Curriculum Vitae

Appointments

• Research Professor (2012-present) – Geology Department, Union College, Schenectady, NY; Adjunct Professor (2018-present)
• Associate Professor of Geology (2012-2016), Department Co-chair (2015-2016) – Department of Physical and Biological Sciences, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY (geoscience programs eliminated in 2016)
• Program Director, Environmental Science (2014-2016) – Department of Physical and Biological Sciences, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
• Assistant Professor of Geology (2006-2012) – Department of Physical and Biological Sciences, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
• Appointed Member, Glenville Wellfield Protection Committee (2011-2015) – Glenville, NY
• Postdoctoral Research & Teaching Fellow (2005-2006) – Geology Department, Union College, Schenectady, NY
• Instructor (Spring 2005, Fall 2003) – Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
• Research and Teaching Assistant (2000-2004) – Earth Sciences, Syracuse Univ., Syracuse, NY
• Geologist (1991-2000) – Alpha Earth, Inc., Glenmont, NY
• Geologist (1989-1990) – Geraghty & Miller, Inc., Bellevue, WA
• Research and Teaching Assistant (1986-1989) – Geological Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

 

Education

Ph.D. in Geology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, 2005
Dissertation: Timing and extent of glaciation in the tropical Andes
Advisor: Dr. Geoffrey O. Seltzer (1959-2005)

M.S. in Geology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Thesis: Soil thermal properties and latent heat effects deduced from temperature records in arctic soils
Advisor: Dr. Bernard Hallet

B.A. in Geology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine
Advisor:  Dr. Stephen Norton

 

Teaching at Union College

• Environmental Geology (GEO 112) – Fall and Spring terms (2018 – present)

 

Teaching at The College of Saint Rose

• Introduction to Environmental Geology
• Introductory Geology
• Structural Geology and Tectonics
• Aqueous Systems
• Glaciers and Climate Change
• Fundamentals of Science (Geology)
• Grand Canyon/Death Valley Geology – included field trip
• Geology of Southern California (Joshua Tree and San Andreas Fault) – included field trip
• Fire and Ice: Geology of Iceland – included field trip

 

Research Interests

My primary research interests lie in the fields of environmental geology, geomorphology, glacial geology, and paleoclimatology.  I am currently investigating microplastic pollution in the Mohawk Watershed of upstate New York.  Recently I have been involved in research into post-glacial landsliding in the San Juan Mountains and development of river terraces in the Rio Grande watershed of southern Colorado.  Previously I used cosmogenic dating to determine the age of glacial deposits in the Peruvian Andes, which allowed me to establish the timing of glacial advances and to infer the nature of associated climatic changes.

 

Publications

Peer-reviewed publications  

Johnson, B.G., Smith, J.A., and Diemer, J.A., 2017, A chronology of post-glacial landslides suggests that slight increases in precipitation could trigger a disproportionate geomorphic response: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, doi: 10.1002/esp.4168.  2018 Wiley Award Winner (awarded by British Society for Geomorphology for best paper published in Earth Surface Processes and Landforms in 2017)

Rodbell, D.T., Frey, H.M., Manon, M.R.F., Smith, J. A., McTurk, N.A. 2012, Development of unusual rock weathering features in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru:  Quaternary Research, v. 77, p. 149-158. (PDF)

Smith, J. A., and Rodbell, D.T., 2010, Cross-cutting moraines reveal evidence for North Atlantic influence on glaciers in the tropical Andes: Journal of Quaternary Science, v. 25, p. 243-248. (PDF)

Wang, A., Garver, J.I., Wang, G., Smith, J.A., and Zhang, K., 2010, Episodic exhumation of the Greater Himalayan Sequence since the Miocene constrained by fission track thermochronology in Nyalam, central Himalaya: Tectonophysics, v. 495, p. 315-323. (PDF)

