PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 2008 -- Assistant Professor (research). Brown University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Starting Summer 2008.
• 2007 -- Adjunct Assistant Professor. Brown University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
• 2006 -- David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellow. Consortium for Conservation Medicine at Wildlife Trust and University of Georgia, Institute of Ecology.
• 2006 -- Postdoctoral Research Associate. University of Georgia, Institute of Ecology.

• 2006 -- Ph.D. Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology. University of California at Santa Barbara. Advisor, Dr. Steven D. Gaines.
• 2001 -- B.S. Biology. University of New Mexico. Advisor, Dr. James H. Brown.

• 2006 -- David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowship, Society for Conservation Biology.
• 2005 -- American Association of University Women Dissertation Fellowship, $20,000.
• 2005 -- University of California President's Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, $15,500.
• 2005 -- UCSB Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology Outstanding Graduate Student, $4,200.
• 2004 -- Switzer Foundation Environmental Fellowship, $13,000.
• 2004 -- UCSB Graduate Division Fellowship, $24,380.
• 2001 -- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, $102,000.
• 2001 -- Outstanding Graduating Biology Student. Department of Biology, UNM.
• 2001 -- Outstanding Science Undergraduate. Women in Science and Engineering, UNM.
• 2001 -- Best Student Oral Research Presentation. Department of Biology, UNM.
• 2000 -- Barry M. Goldwater Excellence in Education Fellowship, $8,000.
• 2000 -- UNM School of Engineering WERC Scholarship, $1,000.
• 1999 -- UNM Honors Program Scholarship, $4,400.
• 1998-2001 -- UNM Amigo Transfer Scholarship, $46,500.
• 1996-1997 -- Massachusetts Orthopedics Society Scholarship, $800.

• Peer-Reviewed Journals

  Smith, K.F., Sax, D.F., Gaines, S.D., Guernier, V., Guegan, J.F. Globalization of human infectious diseases. Ecology, In press.

  Smith, K.F., Sax, D.F. and Lafferty K.D. 2006. Evidence for the role of infectious disease in species extinction. Conservation Biology 20: 1349-1357.

  Smith, K.F. and Carpenter, S.M. 2006. Spread of exotic black rat (Rattus rattus) parasites to endemic deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) on the California Channel Islands. Diversity and Distributions 12: 742-748.

  Smith, K.F., Dobson, A.P., McKenzie, F.E., Real, L.A., Smith, D.L. and Wilson, M.L. 2005. Ecological theory to enhance infectious disease control and public health policy. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 3: 29-37.

  Sax, D.F., Kinlan, B.P. and Smith, K.F. 2005. A methodology for understanding the effects of introduced species on community diversity. Oikos 108: 457-464.

  Harley, C., Smith, K.F. and Moore, V. 2003. Rapoport's Rule in two dimensions: the relationship between bathymetric distribution and latitudinal range size in marine algae, gastropods, and fish. Global Ecology and Biogeography 12: 499-506.

  Smith, K.F. and Gaines, S.D. 2003. Rapoport's bathymetric rule and the latitudinal species diversity gradient for Northeast Pacific fishes and Northwest Atlantic gastropods: evidence against a causal link. Journal of Biogeography 30: 1153-1159.

  Smith, K.F. and Brown, J.H. 2002. Patterns of diversity, depth range and body size among pelagic fishes along a depth gradient. Global Ecology and Biogeography 11: 313-322.

  Smith, K.F., Sharp, Z.D. and Brown, J.H. 2002. Oxygen and carbon isotope composition in desert endotherms and ectotherms: Preliminary investigations into the effects of diet, physiology, and seasonality. Journal of Arid Environments 52: 419-430.

• Book Chapters

  Lafferty, K.D., Smith, K.F. and Madin, E.M.P. Terrorism as a disease: improving homeland security using lessons from infectious disease ecology. In Darwinian Homeland Security, In press. Ed: Sagarin, R. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

  Lafferty, K.D., Smith, K.F., Torchin, M.E., Dobson, A.P. and Kuris, A.M. What exotic species tell us about the role of infectious diseases in natural communities. In Exotic Species: Insights to Ecology, Evolution and Biogeography. Eds: Sax, D.F., Gaines, S.D., Stachowicz, J.J.

