Dr Martin White is currently an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering and a member of the Energy and Materials Engineering Research Centre (EMERC) at the University of Sussex. Up until 2024, he was also the recipient of a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship (2019-2024).

He obtained a Masters of Engineering (MEng) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Southampton in 2011, with a specialisation into sustainable energy systems. After a brief spell in industry, he decided to pursue a career in research, graduating with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from City, University of London in October 2015. His PhD investigated the design and analysis of small-scale radial turbines for low-temperature organic Rankine cycles. After this he spent one year working as a Research Associate at Imperial College London within the Clean Energy Processes Laboratory, before returning to City to work on an EPSRC funded project continuing research into expander technologies for organic Rankine cycle power systems. In September 2019, he was was awarded a five-year Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship, investigating next generation waste-heat recovery systems, and subsequently was appointed a Lecturer in Thermal Power. In September 2022 he joined as a Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering.