Curriculum Vitae Nicholas G. Smith

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1 Contact Information Mailing Address: 915 West State Street West Lafayette, IN Phone: (260) Curriculum Vitae Positions Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, Purdue University, 2016-Present NASA Earth and Space Science Fellow, Purdue University, Purdue Climate Change Research Center Graduate Fellow, Purdue University, 2013 Teaching Assistant, Purdue University, Ross Graduate Fellow, Purdue University, Education Ph.D. Biological Sciences, Purdue University- West Lafayette, May 2016 Dissertation title: Terrestrial Vegetation in the Earth System Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey S. Dukes B.S. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Purdue University- West Lafayette, May 2010 Publications Smith, NG, SL Malyshev, EN Shevliakova, J Kattge, and JS Dukes. Foliar temperature acclimation reduces simulated carbon sensitivity to climate. Nature Climate Change 6(4): **Media coverage in EureekAlert!, Phys.org, and Science Daily, among others** Smith, NG, MJ Schuster, and JS Dukes. Rainfall variability and nitrogen addition synergistically reduce plant diversity in a restored tallgrass prairie. Journal of Applied Ecology 53(2): Sanders-Demott, R, NG Smith, PH Templer, and JS Dukes (2016). Towards an integrated understanding of terrestrial ecosystem feedbacks to climate change. New Phytologist, 209(4): Lobardozzi, D, GB Bonan, NG Smith, JS Dukes, and RA Fisher (2015). Temperature acclimation of photosynthesis and respiration: a key uncertainty in the carbon cycleclimate feedback. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(20): Atkin, OA and 62 others (including NG Smith) (2015). Global variability in leaf respiration among plant functional types in relation to climate and leaf traits. New Phytologist, 206(2), Smith, NG (2014). Testing for temperature acclimation of plant carbon exchange: a comment on Global patterns of the responses of leaf-level photosynthesis and respiration in terrestrial plants to experimental warming. Journal of Plant Ecology, 8(3): Smith, NG, VL Rodgers, ER Brzostek, A Kulmatiski, ML Avolio, DL Hoover, SE Koerner, K Grant, A Jentsch, S Fatichi, and D Niyogi (2014). Towards a better integration of biological data from precipitation manipulation experiments into land surface models. Reviews of Geophysics, 52(3): Smith, NG, and JS Dukes Plant respiration and photosynthesis in global scale models: 1

2 incorporating acclimation to temperature and CO 2. Global Change Biology, 19(1), **One of the top 20 most downloaded articles of 2013 (Wiley Online Library)** Published abstracts Smith, NG and JS Dukes. Understanding and quantifying foliar temperature acclimation for Earth System Models. Annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, California. December Smith, NG and JS Dukes. Understanding and quantifying temperature acclimation of plant carbon exchange across multiple plant functional types. Annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Baltimore, Maryland. August Smith, NG, SL Malyshev, EN Shevliakova, and JS Dukes. Foliar temperature acclimation improves model performance while suppressing global carbon uptake. Annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Sacramento, California. August Smith, NG, MJ Schuster, and JS Dukes. Mixed-grass prairie responses to extreme precipitation and nitrogen addition. Annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Minneapolis, Minnesota. August Smith, NG and JS Dukes. The carbon use efficiency of deciduous tree seedling in response to warming and altered precipitation. Annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Portland, Oregon. August Smith, NG and JS Dukes. The influence of altered precipitation and soil moisture on tree photosynthetic acclimation to temperature. Annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Austin, Texas. August Hoeppner, SS, JS Dukes, VL Rodgers, and NG Smith. The effects of warming and precipitation change on photosynthesis and plant primary production in a New England old-field community. 95th Meeting of the Ecological Society of America (ESA). Pittsburgh, PA. August Rodgers, VL, NG Smith, J Holoubek, MJ Daley, JS Dukes. Plant shifts in photosynthesis and transpiration rates in response to experimentally altered climate regimes at the Boston Area Climate Experiment (BACE). 94 th Meeting of the Ecological Society of America (ESA). Albuquerque, NM. August Selected presentations Smith, NG and JS Dukes. Climate models without foliar temperature acclimation underestimate the land carbon sink and (likely) overestimate global warming. Investigadores de Area de Conservacion Guanacaste Open House. Guanacaste, Costa Rica, July Smith, NG, SL Malyshev, EN Shevliakova, and JS Dukes. Does temperature acclimation of plant carbon exchange improve land model performance? INTERFACE/CLIMMANI joint meeting. Mikulov, Czech Republic, June Smith, NG. Plant carbon cycle acclimation and its influence in modeling plant responses to climate change. INTERFACE Workshop. Captiva Island, Florida. March Smith, NG. Plant carbon cycle acclimation and its influence in modeling plant responses to climate change. Purdue University Ecolunch. February Smith, NG, Hoeppner, SS, Dukes, JS. The effect of climate change on leaf gas exchange. University of Massachusetts Boston REU Poster Symposium. August Smith, NG, Mickelbart, MV. A survey of nighttime water loss in a variety of plant species. Purdue SURF Undergraduate Research Symposium. August

