Stephen A. Smith

01/11/2009

About

I am Stephen A. Smith, an evolutionary biologist and Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. My lab site is here. This site provides information on my research, projects, and various resources. CV and Google Scholar page.

I have deep roots in biology and computer science. My primary research focuses on

Much of my research requires programming and here are links to my github profile and my google code profile.

My academic genealogy.

01/03/2012

old news

Moved the news from the sticky front piece. They will now be posts. Here is what I removed:

news

  • 10/25/11 — article published in Nature – Resolving the evolutionary relationships of molluscs with phylogenomic tools link pdf
  • 10/22/10 — article published in Science with a crew from Illinois - Species Selection Maintains Self-Incompatibility pdf
  • 5/01/10 — article published in Systematic Biology with Michael Donoghue – Combining Historical Biogeography with Niche Modeling in the Caprifolium Clade of Lonicera (Caprifoliaceae, Dipsacales) pdf
  • 4/29/10 — article published in Science with a bunch of collaborators – The origins of C4 grasslands: integrating evolutionary and ecosystem science pdf
  • 3/16/10 — article published in PNAS with Jeremy Beaulieu and Michael Donoghue – An uncorrelated relaxed-clock analysis suggests an earlier origin for flowering plants pdf
  • 3/1/10 — article “The Botanist Hacker” published in the magazine The Scientist with corresponding YouTube video
  • 2/9/10 — article published in PNAS with Erika Edwards – Phylogenetic analyses reveal the shady history of C4 grasses pdf
  • 9/23/09 — article published in Proc Roy Soc B with J. Beaulieu – S. A. Smith and J. Beaulieu 2009. Life history influences rates of climatic niche evolution in flowering plants. pdf
  • 8/31/09 — letter published in PNAS with B. O’Meara – S. A. Smith and B. C. O’Meara 2009. Morphogenera, monophyly, and macroevolution. pdf
  • 7/13/09 — paper published in J. of Biogeography – S. A. Smith 2009. Taking into account phylogenetic and divergence-time uncertainty in a parametric biogeographical analysis of the Northern Hemisphere plant clade Caprifolieae. pdf

09/14/2011

position at University of Michigan

I have accepted an Assistant Professor position in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. I will be starting in January. More information to follow