Courses and Seminars

Fall 2011
BIOL 351:
Fundamentals of
Microbiology

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Sections 901-907, 916-918
TR 2:20 - 3:35 in BSBE 115

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James Leif Smith, Ph.D.


Education:
B.S. Florida State University, 1996

M.B.A. University of Florida, 2002

Ph.D. University of Florida, 2002



Positions:
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Florida, College of
     medicine, 1996 - 2002

Project Director, Oragenics Inc., Antimicrobial Division, 2002 - 2006

Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University, Department of
     Biological Sciences, 2006 - 2010

Founder and Chair, Biotech Analyst Group, LLC, 2006 - Present

Assistant Professor, Texas A&M, Department of Biology, 2010 - present



Memberships:
American Society for Microbiology, Full Member

American Chemical Society, Division of Biol. Chem., Full Member

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Full Member

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, Full Member



Honors:
November 2009
Charles C. Randall Lectureship Award of the South Central Branch of the American Society for Microbiology

October 2009
Guest-Editor, Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Special topic issue for Fall 2010
Issue centered on the importance of antimicrobial research for promoting a better understanding of microbial physiology.

July 2009
Invited Speaker, Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine at College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University

May 2009
Invited Speaker, Finnish Biosciences Conference in Helsinki Finland on May 27, 2009

October 2008
Invited Speaker, Basic Science Department at College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University

April 2008
Invited Speaker, Microbiology Department, University of Alabama, Birmingham

March 2008
Invited Speaker, Digital Biology Group, Mississippi State University

December 2007
Featured Scientist, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Mag Lab Reports. vol. 14 (5), Science Starts Here.

March 2007
Invited Speaker, Biochemistry Department, Mississippi State

October 2004
Invited - ASM Conference on Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics Approaches to Infectious Disease Research. Topic "Novel technologies that facilitates gene target discovery for the development of vaccines and diagnostics," Portland, Oregon

October 2003
Invited Speaker, BioFlorida Conference, Orlando, FL

March 2002
Invited Speaker, GAIN (Gainesville Area Innovation Network). Gainesville Florida

September 1999 - December 2001
Board Member, Gainesville's Citizen Advisory Committee for Community Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Gainesville, FL

August 1996
Graduation, Magna cum Laude, Florida State University

August 1994 - May 1995
NSF Undergraduate Research Scholar

James Leif Smith's  Curriculum Vitae