• Manuscripts In review

  Smith, K.F., Behrens, M.D., Max, L. U.S. ports drowning in fish: scope, implications and win-win regulation of freshwater and marine imports. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

• Manuscripts in Preparation

  Smith, K.F., Daszak, P., Schloegel, L.M., Behrens, M.D. Scope and implications of U.S. wildlife importation: an assessment of 2000-2005. Bioscience.

  Guernier, V., Guegan, J.F., Smith, K.F. Rapoport's rule on parasitic ground: what do pathogens add to the rule? Diversity and Distributions.

• Reports and Position Pieces

  Smith, K.F. Health Impacts of Animal Imports to the United States. In Defenders of Wildlife. 2007. Broken Screens: The Regulation of Live Animal Imports in the United States. Report by Defenders of Wildlife; Washington, DC. 56pp.

• Popular Media

  Smith, K.F. Wildlife extinction and conservation. In The Seventy Great Mysteries of Nature. Invited, In press. Ed: Benton. M.

• 2006 -- Smith Fellows Research Grant, $39,437.
• 2006 -- Switzer Foundation Professional Development Award, $957.
• 2005 -- University of California President's Dissertation Research Grant, $500.
• 2004 -- UCSB Summer Discovery Program Grant, $1,000.
• 2001 -- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellows Supplemental Grant, $4,500.
• 2001 -- Partnership for the Interdisciplinary Study of Coastal Oceans Grant, $1,500.
• 2001 -- Ecological Society of America Applied Ecology Travel Grant, $200.
• 2000 -- National Science Foundation REU Grant via JH Brown, UNM, $4,000.
• 2000 -- Australian Mollusk Research Foundation Scholarship, $1,000.

• Editorial
  2007 -- Reviews Editor, EcoHealth
• Elected Positions
  2007 -- Chair, Committee for Policy and Outreach, International Biogeography Society.
  2006 -- Fellow, The Explorer's Club.
  2005-2007 -- Vice President of Public Affairs and Communication, International Biogeography Society.
  2002-2004 -- Board Member, Women in Science and Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara.
• Invited Working Groups 2006 -- Scientific Committee of Diversitas Working Group, 'Health and Biodiversity' (Project Leaders, Peter Daszak and Charles Perrings).
  2003-2005 -- National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis Working Group, 'Global Change and Infectious Diseases' (Project Leaders, Mark Wilson and Leslie Real).
• Organized Symposia and Workshops
  2007 -- Organizer and Host, Smith Fellows Training. 'Conservation in the Non-Profit World', American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
  2005 -- Symposium Organizer, 'Geography of Infectious Diseases', International Biogeography Society Conference, Shepherdstown, WV.
  2005 -- Workshop Organizer, 'Interpersonal Communication in your Professional Life: first steps toward improving relationships with peers, colleagues and advisors', Women in Science and Engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara.
• Affiliations
  American Association for University Women, The Explorer's Club, Society for Conservation Biology, The International Biogeography Society.
• Journal Reviews
  EcoHealth, Ecology, Ecology Letters, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Journal of Biogeography, Journal of Parasitology, PNAS.
• Proposal Reviews
  American Museum of Natural History, Education Module 'Biodiversity and Health'.
  National Science Foundation, Directorate for Biological Sciences.

• 2007 -- Smith Fellows Training. 'Conservation in the Non-Profit World', New York, N.Y.
• 2006 -- Media Training for Scientists. 'Bridging the Gap Between Science and Journalism'. Switzer Foundation, Smith Fellows and Aldo Leopold Leadership Program, Boston, MA.
• 2006 -- Smith Fellows Training. 'Popular Writing for Scientists', Big Sur, CA.
• 2006 -- Smith Fellows Training. 'Leadership and Business Models for Conservation', Loveland, CO.
• 2004, 2005 -- Switzer Environmental Fellows Training. 'Environmental Leadership and Communication'. Headlands Institute, San Francisco, CA.

• Invited Seminars

  Smith, K.F. Infectious disease and globalization: implications for wildlife conservation and human health. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, April 11, 2007.

  Smith, K.F. Conservation implications of infectious disease in the 21st century: separating the science from the spin. Department of Biology, Pacific Lutheran University, March, 2007.

  Smith, K.F. Infectious Disease in the 21st century: separating the science from the spin. The Explorers Club, U.S. Southeastern Chapter, November 2006, Atlanta, GA.

  Smith, K.F. Global change and emerging infectious disease: separating the science from the spin. American Association for University Women, April 2006, Santa Barbara, CA.

