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Lee Smee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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Education
- Ph.D., Ecology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
- MS, Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro
- BS, Biology Piedmont College Demorest, GA
Awards
- Georgia Tech Biology Graduate Student Association president 2002-2003
- Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers 2001, 2005
- Graduate Assistantship/IGERT Fellowship Georgia Tech August 2001-present
- NISOD Teaching Excellence Award May 2001
- Best Student Paper, Georgia Academy of Science, April 24, 1998
- Graduate Assistantship Georgia Southern University 1996-1998
- Cum Laude Graduate Piedmont College May, 1996
Publications
Smee, D.L., M.C. Ferner, and M.J. Weissburg. In review. Environmental forces alter the
scales of nonlethal predator effects in natural systems. Ecology.
Smee, D.L. and M.J. Weissburg. In review. Prey behavior in risky habitats: Does
predation pressure select for heightened avoidance responses? Marine Ecology Progress Series.
Smee, D.L. 2006. The ecology of yikes! Environmental forces alter prey responses to
predators. Ph.D. dissertation, Georgia Institute of Technology.
Smee, D.L., and M.J. Weissburg. 2006. Clamming up: Environmental forces diminish
the perceptive ability of bivalve prey. Ecology 87: 1587-1598.
Smee, D.L., and M.J. Weissburg. 2006. Hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria) evaluate
predation risk using chemical cues from predators and injured conspecifics. Journal of Chemical Ecology 32: 605-619.
Ferner, M.C., D.L. Smee, and Y. Chang. 2005. Cannibalistic crabs respond to the
scent of injured conspecifics: Danger or Dinner? Marine Ecology Progress Series 300: 193-200.
Weissburg, M.J., C.P. James, D.L. Smee, and D.R. Webster. 2003. Fluid mechanics
produces conflicting constraints during olfactory navigation of blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus. Journal of Experimental Biology 26: 171-180.
Weissburg, M.J., M.C. Ferner, D.P. Pisut, and D.L. Smee. 2002. Ecological
consequences of chemically mediated prey perception. Journal of Chemical Ecology 28: 1953-1970.
Smee, D. L. and Sandy B. Smee. 2001. Biology Laboratory Manual Second
Edition. Outernet Publishing Eden Prairie, MN. 203 pp.
Smee, D. L. and Sandy B. Smee. 1999. Biology Laboratory Manual.
EMC Paradigm Press, St. Paul, MN 199 pp.
Smee, D. L. 1998. Biology and behavior of the Nantucket pine tip moth,
Rhyacionia frustrana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) and Hyssopus rhyacioniae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). MS Thesis, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro.
Presentations
2006. Smee, D.L. The ecology of yikes! Environmental forces affect prey reactions to
Consumers. Georgia Tech Ph.D. defense seminar.
2005. Smee, D.L. and M.J. Weissburg. Does consumer pressure influence the predator
detection and avoidance ability of hard clams? Marine Benthic Ecology Meeting, Williamsburg, VA.
2004. Smee, D.L. and M.J. Weissburg. Turbulence impacts interactions
between marine consumers and prey. Ecological Society of America Meeting, Portland, OR.
2004. Smee, D.L. and M.J. Weissburg. Chemical Crypsis: Can hard clams hide
from blue crabs and knobbed whelks? Marine Benthic Ecology Meeting,
Mobile, AL.
2003. Smee, D.L. and M.J. Weissburg. Clamming up: Environmental forces
diminish the perceptive ability of bivalve prey. Ecological Society of America
Meeting, Savannah, GA.
2003. Smee, D.L. and M.J. Weissburg. Clamming up: Responses of hard clams
to blue crab and knobbed whelk predators. Marine Benthic Ecology Meeting.
Groton, CT.
2002. Smee, D.L. and M.J. Weissburg, and D.R. Webster. Locomotion and
chemosensory tradeoffs during olfactory navigation. Marine Benthic Ecology
Meeting, Orlando, FL.
1998. Smee, Delbert L., J. Copeland, and D.V. Hagan. Chemoreception
behavior of Rhyacionia frustrana and Hysspous rhyacioniae. Sigma Xi Chapter
Meeting. Georgia Southern, Statesboro.
1998. Smee, D.L. and D.V. Hagan. Behavior of Hysspous rhyacioniae, the
predominant parasitoid of Nantucket Pine Tip Moths in the Coastal Plain of Georgia. Georgia Academy of Science, Savannah, GA
1998. Smee, D.L. and D.V. Hagan. Behavior of Nantucket Pine Tip Moths
and associated parasitoids. Association of Southeastern Biologist Meeting, Monroe, LA
1997. Smee, Delbert L., J. Taylor, B. Hulsey, and D.V. Hagan.
Distribution of Lixophaga mediocris (Diptera: Tachinidae) in loblolly pine stands in the Coastal Plain of Georgia. North America Dipterist Society Meeting, Savannah, GA
1997. Smee, D.L. and D.V. Hagan. Effects of age, size, and treatment type of
loblolly pines on infestation rates of pine tip moths. Georgia Entomological Society Meeting, Helen, GA
1996. Smee, Delbert L., R.H. Wainberg, and B. Flick. Comparison of two silver
nylon carriers: silver nylon cloth vs. silver sulfadiazine cream. Piedmont College Seminar, Demorest, GA.
