Ian Smith
Research Scientist, BU Earth & Environment | Geospatial Modeling Specialist, Global Program on Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Resilience at The World Bank
- Title Research Scientist, BU Earth & Environment |
Geospatial Modeling Specialist, Global Program on Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Resilience at The World Bank - Email iasmith@bu.edu
- Education Boston University, Ph.D.
Boston University, B.S.
Ian Smith received a Ph.D. from the Department of Earth & Environment at Boston University in spring 2023. He graduated from Boston University in 2017 with a major in Environmental Science and minor in Economics. Ian is a research scientist at Boston University’s Earth & Environment Department and is the instructor of BU URBAN’s Urban Biogeoscience and Environmental Health Colloquium Course. Previously, he worked as a visiting fellow at Boston University where he studied landscape fragmentation and urbanization impacts on forest productivity and respiration. His research interests center around climate adaptation and resiliency in cities. Outside of the lab, he enjoys spending time with his Boston Terrier.
Publications:
Smith IA, Fabian MP, Hutyra, LR. Urban green space and albedo impacts on surface temperature across seven United States cities. Science of the Total Environment. 2023 Jan 20;857:159663.
Smith IA, JB Winbourne JB, Tieskens KF, Jones TS, Bromley FL, Li D, Hutyra, LR. A satellite-based model for estimating latent heat flux from urban vegetation. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 2021 August 30;9:695995.
Smith IA, Hutyra LR, Reinmann AB, Thompson JR, Allen DW. Evidence for edge enhancements of soil respiration in temperate forests. Geophysical Research Letters. 2019 Apr 28;46(8):4278-87.
Smith IA, Dearborn VK, Hutyra LR. Live fast, die young: Accelerated growth, mortality, and turnover in street trees. PloS one. 2019 May 8;14(5):e0215846.
Smith IA, Hutyra LR, Reinmann AB, Marrs JK, Thompson JR. Piecing together the fragments: elucidating edge effects on forest carbon dynamics. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2018 May;16(4):213-21.
Check out Ian’s talk about his research at the 2021 URBAN Spring Symposium here!