SHERWOOD LAN. SMITH

Research Institute for Global Change Earth Surface System Research Center Marine Ecosystem Research Group-
Advanced Institute for Marine Ecosystem Change Research Division Marine Ecosystem Modeling Research Unit-

  • Senior Researcher

Degree

  • PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Jun. 1998
  • BS, Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, May 1992

Research Interests

  • plankton ecology, biodiversity, ecological modeling, biogeochemistry

Research Areas

  • Natural sciences, Biogeoscience, plankton ecology, biogeochemistry, ecological modeling

Education

  • Sep. 1992 - Jun. 1998, Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, PhD
  • Oct. 1988 - May 1992, California Institute of Technology, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, B.S.
Research activity information

Papers

Misc.

Presentations

  • Sherwood Lan Smith
    Combining observations and models to better understand the adaptive capacity of phytoplankton communities in the subtropical ocean               
    AIMEC All-hands Meeting, University of Hawaii, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Sherwood Lan Smith; Yoshio Masuda; Taketo Hashioka; Maki N. Aita; Ettore Barbieri
    Understanding Variability and Trends of Chlorophyll and Primary Production at Time- series Observation Sites               
    Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Sherwood Lan Smith
    Research in the Marine Ecosystem Modeling and Evaluation (MEME) Research Unit at WPI-AIMEC               
    AIMEC-OIST Joint Workshop, OIST, Okinawa, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Sherwood Lan Smith; Yoshio Masuda; Taketo Hashioka; Maki N. Aita
    Variability of Chlorophyll and Primary Production at Time-series Observation Sites               
    JpGU Annual Meeting 2025, 29 May 2025
  • Sherwood Lan Smith
    Modeling Calcification by Marine Plankton               
    CREST C-LIFE Project Workshop, JAMSTEC, Mutsu, 25 May 2025
  • Sherwood Lan Smith
    Marine Ecosystem Modeling Research Unit at WPI-AIMEC               
    AIMEC All-hands Meeting, JAMSTEC, Yokosuka and Yokohama, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Sherwood Lan Smith
    Marine Ecosystem Modeling Research at AIMEC: Acclimation, Adaptation, and Complexity               
    AIMEC Workshop, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA, 05 Mar. 2025
  • Sherwood Lan Smith; Yoshio Masuda; Taketo Hashioka; Maki N. Aita
    Variability of Chlorophyll and Primary Production at Time-series Observation Sites               
    Japan Oceanographic Society Fall Meeting 2024, Tokyo, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Sherwood Lan Smith
    Rising to the Challenges of Modeling Marine Ecosystems: Acclimation, Adaptation, and Complexity               
    JpGU 2024 Annual Meeting, Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan, 27 May 2024, [Invited]
  • Sherwood Lan Smith
    Marine Ecosystem Modeling: How can it be useful to society?               
    2nd UN Ocean Decade Regional Conference & 11th WESTPAC International Marine Science Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Sherwood Lan Smith; Yoshio Masuda; Taketo Hashioka; Maki N. Aita
    Physiological flexibility under environmental variability: modeled phytoplankton response at five ocean observation sites               
    Ocean Science Meeting 2024, New Orleans, USA, 21 Feb. 2024

Professional Memberships

  • Jan. 2001 - Present
    Association of Scientists in Limnology and Oceanography               
  • Apr. 1999 - Present
    Japan Oceanographic Society               
  • Jan. 1996 - Present
    American Geophysical Union