| Abigail Smith | |
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| Alma mater | Waikato University |
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| Doctoral students | Tuifuisa’a Patila Amosa |
Abigail Smith is a professor in marine sciences at Otago University in Dunedin.
Smith grew up in Maine and did her undergraduate studies at Colby College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology 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.'
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. Smith's notable students include Tuifuisaʻa Patila Amosa.
References
- ^ "Professor Abigail Smith, Our people, Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, New Zealand". Otago.ac.nz. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- Smith, Abigail (2018). "Addicted to Bryozoans". Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue (19): 37–41. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- 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
- Lewis, John (10 October 2019). "Smith latest recipient of Miriam Dell Award". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- 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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