Rodbell, D.T., Smith, J.A., and Mark, B.G., 2009, Glaciation in the Andes during the Late Glacial and Holocene: Quaternary Science Reviews (Special issue on Holocene glaciers), v. 28, p. 2165-2212. (PDF)

Hall, S.R., Farber, D.L., Ramage, J.M., Rodbell, D.T., Finkel, R.C., Smith, J.A., Mark, B.G., and Kassel, C., 2009, Geochronology of Quaternary glaciations from the tropical Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 28, p. 2991-3009. (PDF)

Wang, A., Smith, J.A., Wang, G., Zhang, K., Xiang. S., and Liu, D., 2009, Late Quaternary river terrace sequences in the eastern Kunlun Range, northern Tibet: A combined record of climatic change and surface uplift; Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 34, p. 532-543. (PDF)

Smith, J.A., Mark, B.G., and Rodbell, D.T., 2008, The timing and magnitude of mountain glaciation in the tropical Andes: Journal of Quaternary Science, v. 23, p. 609-634. (PDF)

Rodbell, D.T., Seltzer, G.O., Mark, B.G., Smith, J.A., and Abbott, M.B., 2008, Clastic sediment flux to tropical Andean lakes: records of glaciation and soil erosion: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 27, p. 1612-1626. (PDF)

Smith, J.A., Seltzer, G.O., Rodbell, D.T., Farber, D.L., and Finkel, R.C., 2005, Early local last glacial maximum in the tropical Andes:  Science, v. 308, p. 678-681. (PDF)

Smith, J.A., Seltzer, G.O., Rodbell, D.T., and Klein, A.G., 2005, Regional synthesis of last glacial maximum snowlines in the tropical Andes, South America: Quaternary International, v. 138-139, p. 145-167. (PDF)

Smith, J.A., Finkel, R.C., Farber, D.L., Rodbell, D.T., and Seltzer, G.O., 2005, Moraine preservation and boulder erosion in the tropical Andes: interpreting old surface exposure ages in glaciated valleys:  Journal of Quaternary Science, v. 20, p. 735-758. (PDF)

Ramage, J.M., Smith, J.A., Rodbell, D.T., and Seltzer, G.O., 2005, Comparing reconstructed Pleistocene equilibrium line altitudes in the tropical Andes of central Perú:  Journal of Quaternary Science, v. 20, p. 777-788. (PDF)

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Selected Abstracts (Names of undergraduate students underlined)

Smith, J.A., Caruso, E., and Wright, N., 2020, Microplastic pollution in Mohawk River tributaries: likely sources and potential implications for the Mohawk Watershed, in Garver, J.I., Smith, J.A., and Rodak, C. 2020, Proceedings of the 2020 Mohawk Watershed Symposium, Union College, Schenectady, NY, March 20, 2020 (cancelled), v. 12, 74 p., p. 53-58. PDF

Willard-Bauer, E., Smith, J.A., Garver, J.I., Goldman, D., and Newcomer, B., 2020, Enterococci levels in the Hans Groot Kill and Mohawk River, Schenectady, NY, in Garver, J.I., Smith, J.A., and Rodak, C. 2020, Proceedings of the 2020 Mohawk Watershed Symposium, Union College, Schenectady, NY, March 20, 2020 (cancelled), v. 12, 74 p., p. 63-67. PDF

Smith, J.A., Caruso, E., Wright, N., Willard-Bauer, E., and Garver, J. I., 2019, Elevated microplastic concentration in a small tributary stream under high-flow conditions: implications for the Mohawk River, New York: 2019 GSA Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, (22-25 September 2018), Paper 227-3, Abstracts with Program v. 51, no. 5, doi: 10.1130/abs/2019AM-333564.

