Dr. Nigel J. H. Smith

Professor

nsmith@geog.ufl.edu

Areas of Specialization

• Survey of under-valued plants of the Amazon floodplain with market potential
• Policy issues surrounding the linkages between biodiversity and agriculture
• Management of plant resources by small-scale farmers in the humid tropics

Educational Background

• PhD -- University of California at Berkeley, 1976
• MA -- University of California at Berkeley, 1973
• BA -- University of California at Berkeley, 1971

Recent Courses

• GEO 3315 Geography of Crop Plants
  GEO 3427 Plants, Health, & Spirituality (honors seminar)
  GEA 4465 Amazonia   
  GEA 6466 Seminar on Amazonia

Career Awards and Research Grants

• Fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation and the Linnean Society of London.
  P.I. or P.I. on grants from the Moore Foundation, MacArthur Foundation,
  and the National Geographic Society.

Recent Publications

• 2002. Amazon Sweet Sea: Land, Life, and Water at the River’s Mouth. University of Texas Press, Austin, 281 pp.
• 2006. Hijos de la Lluvia/Children of the Rain. Maderera Bozovich/Wust Ediciones, Lima, 163 pp., (W. Wust and N. Smith).
• 2007. Amazon River Fruits: Flavors for Conservation. Amazon Conservation Association (ACA)/Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Lima, 272 pp. (N. Smith, R. Vásquez, and W. Wust; also published in Spanish).
• 2007. Palms: Sentinels for Amazon Conservation. Amazon Conservation Association (ACA)/Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Lima, 356 pp. (M. Goulding and N. Smith; also published in Spanish and Portuguese).
• Completed publication list with PDF download

Graduate Students Currently Supervised

• Mario Mighty Ph.D. (Fall 2010)
• Tyler Rundel Ph.D. (Fall 2011)

• Current Vita

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