Professional Experience:

Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, August 2004-present

Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, August 2000 - August 2004

Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, March 2000 - July 2000

Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, August 1994 to March 2000.

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Davidson College, Davidson, NC, 1994.

Postdoctoral Fellow, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Fellowships in Science, National Science Foundation,
        Laboratoire Arago, Université Pierre et  Marie Curie (Paris VI) Banyuls-sur-Mer, France, 1992-1993.

Graduate Student, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1987-1992.
        National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow, 1988-1992.
        University Graduate Fellow, 1987- 1988.
        Graduate Teaching Assistant, 1989-1990.

Research Interests:  Comparative physiology and biomechanics
        I study the biochemical structure and the mechanics of visco-elastic, gel-based biological glues.  I am currently focusing on the mechanism by which different molluscs convert a loose, lubricating mucous gel into a powerful adhesive.

Pawlicki, J. M.*, Pease, L. B.*, Pierce, C. M*., Startz, T. P.*, Zhang, Y. and Smith, A. M. (2004). The effect of molluscan glue proteins on gel mechanics. Journal of Experimental Biology, 207: 1127-1135.

Smith, A. M. (2002). The structure and function of adhesive gels from invertebrates.  Integrative and Comparative Biology, 42: 1164-1171.

Kier, W. M. and Smith, A. M. (2002). The structure and adhesive mechanism of octopus suckers. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 42: 1146-1153.

Smith, A. M. and Morin, M. C.* (2002).  Biochemical differences between trail mucus and adhesive mucus from marsh periwinkle snails. Biological Bulletin, 203: 338-346.

Smith, A. M., Quick, T. J.* and St. Peter, R. L.* (1999). Differences in the composition of adhesive and non-adhesive mucus from the limpet Lottia limatula. Biological Bulletin, 196: 34-44.

Smith, A. M. (1999). A model circulatory system for use in undergraduate physiology laboratories.  American Journal of Physiology 277 (Advances in Physiology Education 22): S92-S99.

Smith, A. M. (1996).  Cephalopod sucker design and the physical limits to negative pressure.  Journal of Experimental Biology, 199: 949-958.

Smith, A. M. (1994).  Xylem transport and the negative pressures sustainable by water.  Annals of Botany, 74: 647-651.

Smith, A. M., W. M. Kier and S. Johnsen (1993).  The effect of depth on the attachment force of  limpets.  Biological Bulletin, 184: 338-341.

Smith, A. M. (1992).  Alternation between attachment mechanisms by limpets in the field.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 160: 205-220.

Smith, A. M. (1991).  Negative pressure generated by octopus suckers:  a study of the tensile strength of water in nature. Journal of Experimental Biology, 157: 257-271.

Smith, A. M. (1991).  The role of suction in the adhesion of limpets. Journal of Experimental Biology, 161: 151-169.

Kier, W. M. and A. M. Smith (1990).  The morphology and mechanics of octopus suckers.  Biological Bulletin, 178: 126-136.

(* indicates undergraduate co-authors)
 

Publicity resulting from research:

From goo to glue.  The Journal of Experimental Biology, Inside JEB, vol. 207, pp. 1055 (2004).
Biology reveals new ways to hold on tight.  Science, vol. 296, pp. 250-251 (2002).
Sorting out the science of stickiness.  The Scientist, vol. 16, p. 14 (2002).
 

Courses Taught:

Animal Physiology
Ecophysiology
Endocrinology
Human Anatomy and Physiology / The Human Organism (non-majors)
Principles of Biology
Literature in Biology
Principles of Zoology
Tropical Field Biology

 

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