Smith, J.A., Caruso, E., and Wright, N., 2019, Extreme rainfall, high water, and elevated microplastic concentration in the Hans Groot Kill: implications for the Mohawk River, in Garver, J.I., Smith, J.A., and Rodak, C., Proceedings of the 2019 Mohawk Watershed Symposium, Union College, Schenectady, NY, March 22, 2019, v. 11, 74 p., p. 54-59. PDF

Shimkus, A., and Smith, J.A., 2019, Confirming the presence of microplastics in Capital Region fish using a novel no-kill abdomen massage, in Garver, J.I., Smith, J.A., and Rodak, C., Proceedings of the 2019 Mohawk Watershed Symposium, Union College, Schenectady, NY, March 22, 2019, v. 11, 74 p., p. 49-53.

Willard-Bauer, E., Smith, J.A., Garver, J.I., 2019, Baseline monitoring of physical parameters and Enterococci levels in the Hans Groot Kill, Schenectady, NY, in Garver, J.I., Smith, J.A., and Rodak, C., Proceedings of the 2019 Mohawk Watershed Symposium, Union College, Schenectady, NY, March 22, 2019, v. 11, 74 p., p. 70-74.

Smith, J.A., Caruso, E., and Wright, N., 2018, Microplastic pollution in tributaries of the Mohawk River, New York State (abstract): 2018 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN (4-7 November 2018).

Smith, J. A. , Hodge, J.L., Kurtz, B.H., and Garver, J.I., 2018, Microplastic pollution in the main channel of the Mohawk River: final results of the 2016 sampling program, in Cockburn, J.M.H. and Garver, J.I., Proceedings of the 2018 Mohawk Watershed Symposium, Union College, Schenectady, NY, 23 March 2018, v. 10, p. 69-73. PDF

Shimkus, A., and Smith, J. A. , 2018, Accumulation of microplastic particles in New York State tributaries, in Cockburn, J.M.H. and Garver, J.I., Proceedings of the 2018 Mohawk Watershed Symposium, Union College, Schenectady, NY, 23 March 2018, v. 10, p. 61-64.

Smith, J.A., Hodge, J.L., Kurtz, B.H., and Garver, J.I., 2017, Pervasive microplastic pollution found in the Mohawk River, New York State: 2017 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA (22-25 October, 2017), Paper No. 94-8.

Smith, J.A., Hodge, J.L., Kurtz, B.H., and Garver, J.I., 2017, The distribution of microplastic pollution in the Mohawk River in Cockburn, J.M.H. and Garver, J.I., 2017. Proceedings of the 2017 Mohawk Watershed Symposium, Union College, Schenectady, NY, March 17, 2017, v. 9, 75 p., p. 67-71.

Smith, J.A., Garver, J.I., Hodge, J.L., and Kurtz, B.H., 2017, Fly ash and coal ash in the Mohawk River in Cockburn, J.M.H. and Garver, J.I., 2017. Proceedings of the 2017 Mohawk Watershed Symposium, Union College, Schenectady, NY, March 17, 2017, v. 9, 75 p., p. 63-66.

Smith, J.A., Hodge, J.L., Kurtz, B.H., and Garver, J.I., 2016, Quantifying microplastic pollution in the Mohawk River, eastern New York State: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Abstract H33F-1600.

Ivers, K.J., Beeton, J.M., Smith, J.A., and Johnson, B.G., 2016, Soils and geoarchaeology of the Upper Rio Grande Basin, San Juan Mountains, Colorado: 2016 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (25-28 September 2016), Paper No. 147-12.

Simmons, C., Ott, C., Beeton, J. M., Johnson, B. G., and Smith, J. A., 2016, Geomorphology of terraces and moraines in the upper Rio Grande basin, San Juan Mountains, Colorado, USA: 2016 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (25-28 September 2016), Paper No. 50-5.

Smith, J. A., Hodge, J. L., Kurtz, B. H., and Garver, J. I., 2016, Intensive sample for microplastic pollution in the Mohawk River, eastern New York State: 2016 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (25-28 September 2016), Paper No. 13-2.

