Robert A. Smith, MS
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Robert A. Smith, MS
Distinguished Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Contact Info:
Office: STC 275
McNeil Science Technology Center
Voice: (215) 596-8918
Fax: (215) 596-8710
Email: r.smith@usp.edu
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Training and Degrees
M.S in Pharmacognosy: Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science, Phila., PA 1973
B.S. in Biology: Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science, Philadelphia, PA 1970
Prior Positions
Assistant Professor in Biology: Philadelphia College of Pharmacy Science, Philadelphia, PA 1993-2008
Instructor in Biology: Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science, Philadelphia, PA. 1973-1993
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science, Philadelphia, PA. 1971-1973
Membership in Professional Organizations
Rho Chi, national pharmacy honors society
Sigma Xi, national research society
National Association of Biology Teachers
Council on Undergraduate Research
Research Interests
Plant tissue culture as a means of secondary metabolite production: developing models for organogenesis and embryogenesis in plant tissue culture. Developing antihelmintic assays using C. elegans as a model organism.
Selected Recent Publications
Smith, R. A. and Belzer, N. 2002. Production of haploid tobacco plants using anther culture. The American Biology Teacher 6: 443-448.
Nguyen, T., Eshragi, J., Gonyea, G., Ream, R. M., and Smith, R. A. 2001. Studies on factors influencing stability and recovery of paclitaxel from suspension media and cultures of Taxus cuspidata cv Densiformis by high-performance liquid chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A 911: 55-61
Smith, R. A., Drummond, S, Haines, A., Porter, J and Hock, R. 2001. Induction of umbelliferone in sweet potato cell suspension culture using mercuric chloride. Biotechnology Letters 23: 1397-1400.
Smith, R. A., Burns, G., Freud, B., Fenning, S., Hoffman, R., and Sabapathi, D. 2000. Demonstrating type I and type II errors using Rhizopus spore diameter data. The American Biology Teacher 62: 654-657.
Smith, R. A., Calviello, C., DerMarderosian, A and Palmer, M. E. 2000. Evaluation of antibacterial activity of Belizean plants: An improved method. Pharmaceutical Biology, 38: 25-29.
Smith, R. A., Anderson, E., and Wolenski, D. The American Biology Teacher 62: 445-447.
Roia, F. C., Smith, R. A., and Johnson, J. R. 2001. Microbiology Laboratory Exercises: For Health Related Majors. (6th ed.). Pearson Custom Publishing: Boston, MA.
Smith, R. A. 2000. Plant Cloning: Somatic Embryogenesis. In: Madrazo, G. and Dyche, S. E. (Eds.), Exciting Plant Science Activities for the Secondary Classroom, University of North Carolina Mathematics and Science Education Network (MSEN): Chapel Hill, North Carolina, pp 72-79.