Abigail Smith

For the daughter of U.S. President John Adams, see Abigail Adams Smith.

Abigail Smith
Alma materWaikato University
Scientific career
Thesis
Doctoral studentsTuifuisa’a Patila Amosa

Abigail Smith is a professor in marine sciences at Otago University in Dunedin.[1]

Smith grew up in Maine[2] and did her undergraduate studies at Colby College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology[1] before emigrating to New Zealand to study for a PhD at Waikato University with a thesis entitled 'Aspects of the sedimentology of New Zealand bryozoans and mixed carbonate-clastic deposits : a contribution to the temperate shelf carbonate model.'[3]

Smith's research relates to the formation of skeletons' marine micro-flora and their deposition on the seafloor as sediment.

In October 2019, Smith won the Miriam Dell Award for Excellence in Science Mentoring from the Association for Women in Science.[4] Smith's notable students include Tuifuisaʻa Patila Amosa.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Professor Abigail Smith, Our people, Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, New Zealand". Otago.ac.nz. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  2. ^ Smith, Abigail (2018). "Addicted to Bryozoans". Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue (19): 37–41. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  3. ^ Abigail Marion Smith (1992). "Aspects of the sedimentology of New Zealand bryozoans and mixed carbonate-clastic deposits : a contribution to the temperate shelf carbonate model". Waikato-primo.exlibrisgroup.com. Retrieved 21 October 2017. Thesis (D.Phil. Earth Sciences) : University of Waikato
  4. ^ Lewis, John (10 October 2019). "Smith latest recipient of Miriam Dell Award". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  5. ^ Amosa, Patila (2015). The Dissolution Kinetics of Calcium Carbonate in Seawater: Development and Application of an Automated pH-stat Method for the Measurement of Dissolution Rates (Doctoral thesis). OUR Archive, University of Otago. hdl:10523/5461.


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