Hodge, J. L., Smith, J. A., Garver, J. I., Ervolina, E., and Barry, B.T., 2016, Identification of microplastic particles from the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers using Raman spectroscopy: 2016 Hudson River Symposium, Hudson River Environmental Society, New Paltz, NY (4 May 2016).

Smith, J. A., Ervolina, E., and Barry, B.T., 2016, Characterizing microplastic pollution in New York State waterways: 2016 meeting of the Northeastern Section of the Geological Society of America, Albany, NY, March 21-23, 2016, Paper No. 59-1.

Smith, J. A., 2016, Microplastic pollution in the Mohawk and Hudson Watersheds, in Cockburn, J.M.H. and Garver, J.I., Proceedings of the 2016 Mohawk Watershed Symposium, Union College, Schenectady, NY, 18 March 2016, v. 8, 68 p.

Smith, J. A., Ervolina, E., and Barry, B.T., 2015, Microplastic pollution in New York State waterways: a future biomarker for the Anthropocene?: 2015 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015), Paper No. 4-7.

Smith, J. A., Ervolina, E., and Barry, B.T., 2015, Investigating the fate of microplastic particles in the Mohawk and Hudson watersheds, New York State: 2015 meeting of the Northeastern Section of the Geological Society of America, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 47, no. 3, p.58.

Barry, B., and Smith, J.A., 2014, Microplastic pollution in the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers, New York: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 46, no. 2, Abstract 8-5.

Barry, B., and Smith, J.A., 2014, Microplastics in the Mohawk-Hudson Watershed, in Cockburn, J.M.H. and Garver, J.I., Proceedings of the 2014 Mohawk Watershed Symposium, Union College, Schenectady, NY, March 21, 2014.

Smith, J.A., Zehner, S.P., Jr., Bowen, D.R., and Rodbell, D.T., 2013, Surface-exposure dating of Late Quaternary glacial advances in the Cordillera Blanca, Peruvian Andes (9°-10°S): American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Abstract PP31C-1881.

Cirone, A.M., Smith, J.A., Johnson, B.G., and Diemer, J.A., 2013, Searching for landslide triggers:  Early Holocene Trujillo Meadows Landslide in the southeastern San Juan Mountains, southern Colorado: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 45, no. 2, Abstract 79-4.

Smith, J.A., 2012, A Hands-on exercise in building Darcy tubes to improve student understanding of groundwater flow: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Abstract EF53F-0957.

Johnson, B.G., Smith, J.A., Diemer, J.A., Cirone, A.M., Krueger, K., and Schmidt, C., 2012, Examining the timing of large landslides in the southeastern San Juan Mountains of Colorado: implications for post-glacial landscape evolution in the region: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 44, no. 7, p. 461.

Krueger, K., Schmidt, C., Cirone, A.M., Smith, J.A., Diemer, J.A., and Johnson, B.G., 2012, Analysis of sediment cores from the Elk Meadows Landslide and the Silver Lakes Landslide: what sediment cores tell us about the timing and environmental conditions of large landslides in the southeastern San Juan Mountains: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 44, no. 7, p. 248.

Smith, J.A., Krueger, K., Schmidt, C., Cirone, A.M., Johnson, B.G., and Diemer, J.A., 2012, Analysis of sediment cores from a bog on the Silver Mountain Landslide, southeastern San Juan Mountains, southern Colorado: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 44, no. 7, p. 418.

