Philip N. Smith

 

 

Current Students

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Brett Blackwell 

Brett is a 2008 graduate of Lubbock Christian University.  Brett has been awarded a prestigious ARCS Fellowships and the 2011 SETAC Procter & Gamble Doctoral Research Fellowship.  Brett is pursuing a PhD and his research will examine the potential for aerial deposition of androgenic compounds onto lands and communities surrounding feedlots.

 

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Derek Faust

Derek is pursuing a Ms degree and his research will examine contaminants in urban playa lakes and metal exposure among organisms inhabiting waters off Padre Island, Tx.

 

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 Andrew McEachran 

Brett is a graduate of North Carolina State University.  Andrew is pursuing a MS degree and his research will examine the potential for aerial deposition of antibiotics and antibiotic resistant pathogens onto lands and communities surrounding feedlots.

 

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Kimberly Wooten 

Kim is a graduate of Michigan State University.  Her MS research will focus on assessing exposures to persistent organic pollutants and insecticides among pets.

 

  

 

Former Students

 

Bryson Finch (MS degree December, 2011) Pursuing PhD

Dr. John Brausch (PhD degree May 2009) BASF Corporation

Blake Beall (MS degree December 2007) Kirby Corporation, Houston, TX

Dr. Tina Brunjes (Post-Doc) Head of Big Game Management, KY Dept. Fish & Wildlife Resources

John Isanhart (MS degree August 2004) Contaminant Specialist, US Fish and Wildlife, Salt Lake City, UT

Scott Severt (MS degree August 2004) Environmental Lawyer

Anna Herboldsheimer (MS degree December 2003)

 

 

 

Dr. Smith is continuously seeking highly qualified and motivated graduate research assistants for integrated field and laboratory ecotoxicology projects.  Prospective students should have a strong educational background, experience, and interest in ecology, ecophysiology, biochemistry, toxicology, and or wildlife.  Candidates should have the capacity for conducting field work under less than ideal conditions, but also be comfortable working in a laboratory setting.  Contact information can be found here.

 

 

 

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