3 Organized Symposia Creative approaches for addressing ecological uncertainty in Earth System Models. Organized oral session. 100 th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. August Co-organizer with Jeff Dukes. **Meeting report published in New Phytologist** Funded Grants NSF-USDA EaSM-3 Funder: US Department of Agriculture- National Institute of Food and Agriculture Title: Decadal prediction of sustainable agricultural and forest management - Earth system prediction differs from climate prediction Lead PI: R. Q. Thomas Time period: Amount: $2,569,544 Description: Multi-institutional project to examine land management practices in an Earth system framework. Involvement: Co-lead researcher (postdoc) with J.S. Dukes on the acclimation portion of the project. NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship Funder: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Title: Improving Earth System Models via incorporation of temperature acclimation of plant carbon exchange Lead PI: J. S. Dukes Co-PI: N. G. Smith Time period: Amount: $90,000 Description: Funding to support dissertation research, including tuition, stipend, travel, and miscellaneous research funding. Involvement: Primary researcher (graduate student) on the project. NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant Funder: National Science Foundation Title: Dissertation research: Acclimation of photosynthesis and respiration under climate change: understanding variation among species and biomes to improve climate models Lead PI: J. S. Dukes Co-PI: N. G. Smith Time period: Amount: $19,903 Description: Funding to support travel to sites across North America for leaf gas exchange measurements. Involvement: Primary researcher (graduate student) on the project. Purdue Climate Change Research Incentive Grant Funder: Purdue University Climate Change Research Center Lead PIs: N. G. Smith, M. J. Schuster, J. S. Dukes Time period: 2012 Amount: $5,000 Description: Funding to support infrastructure for the Prairie Invasion and Climate 3

4 Experiment. Involvement: Co-lead researcher (graduate student) on the project along with M.J. Schuster. Lindsey Graduate Fellowship in Ecology Funder: Purdue University Department of Biological Sciences Lead PI: N. G. Smith Time period: 2011 Amount: $1,000 Description: Funding to support infrastructure needed to examine the response of plant physiology to diffuse radiation. Involvement: Lead researcher (graduate student) on the project. Teaching & Mentoring Courses taught: Environmental Conservation and Introduction to Environmental Science (FNR 103 / NRES 290 / AGRY 290 / EAPS 113), Purdue University, Spring 2016 Teaching assistant: Teaching Assistant: Ecology (BIOL 585), Purdue University, Spring 2013 Teaching Assistant: Intro to Diversity, Ecology, and Behavior (BIOL 121), Purdue University, Fall 2012 Teaching Assistant: Intro to Ecology and Evolution (BIOL 286), Purdue University, Spring 2012 Teaching Assistant: Ecology (BIOL 585), Purdue University, Fall 2011 Teaching Assistant: Boot Camp for Biology Students (BIO 195), Purdue University, August 2008-May 2010 Guest lecturer: Intro to Environmental Conservation (FNR 103), Purdue University, Fall 2012 Intro to Ecology and Evolution (BIOL 286), Purdue University, Spring 2012 Undergraduates mentored: 1. Ben Ramsey, University of Massachusetts Boston, 2011 (Research Experience for Undergraduates) 2. Siying Long, Purdue University, 2012 (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship) 3. Chen Shen, Purdue University, 2013 (Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Research Experience) 4. Kylie Jungles, Purdue University, 2014 (Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Research Experience) 5. Ryan Rafalski, Purdue University, (Undergraduate research for credit) 6. John Park, Purdue University, (Undergraduate research for credit) 7. Kyle Puls, Purdue University, (Undergraduate research for credit) Volunteer & Outreach Organizer: Climate change science information table, Global Warming Forum: Examining a hot topic, Purdue University, September 27,

5 Volunteer Scientific Expert: Purdue Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program. August Purdue University Selected Awards Umbarger Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, Spring 2014 NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship, NASA, Fall 2013 Purdue Climate Change Research Center Graduate Fellowship, Purdue University, Spring 2013 National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation, Spring 2013 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program-Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation, Spring 2012 Alton A. Lindsey Graduate Fellowship in Ecology, Purdue University, June 2011 Ross Graduate Fellowship, Purdue University, August 2010 Reviewer Global Change Biology, New Phytologist, Ecological Modelling, Journal of Geophysical research- Biogeosciences, Journal of Plant Ecology, PLoS One, Photosynthesis Research, JGR- Atmospheres, Environmental Pollution Non-peer reviewed publications Smith, NG and MJ Schuster. Restoration of the tallgrass prairie in the face of global changes. The Applied Ecologist s Blog. February