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Christopher Martenson,, is an American training scientist and career economic analyst. Within his scientific career he has conducted research in the field of biochemistry, neurotoxicology, applied pharmacology and in vitro techniques. He obtained his doctorate in neurotoxicology at Duke University in 1994 with the presentation and defense of the thesis Neurotoxicity of acrylamide : effect on the growth of neuronal cones and speed in axonal transport (Originally and as it appears in the publications Acrylamide neurotoxicity: effect on neuronal growth cones and axonal fast transport), and completed a postdoctoral program at the University between 1995 and 1997 specializing in transduction and transport of the neuronal signal. Martenson obtained an MBA from Cornell University in 1998 and is a member of the Post Carbon Institute.

Career
He was a consultant in Business Development and Strategies at Pfizer, Inc. He later became the vice president of the company, and even later - Vice President of the International Corporation for Applications in Science Division of Life Sciences, since he held until July 2005.

In recent years Martenson has left the fields of biology and business management to develop an educational system on video economics entitled The Crash Course originally published in October 2008 that based on neo-Malthussian concepts tries to bring advanced economy concepts to people not trained in the subject. The course investigates the ways in which the economy, the environment and energy are related and interact.

In 2020 Chris Martenson made videos on his YouTube channel Peak Prosperity, in which he commented on the novel coronavirus outbreak in China, allegedly advertising for paid content.

Publications

 * 1) Axonal transport: beyond kinesin and cytoplasmic dynein, Current opinion in neurobiology, 1991–Oct, vol. 1 (issue 3): pp. 393–398
 * 2) Fast axonal transport is required for growth cone advance, Nature, 366, 66–69 (4 November 1993)
 * 3) Acrylamide neurotoxicity: effect on neuronal growth cones and axonal fast transport, a Duke University thesis, Ph.D. M377A 1994 LSC.
 * 4) In Vitro Acrylamide exposure alters growth cone morphology, Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, Volume 131, Issue 1, March 1995, pp. 119–129
 * 5) The effect of acrylamide and other sulfhydryl alkylators on the ability of Dynein and Kinesin to translocate microtubules in Vitro, Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, Volume 133, Issue 1, July 1995, pp. 73–81
 * 6) Calmodulin dynamics within intact hippocampal cells, Duke University, 1F32NS010263-01 (1996)
 * 7) Inhibition of Lyn function in mast cell activation by SH3 domain binding peptides, Biochemistry, 1997, 36 (31), pp. 9388–9394
 * 8) Internal trafficking and surface mobility of a functionally intact beta 2-adrenergic receptor – green fluorescent protein conjugate, Molecular Pharmacology, 51:177–184 (1997)
 * 9) Cornell equity research of ArQule, Inc., Cornell University, 17 November 1997