Cirone, A.M., Smith, J.A., Johnson, B.G., and Diemer, J.A., 2012b, Sediment record from a bog on the Trujillo Meadows Landslide (>10.6 ka), southeastern San Juan Mountains, southern Colorado: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 44, no. 7, p. 236. [student presentation on independent research project]

Cirone, A.M., Smith, J.A., Johnson, B.G., and Diemer, J.A., 2012a, Analysis of a sediment core from a large landslide in the southeastern San Juan Mountains, southern Colorado: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 44, no. 2, Abstract 8-23. [student presentation on independent research project]

Zehner, S.P., Jr., Smith, J.A., Bowen, D.R., and Rodbell, D.T., 2012, Estimating apparent Slip Rates on the Cordillera Blanca Normal Fault, Peruvian Andes: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 44, no. 2, Abstract 40-1. [student presentation on independent research project]

Smith, J.A., Zehner, S.P., Jr., Bowen, D.R., Rodbell, D.T., and Graber, N.R., 2011, Apparent Slip Rates on the Cordillera Blanca Normal Fault, Peruvian Andes, Determined From Offset Moraine Crests: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Abstract 1189875.

Smith, J.A., Johnson, B.G., Diemer, J.A., and Cirone, A.M., 2011, Initial landscape evolution implications from a large landslide in the southeastern San Juan Mountains, southern Colorado: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 43, no. 5, Abstract 192534.

Smith, J.A., and Rodbell, D.T., 2010, Comparison of Glacial Records From 10°S and 11°S in the Peruvian Andes Suggests Similar Forcings but Different Local Influences: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Abstract GC21A-0853.

Smith, J.A., Rodbell, D.T., Bowen, D.R., Zehner, S.P., and Graber, N.R., 2010, Using offset moraines to determine apparent slip rates on the Cordillera Blanca Normal Fault, Peruvian Andes: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, no. 5, Abstract 177544.

Smith, J.A., and Rodbell, D.T., 2009, Late Quaternary Glacial Advances in the Central Peruvian Andes (10°-11°S) Suggest a Link to Heinrich Events: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Abstract PP23B-1398.

Smith, J.A., Rodbell, D.T., Farber, D.L., and Finkel, R.C., 2009, Timing of Late Quaternary glacial advances in the central Peruvian Andes (10°-11°S) suggests a link to Heinrich events: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, no. 2, Abstract 163305.

Smith, J.A., Farber, D.L., Finkel, R.C., Rodbell, D.T., and Seltzer, G.O., 2009, Late Quaternary Glaciations in the Central Peruvian Andes (10°-11°S) and Evidence for a Link to Heinrich Events: Joint Assembly, American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Abstract 1146.

Smith, J.A., and Rodbell, D.T., 2008, Cross-cutting moraines, big young ice, and evidence for multiple Late Quaternary glaciations in the southernmost Cordillera Blanca, Peru: Eos (Transactions, American Geophysical Union), v. 89, no. 52, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract GC21A-0717.

Rodbell, D.T., Abbott, M.B., Besonen, M., and Smith, J.A., 2008, Lake Junin (Peru) as a potential ICDP site: International Continental Drilling Program Workshop, Potsdam Germany: Acquiring high to ultra-high resolution records of past climatic change by scientific drilling.

Hupe, B., Smith, J.A., Rodbell, D.T., and Graber, N., 2008, Sediment record from bog cores in the southernmost Cordillera Blanca, Peru: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, no. 2, Abstract 32-3. [student presentation on independent research project]

Smith, J.A., Rodbell, D.T., and Ramage, J.M., 2007, Evidence for multiple late Quaternary glaciations in the southernmost Cordillera Blanca, Peru: Eos, v. 88, no. 52, AGU Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract PP33B-1278.

Smith, J.A., Rodbell, D.T., and Ramage, J.M., 2007, Cross-cutting moraines, big young ice, and the preservation of multiple late Quaternary glaciations in the southernmost Cordillera Blanca, Peru: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 7, Abstract 190-10.

Smith, J.A., and Rodbell, D.T., 2006, Cosmogenic dating of cross-cutting moraines on the Conococha Plain, southernmost Cordillera Blanca, Peru: Eos, v. 87, no. 52, AGU Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract PP13A-1576.

Rodbell, D.T., Mark, B.G., and Smith, J.A., 2006, Clastic sediment flux to tropical Andean lakes: records of glaciation and soil erosion: Eos, v. 87, no. 52, AGU Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract PP22A-03.

