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  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Brian D. Smith is affiliated with the Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields including biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental science, with a notable focus on molecular biology and ecology as subfields.

The research topics covered by Brian D. Smith include:

  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Brian D. Smith has published papers in several prominent scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Environmental Pollution
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • The FASEB Journal
  • Molecular Cancer Research
  • The Science of The Total Environment

The scientist has contributed to multiple recent papers including:

  • "London's river of plastic: High levels of microplastics in the Thames water column" (2020) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "High prevalence of plastic ingestion by Eriocheir sinensis and Carcinus maenas (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) in the Thames Estuary" (2020) in Environmental Pollution
  • "The ecology and evolution of human-wildlife cooperation" (2022) in People and Nature
  • "Safeguarding human-wildlife cooperation" (2022) in Conservation Letters
  • "Status, ecology and conservation of Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) in Malampaya Sound, Palawan, Philippines" (2023) in The "journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue"

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Brian D. Smith include:

  • Dwight V. Nissley
  • Frank McCormick
  • Anna Maciąg
  • Raúl Urrutia
  • Marcin Dyba

Their work has led to awards such as the fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2002.

Best Publications

  • Dolphins, whales and porpoises : 2002-2010 conservation action plan for the world's cetaceans

    Randall R. Reeves;Brian D. Smith;Enrique A. Crespo;Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara

  • PCB pollution continues to impact populations of orcas and other dolphins in European waters

    Paul D. Jepson;Rob Deaville;Jonathan L. Barber;Àlex Aguilar

  • Trace-metal detoxification and tolerance of the estuarine worm Hediste diversicolor chronically exposed in their environment

    Catherine Mouneyrac;O Mastain;JC Amiard;Claude Amiard-Triquet

  • Bycatch in gillnet fisheries threatens critically endangered small cetaceans and other aquatic megafauna

    Robert L. Brownell;Randall R. Reeves;Andrew J. Read;Brian D. Smith

  • Re-assessment of the Conservation Status of the Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis) Using the IUCN Red List Criteria

    Thomas A Jefferson;Brian D Smith

  • Cellular internalization of silver nanoparticles in gut epithelia of the estuarine polychaete Nereis diversicolor.

    Javier García-Alonso;Farhan R. Khan;Superb K. Misra;Mark Turmaine

  • The alien Chinese mitten Crab, Eriocheir sinensis (Crustacea : Decapoda : Brachyura), in the thames catchment

    Paul F. Clark;Philip S. Rainbow;Roni S. Robbins;Brian Smith

  • Biomonitoring of trace metals in the Gulf of Gdansk, using mussels (Mytilus trossulus) and barnacles (Balanus improvisus)

    P.S Rainbow;M Wolowicz;W Fialkowski;B.D Smith

  • Accumulation and soluble binding of cadmium, copper, and zinc in the polychaete Hediste diversicolor from coastal sites with different trace metal bioavailabilities.

    B. Berthet;C. Mouneyrac;J. C. Amiard;C. Amiard-Triquet

  • London's river of plastic: High levels of microplastics in the Thames water column.

    Katharine H. Rowley;Anna-Christina Cucknell;Brian D. Smith;Paul F. Clark

  • Partitioning of accumulated trace metals in the talitrid amphipod crustacean Orchestia gammarellus: a cautionary tale on the use of metallothionein-like proteins as biomarkers

    C Mouneyrac;J.C Amiard;C Amiard-Triquet;A Cottier

  • Comparative biomonitors of coastal trace metal contamination in tropical South America (N. Brazil).

    Carlos Augusto R. e Silva;Brian D. Smith;Philip S. Rainbow

  • Biomonitoring of trace metal contamination in the Potengi estuary, Natal (Brazil), using the oyster Crassostrea rhizophorae, a local food source.

    C.A.R Silva;P.S Rainbow;B.D Smith;Z.L Santos

  • From biomarkers to population responses in Nereis diversicolor: Assessment of stress in estuarine ecosystems

    Cyril Durou;Cyril Durou;Brian D. Smith;Michèle Roméo;Philip S. Rainbow

  • The Trichoptera barcode initiative: a strategy for generating a species-level Tree of Life.

    Xin Zhou;Paul B. Frandsen;Ralph W. Holzenthal;Clare R. Beet

  • Contaminants in cetaceans from UK waters: Status as assessed within the Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme from 1990 to 2008

    Robin J. Law;Jon Barry;Jonathan L. Barber;Philippe Bersuder

  • Bioaccumulation dynamics and modeling in an estuarine invertebrate following aqueous exposure to nanosized and dissolved silver

    Farhan R. Khan;Superb K. Misra;Superb K. Misra;Javier García-Alonso;Javier García-Alonso;Brian D. Smith

  • HIV risks among two types of male migrants in Shanghai, China: money boys vs. general male migrants.

    Na He;Frank Wong;Z Huang;Yingying Ding

  • Integrating multiple lines of evidence to better understand the evolutionary divergence of humpback dolphins along their entire distribution range: a new dolphin species in Australian waters?

    Martin Mendez;Martin Mendez;Thomas A. Jefferson;Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis;Michael Krützen

  • Geographical and seasonal variation of trace metal bioavailabilities in the Gulf of Gdansk, Baltic Sea using mussels ( Mytilus trossulus ) and barnacles ( Balanus improvisus ) as biomonitors

    P. S. Rainbow;W. Fialkowski;A. Sokolowski;B. D. Smith

  • Biology and conservation of freshwater cetaceans in Asia

    Randall R. Reeves;Brian D. Smith;Toshio Kasuya

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip S. Rainbow
Philip S. Rainbow Natural History Museum
Samuel N. Luoma
Samuel N. Luoma University of California, Davis
Eugenia Valsami-Jones
Eugenia Valsami-Jones University of Birmingham
Jean-Claude Amiard
Jean-Claude Amiard University of Nantes
Catherine Mouneyrac
Catherine Mouneyrac Catholic University of the West
Claude Amiard-Triquet
Claude Amiard-Triquet University of Nantes
Robin J. Law
Robin J. Law Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Paul Jepson
Paul Jepson Zoological Society of London
Jonathan L. Barber
Jonathan L. Barber Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
David Morritt
David Morritt Royal Holloway University of London

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