Oh, wow, this could be great. LaTeX only for the math, markdown for everything else.
What if you need to futz with margins and styles or use a publisher's standard .sty file?
What if you need to futz with margins and styles or use a publisher's standard .sty file?
It seems like this would be essential for writing research papers according to a conference's template. If so, I would definitely use....
You could modify the default template to use whatever style file you want.
Pandoc also supports references with a .bib file, and inserting TeX math formulae between dollar signs.