 Mary A. Smith
Associate Professor of Biology
Associate Chairperson
Department of Biology
NC A & T State University
Greensboro, NC
Phone: (336) 285 – 2160
Fax: (336) 334- 7105
smithma@ncat.edu
Education
MS and PhD: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
BS: Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland
Research Projects
Bioinformatics Analysis of Nuclear Hormone Receptors, with specific emphasis on the Peroxisome Proliferator-activated receptor and Retinoid X Receptor proteins, regulation, mechanisms of action and implications for obesity and related diseases
Educational Research: Using genomics and bioinformatics to increase student participation in research
Professional Societies and Associations
- American Phytopathological Society
- North Carolina Academy of Science
- Genotoxicity and Environmental Mutagenesis Society (Board Member, 2002- 2005)
- iPlant Educational Advisory Committee
- Benjamin Banneker Institute for Science and Technology Advisory Committee
Honors
- UNC Board of Governors’ Award for Excellence in Teaching
- NC A&T State University College of Arts and Sciences Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Outstanding Mentor Award – NC-Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation
- BRIDGES IX. Academic Leadership for Women Program
Collaborations
- Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center
- A Biomathematical Learning Enhancement Network for Diversity (BLEND)
- Genomics Educational Partnership, Washington University, St Louis Missouri
- Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center's, Carnegie Mellon University
Research Training Activities
Director: NIH supported Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC)
Publications
Goins, G., C. White, M. Chen, V. Kelkar, D. Clemence, and M. Smith. 2008. "Forming A Biomathematical Learning Alliance Across Traditional Academic Departments". MAA Notes Volume on “Undergraduate Mathematics for the Life Sciences: Processes, Models, Assessment, and Directions, G. Ledder, J. Carpenter, and T. Comar, eds. The American Mathematical Society.
Gregory Goins, Catherine Dinitra White, Mingxiang Chen, Vinaya Kelkar, Dominic Clemence, and Mary Smith. 2008. A biomathematical learning enhancement network for diversity. Proceedings of the Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference. http://conference.unctlt.org/proceedings/2008Proceedings.htm
Abstracts
Shaquinta Platt, Salam A. Ibrahim, Samantha Bailey, M. Smith. 2006. Development of Enriched Medium for Routing Enumeration of Bifidobacterium sp. In Probiotic Supplements. Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS). Anaheim CA p.441.
Roshanda Ruffin, Mary Smith and Darrell Chandler 2003 Investigating Bead Array Hybridization using Total RNA versus Polymerase Chain Reaction Products for Viral Detection in Infected Plants. Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) San Diego, CA
Vigil, Bailey B and Smith, M A. 2002 The Effect of a North Carolina Isolate of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus on Symptom Development and Gene Expression In Resistant and Non-Resistant Cultivars of Pepper. Phytopathology (abstract) presented at the APS Meeting, Milwaukee Wisconsin. Phytopathology, 92(6) 83
Presentations
Goins, G., C. White, M. Chen, V. Kelkar, D. Clemence, and M. Smith. 2008. A BLEND for Biomathematics. UNC Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference for Creative Combinations for Learning in North Carolina. Raleigh, N. C. March 12-14, 2008.
Goins, G., and Smith, M. 2008. A biomathematical learning enhancement program at NC A&T. Computing and Informatics UNC-Charlotte. Bioinformatics Research Center. February 29, 2008.
Kelkar, V, Smith, M, Swearingin, B, 2007 A Web-Based Model to Promote Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors on an HBCU Campus. North Carolina Public Health Forum, 2007 North Carolina Public Health Association Annual Educational Conference, RTP, NC.
Goins, G. and M. Smith 2007. Molecular analysis of photosynthetic acclimation to altered spectral quality. American Society of Plant Biologists & Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. July 7-11, 2007.
Mingxiang, C., D. Clemence, V. Kelkar, M. Smith, and G. Goins. 2007. “A Biomathematical Learning Enhancement Network for Diversity” Presented at the Joint Mathematics Meetings 90th Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) and 113th Annual Meeting of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) New Orleans, LA, January 5-8, 2007.
Smith MA 2006 Closing Health Disparities Gap by Improving Lifestyle Behaviors, NC A& T State University Public Health Forum, Greensboro, NC.
Raines, T, Smith MA, 2006 Application of 5’ Race PCR for the Analysis of Structural Annotation of Two Genes from Rice, NC A & T State University Research Appreciation Day, Greensboro, NC (Poster) |
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