Even if you're using pandoc + markdown you're still dependent on LaTeX, so the question to ask is really why not write in LaTeX directly to begin with? If you a

Even if you're using pandoc + markdown you're still dependent on LaTeX, so the question to ask is really why not write in LaTeX directly to begin with? If you already know it, and you do if you are in certain parts of academia, it's probably the easiest route. Or put differently: nobody has even gotten rejected for typing in LaTeX, if you pardon the expression.