Positions

Research Areas research areas

Overview

  • In general, my research tends to focus on the interface between agriculture and plant community and ecosystem ecology. My interests include weed ecology and management, the role of diversity in agroecosystem function, plant invasions, community assembly theory, trophic interactions, and implications of land-use and climate change. The overall goal of my research is to better understand the ecological interactions that underpin agricultural production systems so as to improve the economic and environmental sustainability of agriculture.
  • Principal Investigator On

  • Increasing resiliency to change winters in the Northeast: understanding effects on perennial forage and weed community dynamics  awarded by Pennsylvania State University 2022 - 2025
  • Enhancing the Sustainability of US Cropping Systems Through Cover Crops and an Innovative Information and Technology Network  awarded by North Carolina State University 2019 - 2024
  • Expanding No-Till Organic Vegetable Production Through the Combination of High-Residue Cover Crops  awarded by University of Vermont 2018 - 2021
  • Building Resilience in the Northeast through Double Cropping and Diverse Forage Crop Mixtures  awarded by Cornell University 2016 - 2021
  • Collateral Protection: Quantifying and Mitigating Impacts of Seed Treatments on Weeds and Their Natural Enemies  awarded by US DA, Department of Agriculture 2017 - 2021
  • Getting from here to there: Protecting and Promoting Ecosystem Services During the Conversion of Forests to Fields in New England  awarded by US DA, Department of Agriculture 2015 - 2020
  • Pesky Weeds and Patchy Resources: Understanding the Role of Soil Spatial Heterogeneity and Root Foraging in Mediating Interspecific Competition  awarded by US DA, Department of Agriculture 2015 - 2018
  • Uncovering the Belowground Drivers of Weed-Crop Competition for Improved Weed Management  awarded by US DA, Department of Agriculture 2013 - 2018
  • Rewiring the Network: Structural and Functional Responses of Soil Faunal Food Webs to Pesticide Seed Treatments  awarded by University of Vermont 2013 - 2016
  • Precision Zonal Management Systems for Resilient Cereal Yields and Ecosystem Services under Variable Climates  awarded by Pennsylvania State University 2012 - 2016
  • Feasibility of Integrating Annual Feed Grains into Established Organic Pasture  awarded by University of Vermont 2012 - 2014
  • Development of an Ecologically-Based Agricultural Land-Use Assessment Framework for the Blue Hills Foundation Hayfields  awarded by Blue Hills Foundation Inc 2012
  • Teaching Activities

  • Agroecology Taught course
  • Analysis of Ecological Data Taught course
  • Analysis of Ecological Data Taught course
  • Doctoral Research Taught course
  • Doctoral Research Taught course
  • Interdisciplinary Research Taught course
  • Special Topics Taught course
  • Work Experience Taught course
  • Work Experience Taught course
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2024
  • Interdisciplinary Research Taught course 2024
  • Work Experience Taught course 2024
  • Agroecology Taught course 2023
  • Analysis of Ecological Data Taught course 2023
  • Analysis of Ecological Data Taught course 2023
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2023
  • Work Experience Taught course 2023
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2022
  • Interdisciplinary Research Taught course 2022
  • Spc Top/Cover Crop Ecol&Mgmt Taught course 2022
  • Work Experience Taught course 2022
  • Agroecology Taught course 2022
  • Analysis of Ecological Data Taught course 2022
  • Analysis of Ecological Data Taught course 2022
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2022
  • Work Experience Taught course 2022
  • Interdisciplinary Research Taught course 2021
  • Spc Top/Cover Crop Ecol&Mgmt Taught course 2021
  • Work Experience Taught course 2021
  • Investigations Taught course 2021
  • Work Experience Taught course 2021
  • Agroecology Taught course 2021
  • Analysis of Ecological Data Taught course 2021
  • Analysis of Ecological Data Taught course 2021
  • Work Experience Taught course 2021
  • Work Experience Taught course 2020 - 2021
  • Agroecology Taught course 2020
  • Analysis of Ecological Data Taught course 2020
  • Analysis of Ecological Data Taught course 2020
  • Work Experience Taught course 2020
  • Work Experience Taught course 2019
  • Agroecology Taught course 2019
  • Analysis of Ecological Data Taught course 2019
  • Analysis of Ecological Data Taught course 2019
  • Inv/Cover Crop Termination Taught course 2017
  • Investigations Taught course 2017
  • Agroecology Taught course 2017
  • Analysis of Ecological Data Taught course 2017
  • Analysis of Ecological Data Taught course 2017
  • Agroecology Taught course 2016
  • Analysis of Ecological Data Taught course 2016
  • Field Experience Taught course 2015
  • Field Experience Taught course 2015
  • Investigations Taught course 2015
  • Agroecology Taught course 2015
  • Analysis of Ecological Data Taught course 2015
  • Investigations Taught course 2015
  • Field Experience Taught course 2014
  • Field Experience Taught course 2014
  • Investigations Taught course 2014
  • Agroecology Taught course 2014
  • Analysis of Ecological Data Taught course 2014
  • Investigations Taught course 2014
  • Education And Training

  • B.S. Biology, University of New Mexico
  • Ph.D. Plant Biology; Ecology, Evolutionary Biology & Behavior, Michigan State University
  • Full Name

  • Richard Smith