Hall, S.R., Ramage, J.M., Rodbell, D.T., Finkel, R.C., Smith, J.A., Mark, B.G., and Farber, D.L., 2006, Geochronology and equilibrium line altitudes of LLGM through Holocene glaciations from the tropical Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru: Eos, v. 87, no. 52, AGU Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract PP31C-1767.

Smith, J.A., and Rodbell, D.T., 2006, Cosmogenic dating of moraines at the southern end of the Cordillera Blanca, Peru:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, no. 7, Abstract 91-11.

Smith, J.A., Rodbell, D.T., and Ramage, J.M., 2005, Complex ice-flow directions in the gateway to the Cordillera Blanca, Peru:  Eos, v. 86, no. 52, AGU Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract U33A-0009.

Smith, J. A., Rodbell, D.T., and Finkel, R.C., 2005, Timing of mountain glacier maxima in the tropical Andes and the Northern Hemisphere: unexpected synchroneity:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 7, Abstract 15-2.

Smith, J. A., Finkel, R.C., Farber, D.L., Rodbell, D.T., and Seltzer, G.O., 2005, Interpreting old surface exposure ages in glacial valleys: an example from the tropical Andes:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 7, Abstract 248-10.

Rodbell, D.T., Smith, J.A., Finkel, R.C., and Farber, D.L., and Seltzer, G.O., 2005, The timing of glaciation in the tropical Andes from surface exposure dating and cores from glacial lakes:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 7, Abstract 15-2.

Smith, J.A., Ramage, J.M., and Rodbell, D.T., 2005, Comparing reconstructed Pleistocene equilibrium-line altitudes for the tropical Andes of central Peru:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 1, Abstract 82760.

Smith, J.A., Seltzer, G.O., Rodbell, D.T., Farber, D.L., and Finkel, R.C., 2004, A million-year record of glaciation in the tropical Andes:  Eos (Transactions, American Geophysical Union), v. 85, no. 47, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract U31A-0014.

Hall, S.R., Farber, D.L., Rodbell, D.T., Finkel, R.C., Ramage, J.M., Smith, J.A., Mark, B.G., and Seltzer, G.O., 2004, Geochronology of tropical alpine glaciations from the Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru: Eos (Transactions, American Geophysical Union), v. 85, no. 47, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract PP23A-1400.

Smith, J.A., Seltzer, G.O., Rodbell, D.T., Finkel, R.C., and Farber, D.L., 2004, Early last glacial maximum in the tropical Andes:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 6, Abstract 144-7.

Smith, J.A., Seltzer, G.O., Rodbell, D.T., Finkel, R.C., and Farber, D.L., 2003, Cosmogenic dating of moraines of the local last glacial maximum in the tropical Andes:  Eos (Transactions, American Geophysical Union), v. 84, no. 46, p. F895-F896.

Smith, J.A., Seltzer, G.O., Rodbell, D.T., Farber, D.L., and Finkel, R.C., 2003, Dating multiple glacial maxima in the tropical Andes:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 6, p. 109.

Garver, J.I., Rodbell, D.T., Smith, J.A., 2003, Living on the Edge: an international field course in geologic hazards at subduction zones:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 6, p. 524.

Smith, J.A., Farber, D.L., Seltzer, G.O., Finkel, R.C., and Rodbell, D.T., 2002, Chronology of tropical glaciation from cosmogenic dating:  Eos (Transactions, American Geophysical Union), v. 83, no. 47, p. 922.

Smith, J.A., Farber, D.L., Finkel, R.C., Seltzer, G.O., and Rodbell, D.T., 2002, Moraine preservation and boulder erosion in the Peruvian Andes:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6, p. 131.

Smith, J.A., Seltzer, G.O., Rodbell, D.T., Finkel, R.C., and Farber, D.L., 2001, Cosmogenic dating of glaciation in the Peruvian Andes: >400 10Be ka to last glacial maximum:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, no. 6, p. 441.

