Dr. Smith is an ecotoxicologist with broad ranging interests in contaminant exposure and responses among ecological receptors.  His research is focused on pathways of contaminant exposure among mammals, birds, aquatic organisms, and trophic transfer of environmental contaminants.  Additionally, physiological and population-level responses to contaminant exposure are of particular interest to Dr. Smith.  Dr. Smith’s research is grounded in ecological relevance and is strategically aligned with his academic emphasis which is ecological risk assessment.  Dr. Smith received his doctoral degree in environmental toxicology from Texas Tech University in May, 2000, and has since advanced from Senior Research Associate to Assistant Professor.  Dr. Smith serves on numerous Departmental and University committees including the Grade Appeals Committee and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.  He is a reviewer for ten national and international journals and serves as Editorial Board Member for two international journals: Environmental Pollution, and Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.

Smith, Philip N., Cobb, George P., Godard-Codding, Céline, Hoff, Dale, McMurry, Scott T., Rainwater, Thomas R., Reynolds, Kevin D.  2007.   Contaminant exposure in terrestrial vertebrates.  Environmental Pollution.  (in press).

Rainwater, Thomas R., Selcer, Kyle W., Nespoli, Lisa M., Finger Adam G., Ray, David A., Platt, Steven G., Smith, Philip N., Densmore, Llewellyn D., Anderson Todd A., McMurry Scott T.  2007.  Plasma vitellogenin in Morelet’s crocodiles from contaminated habitats in northern Belize.  Environmental Pollution.  (in press).

Brausch, John M., Beall, Blake, Smith, Philip N. 2007. Acute and sublethal toxicity of three POEA surfactant formulations to Daphnia magna. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. (in press).

Yu, Lu, Coimbatore, Gopal, Cobb, George P., Jackson, William A., McMurry, Scott T., Smith, Philip N., Anderson, Todd A.  2007.  Evaluation of passive sampling devices as potential surrogates of metal uptake into soybean.  Journal of Plant Nutrition.  (accepted).

Yu, Lu, Cobb, George P., Jackson, W. Andrew, McMurry, Scott T., Smith, Philip N., Anderson, Todd A.  2007.  Evaluation of passive sampling devices as potential surrogates of perchlorate uptake into soybean.  Water, Air, & Soil Pollution.  (in press).

Brunjes, Kristina J., Severt, Scott A., Liu, Jun, Pan, Xiaoping, Brausch, John, Cox, Stephen A., Cobb, George P., McMurry, Scott T., Kendall, Ronald J., Smith, Philip N.  2007.  Effects of octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine (HMX) exposure on reproduction and hatchling development in Northern bobwhite quail.  Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A.  70:682-687.

Liu, Jun, Severt, Scott A., Pan, Xiaoping, Smith, Philip N., McMurry, Scott T., Cobb George P. 2007.  Development of an extraction and cleanup procedure for a liquid chromatographic-mass spectrometric method to analyze octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine in eggs. Talanta 71:627-631.

Brausch, John M., Cox, Stephen, Smith, Philip N. 2006.  Pesticide usage on the Southern High Plains and acute toxicity of four chemicals to the fairy shrimp Thamnocephalus platyurus.  Texas Journal of Science. 58:309-324.

Brausch, John M., Smith, Philip N., 2006.  Toxicity of three polyethoxylated tallowamine surfactant formulations to laboratory and field collected fairy shrimp, Thamnocephalus platyurus. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 52(2): 217-222.

Selcer, Kyle W., Nespoli, Lisa M., Rainwater, Thomas R., Finger, Adam G., Ray, David A., Platt, Steven G., Smith, Philip N., Densmore, Llewellyn D., McMurry, Scott T.  2006.  Development of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for vitellogenin of Morelet’s crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii).  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, C – Toxicology and Pharmacology 143:50-58.

Zhang, Boahang, Smith, Philip N., Anderson, Todd A.  2006.  Evaluating the Bioavailability of Explosive Metabolites (MNX and TNX) in Soils Using Passive Sampling Devices.  Journal of Chromatography A. 1101:38-45.

Rainwater, Thomas R., Anderson, Todd A., Platt, Steven G., Smith, Philip N.  2006.  Agkistrodon Piscivorus Leucostoma (Western Cottonmouth).  Diet.  Herpetological Review.  37(2):228.

Smith, Philip N., Severt, Scott A., Jackson, W. Andrew, Anderson, Todd A.  2006.  Thyroid function and reproductive success in rodents exposed to perchlorate via food and water.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 25(4)1050-1059.