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Glen SmithProgram Manager |
Biographical Sketch
Academic Programs Manager: July 2000 to present, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. Assist the department Chair in: • developing and overseeing the department’s undergraduate and graduate curriculum and instructional programs • faculty teaching loads and course assignments • overseeing the department’s undergraduate instructional labs and supervision of staff • coordination and oversight for the department’s budgets • non-tenure track faculty appointments, promotions and lectureships • updating and certifying the departments course catalog • provide department-wide coordination and preparation of grant proposals for educational matters • oversee the Department’s space utilization plan for five academic buildings on the University Park Campus • maintain all faculty and staff personnel folders for the department • annual activity reports and merit reviews for department faculty • oversee the department’s course and instructional evaluation system
Education
- B.S. Biological Sciences, Florida State University, 05/1977
Employment
- Program Manager, University of Southern California, Department of Biological Sciences, 2000
- Coordinator Laboratory Operations, NSF Antarctic Support Associates, 1990-2000
- Research Associate, University of Tennessee, Institute for Applied Microbiology, 1986-1989
- Research Scientist, Florida State University, 1978-1985
Research
Summary Statement of Research Interests
- Studies of microbial community structure and metabolic activity utilizing biochemical methods to determine membrane phospholipid fatty acid biomarkers and metabolic activity (3H-thymidine and 14C-sodium acetate incorporation) of McMurdo Sound, Ross Ice Shelf, and Arthur Harbor, Anvers Island Antarctic peninsula. Detremining microbial structure in deep-surface aquifers and sediments. Development of detection methods via gas chromatograpy and gas chromatography mass spectra of signature membrane lipids in various microbial environments.
Research Keywords
- membrane fatty acids, microbial metabolic activity
Research Specialties
- Microbial Ecology: Research Cruises: R/V Polar Duke, cruise PD93-7; Long Term Ecological Research, Chief Scientist Dr. Langdon Quetin R/V Polar Duke, cruise PD94-12; Studies in Antarctic Coupled Linkages Among Microorganisms, Chief Scientist Dr. David M. Karl R/V Polar Duke, cruise PD95-1; Long Term Ecological Research, Chief Scientist, Dr. Raymond C. Smith R/V Polar Duke, cruise PD97-1; Long Term Ecological Research Chief Scientist, Dr. Robin R. Ross R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, NBP99-3, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Chief Scientists, Drs. Eugene Domack and Amy Leventer
Conference Presentations
- "Sub-surface Microbiota as Monitors of Contaminant Migration and Mitigation.", Conference on New Field Techniques for Quantifying the Physical and Chemical Properties of Heterogen, Talk/Oral Presentation, Dallas TX, Invited, 03/20/1989-03/23/1989
- "Benthic near-shore microbial communities of McMurdo Sound and Arthur Harbor, Antarctica: Microbial Biomass, Community Structure and Metabolic Activity", 5th. Symposium Scientific Committee on Antarctic Researc, Poster, Hobart Tasmania, AUSTRALIA, Scienetific Committee on Antactic Research, Invited, 08/29/1988-10/03/1988
Publications
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Book Chapter
White, D. C., Smith, G. A., Guckert, J. B., Nichols, P. D.
(1993).
Antarctic Microbiology - Near Shore Benthic Marine Sediments. pp. 219-240. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons Inc..
Journal Article
Smith, G. A., Davis, J. D., Muscat, A., Moe, R., White, D. C.
(1989).
Lipid composition and metabolic activities of benthic near-shore microbial communities of Arthur Harbor, Antarctic peninsula: comparisons with McMurdo Sound. Polar Biolog.
Vol. 9(8), pp. 517-524.
Smith, G. A., Nichols, P. D., White, D. C.
(1989).
Triacylglycerol fatty acid and sterol composition of benthic marine microorganisms from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Polar Biology.
Vol. 9 (5), pp. 273-279.
Nichols, P. D., Palmisano, A. C., Rayner, M., Smith, G. A., White, D. C.
(1989).
Changes in the lipid composition in Antarctic sea-ice diatoms communities during a spring bloom: an indicator of community physiological statu. Antarctic Science.
Vol. 1 (2), pp. 133-140.
Palmisano, A. C., Lizotte, M. P., Smith, G. A., Nichols, P. D., White, D. C., Sullivan, C. W.
(1988).
Changes in photosynthetic carbon assimilation in Antarctic sea-ice diatoms during a spring bloom: variation in synthesis of lipid classes. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.
Vol. 116, pp. 1-13.
Smith, G. A., Nichols, P. D., White, D. C.
(1986).
Fatty acid composition and microbial activity of benthic marine sediments from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Federation of European Microbiology Society; Microbiology Ecology.
Vol. 39, pp. 219-231.
Honors & Awards
- Antarctic Service Medal, 11/15/1983-1/17/1989
- Scientific Committee on Antactic Research: Awarded travel grant by the Fifth Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) to present information on past research. Meeting was held in Hobart Tasmania. , 8/10/1985-8/15/1985