Professor Emeritus
Areas of Specialization
- Survey of under-valued plants of the Amazon floodplain with market potential
- Policy issues surrounding the linkages between biodiversity and agriculture
- Management of plant resources by small-scale farmers in the humid tropics
Educational Background
- PhD — University of California at Berkeley, 1976
- MA — University of California at Berkeley, 1973
- BA — University of California at Berkeley, 1971
Career Awards and Research Grants
- Fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation and the Linnean Society of London.
- P.I. on grants from the Moore Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, and the National Geographic Society.
Publications
- Smith, N. J. (2002). Amazon sweet sea: land, life, and water at the river’s mouth. University of Texas Press.
- Goulding, M., & Smith, N. (2007). Palms: sentinels for Amazon conservation.