Books and Book Chapters

Zech, R., Smith, J.A., and Kaplan, M., 2009, Chronologies of the LGM and its termination in the Andes based on surface exposure dating (Chapter 3): Springer – Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research Series (DPER), Vol. 14 – Past climate variability from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Holocene in South America and Surrounding regions, Vimeux, F., Sylvestre, F., and Khodri, M. (Editors)

Eslinger, E., Oko, U., Smith, J.A., and Holliday, G.H., 1994, Introduction to Environmental Hydrogeology, SEPM Short Course Notes No. 32: Tulsa, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), 230 p.

Field trip guides

Smith, J.A., Eslinger, E., and Hansen, D.L., 1995, Environmental technology and preservation: the Pine Bush, landfills, and groundwater integrity; in Garver, J.I., and Smith, J.A. (eds.), 1995, Field trip guide for the 67th annual meeting of the New York State Geological Association, Union College, Schenectady, New York: Albany, New York State Geological Association, p. 383-404.

Garver, J.I., and Smith, J.A. (eds.), 1995, Field trip guide for the 67th annual meeting of the New York State Geological Association, Union College, Schenectady, New York: Albany, New York State Geological Association, 425 p.

Theses

Smith, J.A., 2005, Timing and extent of glaciation in the tropical Andes [unpublished Ph.D. dissertation]: Syracuse, Syracuse University, 173 p.

Smith, J.A., 1989, Soil thermal properties and latent heat effects deduced from temperature records in arctic soils [unpublished M.S. thesis]:  Seattle, University of Washington, 35 p.

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Research Grants

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

• Mohawk River Watershed Grants – Round 4
  2017, $15,630 (plus $3,960 in-kind match by Union College) – Applicant
  Investigation of microplastic pollution in tributaries of the Mohawk River
• Mohawk River Watershed Grants – Round 3
  2016, $15,200 (plus $7,700 in-kind match by The College of Saint Rose) – Applicant
  Investigation of microplastic pollution in the Mohawk River

The Wright Family Foundation, Inc., Schenectady, NY
2015, $25,000 to The College of Saint Rose (participant)
Field and Laboratory Equipment to Support Teaching, Learning, and Research in Environmental Science and Related Areas

 PRIME Lab Seed Analysis Program, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2012, $6,390 in-kind seed grant for ¹⁰Be sample analysis and AMS measurements (P.I.)
Timing of glaciation and post-glacial landsliding in the San Juan Mountains, southern Colorado and northern New Mexico

National Geographic Society Committee on Research and Exploration

• 2007, $19,976 (P.I.) – Linking terrestrial and lacustrine glacial deposition in the tropical Andes using cosmogenic dating and sediment coring
• 2004, $20,000 (participant) – Snowline elevations of Ice Age paleoglaciers in the Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru
• 2002, $20,000 (co-P.I.) – The pacing of tropical glaciation

The College of Saint Rose Scholars and Artists Program

• 2014, $3,997 – River terraces and glacial deposits along the Rio Grande: clues to landscape evolution and climate change in south-central Colorado
• 2013, $3,994 – Using river terraces along the Rio Grande to investigate landscape evolution and long-term climate change in south-central Colorado
• 2012, $3,992 – Identifying landslide hazards in the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado
• 2011, $3,986 – Investigating the history of glaciation and landsliding in the San Juan Mountains, southern Colorado and northern New Mexico
• 2010, $4,000 – Tectonic influence on glacier flow paths in the Cordillera Blanca, Peruvian Andes
• 2009, $4,000 – Tectonic influence on glacier flow paths in the Cordillera Blanca, Peruvian Andes
• 2008, $1,300 – Teaching students about global environmental change in the Peruvian Andes
• 2007, $4,000 – Determining the age and extent of maximum glaciation in the Peruvian Andes
• 2006, $4,000 – Investigating climate change and past ice ages in the Peruvian Andes

