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From lab bonding experiences to presentations at conferences, learn more about all of the Smith Lab activities.
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Smith Lab Takes on ESA 2025!
The Smith Lab had a strong showing at the 2025 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD! Our…
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Defense Celebration!
The Smith and Knapp labs recently celebrated Carina for his master’s defense and Matt for his doctoral defense!
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Smith lab in the news!
Melinda Smith discussing the International Drought Experiment (IDE) Read about the lighter side of field work at Konza Prairie, written…
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Smith lab goes painting!
Can’t get enough of grasslands!
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Congrats to Alicia!
Congratulations to Alicia for successfully defending her Master’s thesis focused on the Shortgrass Steppe! The Smith lab is excited to…
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Fall 2022 Graduate Showcase
Alex, Carina and Mary presented their research at the Graduate Showcase on November 16. Carina won the New Graduate Student…
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LTER All Scientist’s Meeting
In September, Smith lab members got a chance to go to the LTER All Scientists Meeting 2022 in sunny California!!
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New Postdoc in the lab
We are pleased to announce that Tim Ohlert is joining the Smith Lab in Fall 2022 as our new postdoc.…
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Grassland Ecologists.. in the lab!
We are interested in species changes at the community level, but we’re also interested in different, smaller scales. Looking at…