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Awards & Achievements
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Professor Andrew (FA) Smith

Telephone	+61 8 8313 6517
Position	Professor
Email	andrew.smith@adelaide.edu.au
Fax	+61 8 8313 6511
Building	Prescott Building
Floor/Room	3 11
Campus	Waite (CSIRO)
Org Unit	Agriculture Food and Wine, School of

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Biography/ Background

MA (1965), PhD (1967), Cambridge UK

Appoined Lecturer, University of Adelaide, 1967. Retired as Professor of Botany, December 2000 and appointed Emeritus Professor of the University. Adjunct Professor, School of Earth & Environmental Sciences until end 2009; transferred to School of Agriculture, Food & Wine as a result of Faculty reorganisation.

Awards & Achievements

Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1990)

Australian Government Centenary Medal (2001), for services to biology and education

Honorary Professor, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing

Honorary Professor, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen

Fellow of the Borneo Research Council

Research Interests

Plant-soil relations, especially the physiology and ecology of plant-fungal (arbuscular mycorrhizal) symbioses that occur in most plants worldwide, under many soil conditions.

Soil toxicity, especially arsenic

History and ecology of Borneo, especially the development of trading links with the outside world.

Professional Interests

Development of international research links, especially Australia-China

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Entry last updated: Wednesday, 24 Feb 2010

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