• Contributed (representative)

  Smith, K.F., Sax, D.F., Gaines, S.D., Guernier, V., Guegan, J.F.*. Globalization of Human Infectious Disease. Ecological Society of America, August 2007, San Jose, California USA.

  Smith, K.F., Sax, D.F., Gaines, S.D., Guernier, V., Guegan, J.F. * 2007. Globalization of Human Infectious Disease. International Biogeography Society, January 9, 2007, Tenerife Canary Islands Spain.

  Smith, K.F.*, Sax, D.F., Gaines, S.D., Guernier, V., Guegan, J.F. Global homogenization of human infectious diseases. Ecological Society of America, August 2005, Montreal Canada.

  Smith, K.F.* and Sax, D.F. Is Disease a Significant Threat to Global Biodiversity? International Biogeography Society, January 2005, Shepherdstown, WV.

  Smith, K.F.* and McClintock, W.J. The role of environmental change in the emergence of infectious diseases: using the PDV epidemics in European harbor seals as a model system. Society for Conservation Biology, August 2004, New York, NY.

  Kuris, A.M.*, Smith, K.F., Torchin, M.E., Dobson, A.P. and Lafferty, K.D. What exotic species tell us about the role of infectious diseases in natural communities. Ecological Society of America, Exotic Species Symposium, August 2004, Portland, OR.

  Behrens, M.D.* and Smith, K.F. Biogeography of Northeast Pacific fishes. Western Society of Naturalists, November 2003, Longbeach, CA.

  Smith, K.F.* and McClintock, W.J. Environmental change and the dynamics of Northeast Atlantic harp seal migrations: implications of sea-ice, regional fish abundance, and potential links to harbor seal epidemics. Western Society of Naturalists, November 2003, Longbeach, CA.

  Smith, K.F.* and Behrens, M.D. Biogeography of Northeast Pacific fishes. International Biogeography Society, January 2003, Mesquite NV.

  Harley, C.D.*, Smith, K.F. and Moore, V.J. Rapoport's rule in two dimensions: the relationship between bathymetric distribution and latitudinal range size in marine algae, gastropods, and fish. British Ecological Society Annual Macroecology Symposium, April 2002, Birmingham, England.

  Smith, K.F.* and Gaines, S.D. Rapoport's bathymetric rule and the latitudinal species diversity gradient for Northeast Pacific fishes and Northwest Atlantic gastropods: evidence against a causal link. British Ecological Society Annual Macroecology Symposium, April 2002, Birmingham, England.

  Harley, C.D.*, Smith, K.F. and Moore, V.J. Rapoport's rule in two dimensions: the relationship between bathymetric distribution and latitudinal range size in marine algae, gastropods, and fish. Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans Symposium, March 2002, Monterey, CA.

• 2007 -- Guest Lecturer. 'What exotic species tell us about the role of infectious diseases in natural communities.' Species Invasions (ECOL 4990), Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia.
• 2006 -- Instructor. Professional Development for Graduate Students (ECOL 8990), Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia.
• 2004 -- Science Research Educator. UCSB Summer Discovery Program.
• 2003 -- Guest Lecturer. 'Disease and Conservation.' Conservation Biology (EEMB 133), Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California at Santa Barbara.
• 2002, 2003 -- Guest Lecturer. 'Emerging Infectious Diseases.' Global Ecology (EEMB 173), Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California at Santa Barbara.
• 2002, 2003 -- Teaching Assistant. Global Ecology (EEMB 173), Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California at Santa Barbara.
• 2002 -- Visiting Teacher. Geography and Biology, Rural Community Development Program, Pokhara Secondary School, Pokhara Nepal.
• 2001 -- Teaching Assistant. Biogeography (Biology 494), Department of Biology, University of New Mexico.

• Radio
  Interviewed live by Paul Roberts WNTN (1550 AM), Boston, MA, 8/07
  Interview with Bob Salter WFAN (66 AM), New York, NY, 8/07

• Postdoctoral
  Juliet Simpson, PhD., Brown University Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• Doctoral
  2006 -- Victoria Vasquez, UGA Department of Plant Sciences.
  2006 -- Lisa Schloegel, Kingston University.
  2006 -- Jacob McGrew, UGA Institute of Ecology.
• Undergraduate
  2004-2006 -- Shannon Carpenter, UCSB Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology.
  2004-2006 -- Kathryn Abram, UCSB Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology.