAC Use-dilution Method with Targeted Modifications: A Collaborative Study. J. AOAC International  95(6):1618-1628 (2012) S. Tomasino, A. Parker, M. Hamilton, G. Hamilton.

Checking the validity of the harvesting and disaggregating steps in laboratory tests of surface disinfectants, J. AOAC International 92(6):p1755-1762 (2009) M. Hamilton, K. Buckingham-Meyer, and D. Goeres.

Improving the AOAC use-dilution method by the establishment of minimum log density values for test microbes on inoculated carriers J. AOAC International 92(5):1531-1540 (2009) S. Tomasino, R. Pines, and M. Hamilton.

A method for growing biofilm under low shear at the air liquid interface using the drip flow biofilm reactor, Nature Protocols 4(5):783-788 (2009) D. Goeres, M. Hamilton, N. Beck, K. Buckingham-Meyer, J. Hilyard, L. Loetterle, L. Lorenz, D. Walker, and P. Stewart.

Comparative evaluation of biofilm disinfectant efficacy tests, J. Microbiol. Methods 70:236-244 (2007), K. Buckingham-Meyer, D.M. Goeres and M.A. Hamilton.

A laboratory hot tub model for disinfectant efficacy evaluation,  J. Microbiol. Methods  68:184-192 (2007) D.M. Goeres, L.R. Loetterle, M.A. Hamilton.

Modification of the AOAC sporicidal activity of disinfectants test (method 966.04): collaborative study,  J AOACInternational 89(5):1373-1397 (2006), S. F. Tomasino & M. A. Hamilton.

A 3D model of antimicrobial action on biofilms,  Water Sci. Technol. 52(7):143-148 (2005), S.M. Hunt, M.A. Hamilton, and P.S. Stewart.

Statistical assessment of a laboratory method for growing biofilms, Microbiology 151: 757-762 (2005), D. G. Goeres, L. R. Loetterle, M. A. Hamilton, R. Murga, D. W. Kirby, and R. M. Donlan.

Comparison of fluorescent microscopy and solid phase cytometry for counting bacteria in water, Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70:9:5343-5348 (2004) J. T. Lisle, M. A. Hamilton, A. R. Willse, and G. A. McFeters.

Statistical quantification of the detachment rates and size distribution of cell clumps from wild type (PAO1) and cell signaling mutant (JP1) Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 70:10:5847-5852 (2004), Suzanne Wilson, Martin A. Hamilton, Gordon C. Hamilton, Margo R. Schurmann, and Paul Stoodley.

A computer investigation of chemically mediated detachment in bacterial biofilms, Microbiology 149: 1155-1163 (2003), S. Hunt, M. Hamilton, J. Sears, G. Harkin, and J. Reno.

A microtiter-plate screening method for biofilm disinfection and removal, J. of Microbiological Methods, 54:269-276 (2003), B. Pitts, M. Hamilton, N. Zelver, and P. Stewart.

Assessing technician effects when extracting quantities from microscope images, J.of Microbiological Methods, 53:97-106 (2003), D. Webb, M.A. Hamilton, G.J. Harkin, S. Lawrence, A.K. Camper and Z. Lewandowski.

Movement, replication, and emigration rates of individual bacteria in a biofilm, Microbial Ecology, 45:163-172 (2003), A.R. Rice, M.A. Hamilton, and A.K. Camper.

Testing antimicrobials against biofilm bacteria, J. AOAC International 85:479-485 (2002) M.A. Hamilton.

A repeatable laboratory method for testing the efficacy of biocides against toilet bowl biofilms, Journal of Applied Microbiology  91:110–117 (2001) B. Pitts, A. Willse, G.A. McFeters, M.A. Hamilton, N. Zelver, and P.S. Stewart.

How to optimize the drop plate method for enumerating bacteria, Jour. of Microbiological Methods 44:121-129 (2001) B. Herigstad, M. Hamilton, and J. Heersink.

Apparent surface associated lag time in growth of primary biofilm cells, Microbial Ecology 40:8-15 (2000) A. Rice, M.A. Hamilton, and A.K.Camper.

Published prior to 2000 and cited more than 40 times (through 2019)

Repeatability & reproducibility of germicide tests: a literature review, J. AOAC International, 82:384-389 (1999), N. Tilt and M.A. Hamilton.

Quantifying biofilm structure, Water Science and Technology, 39(7):71-76 (1999) Z Lewandowski, D Webb, M Hamilton, G Harkin.

Effects of substratum topography on bacterial adhesion, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 208:23-33 (1998) T. R. Scheuerman, A. K. Camper, and M. A. Hamilton.

The influence of surface features on bacterial colonization and subsequent substratum chemical changes of 316L stainless steel. Corrosion Science, 38(1):73-95 (1996) GG Geesey, RJ Gillis, R Avci, D Daly, M Hamilton, P Shope, G Harkin.

Modeling biocide action against biofilms, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 49:445-455, (1995) P. Stewart, M. Hamilton, B. Goldstein, & B. Schneider.

Determining the appropriate sample size for nonparametric tests for location shift, Technometrics, 33:327-337 (1991) M. Hamilton & B. Collings.

Estimating the power of the two-sample Wilcoxon test for location shift. Biometrics, 44:847-860 (1988), BJ Collings, MA Hamilton

Interval estimation of the density of organisms using a serial dilution experiment, Biometrics, 40:907-916 (1984), M. Loyer & M. Hamilton.

Choosing the parameter for a 2×2 table and a 2×2×2 table analysis, Am. J. Epidemiology, 109:362-375 (1979), M. Hamilton.

Robust estimates of the ED50, J. Am. Statistical Assoc., 74:344-354 (1979), M. Hamilton.

Trimmed Spearman-Karber method for estimating median lethal concentrations in toxicity bioassays, Environ. Sci. & Tech., 11:714-719 (1977).  Correction: 12:417, M. Hamilton, R. Russo, and R. V. Thurston.

Unlimited simultaneous discrimination intervals in regression, Biometrika, 54:133-145 (1967).  Correction: 58:687.  G. Lieberman, R. Miller, Jr., and M. Hamilton.

38 other articles published in refereed journals but not listed here
Google Scholar citations report:

The Martin A. Hamilton collection of papers was cited often enough during 2010-2019 to yield an average rate slightly higher than one citation per day.

Other publications

The Biofilm Laboratory: Step-by-step protocols for experimental design, analysis, and data interpretation. (2003) Cytergy:Bozeman, MT 104 pp. ISBN 0-9741802-0-3. Ed. by M. Hamilton, J. Heersink, K. Buckingham-Meyer, and D. Goeres.

5 Book Chapters

13 Knowledge Sharing Articles (NOTE:http://www.biofilm.montana.edu/documents-reports/knowledge-sharing-articles.html)

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Last revised: 2021-06-04