The College of Saint Rose Professional Development Grants

• 2011, $600 – Geological field work for student research in northern New Mexico/southern Colorado
• 2009, $500 – Bringing the field trip home: a plan to make geology videos in remote locations
• 2008, $500 – Field reconnaissance for development of a May-term geology course: “Geology of the Pacific NW”
• 2007, $500 – Equipment and student salary to support: Investigating climate change and past ice ages in the Peruvian Andes: a proposal for summer field work

Graduate student grants

• 2003, John James Prucha Field Research Fund, $500, Glacier expansion and climate change in the Bolivian Andes at the last glacial maximum
• 2001, Geological Society of America, Graduate Student Research Grant, $2,500,   Determining the timing and magnitude of Quaternary and Holocene climate change in the Peruvian Andes

 

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Invited Presentations

“Microplastic pollution in the Mohawk River Watershed”, Albany Pine Bush Preserve Science Lecture Series, online, 15 October 2020.  Link to video

“Microplastic pollution in the Mohawk River Basin”, Albany Chapter of Sigma Xi, Spring Meeting, Albany, NY, 30 April 2018.

“Microplastic pollution in the Mohawk River”, 2017/2018 Biology Seminars, Union College, 15 February 2018.

“The distribution of microplastic pollution in the Mohawk River”, 2017 Mohawk Watershed Symposium, Union College, Schenectady, NY, 17 March 2017.

“Microplastic pollution in the Mohawk River: what we know”, 2017 Schoharie River Center Annual Dinner, Esperance, NY, 29 January 2017.

“Microplastic pollution in the Mohawk and Hudson Watersheds”, 2016 Mohawk Watershed Symposium, Union College, Schenectady, NY, 18 March 2016.

“The Catskills in the Ice Age” by Robert Titus, a book review”, The Friends of the Albany Public Library, Albany, NY, 16 February 2016.

“Microplastics in the aquatic environment”, Natural Sciences Colloquium, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY, 3 February 2016.

“Microplastics”, Hudson-Mohawk Professional Geologists Association, Albany, NY, 16 September 2015.

“Climate Change”, Shaker Pointe at Carondolet, Watervliet, NY, 7 April 2014.

“Glacial records from the Peruvian Andes suggest similar climate forcings but different local influences”, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, & Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 7 February 2013.

“Glaciation in the tropical Andes”, Environmental Studies Program and Chemistry Department (jointly), Davidson College, Davidson, NC, 2 November 2012.

“Glaciation in the tropical Andes”, Geology Department, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 28 February 2011.

“Studying glaciation in the tropical Andes”, Doctors’ Guild, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY, 12 Oct. 2010.

“Thin Ice by Mark Bowen, a book review”, The Friends of the Albany Public Library, Albany, NY, 5 May 2009.

“Glaciers in the tropical Andes”, Albany Chapter of Sigma Xi, Spring Meeting, Albany, NY, 2 May 2008.

“Glaciers in the tropical Andes”, Hudson-Mohawk Professional Geologists Association, Albany, NY, 20 Feb. 2008.

“Ice in the tropics: reading the stories of glaciers”: Keynote address, Joseph Henry Science Fair, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY, 20 April 2007.

“Glaciers in the Andes: records of multiple ice ages in tropical South America”: Earth Sciences Joint Colloquium Series, University at Albany – SUNY, Albany, NY, 29 November 2006.

“Glaciers in the Andes: reconstructing paleoclimate in the tropics”: Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 17 February 2006.

“Glaciers of the tropical Andes: studying climate change in South America”: Department of Natural Sciences, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY, 9 November 2005.

“The glacial history of the tropical Andes”:  Department of Geological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 6 March 2004.

“Reconstructing the last glaciation in the central Peruvian Andes”:  LGM Snowline Workshop, Glasgow, Scotland, 19-22 September, 2002.

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