Greg Goldsmith

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My research centers on understanding the plant functional response of forests to present and future climate. To answer my questions, I draw on tools from the fields of ecophysiology, ecology, micrometeorology, hydrology, stable isotope biogeochemistry, and remote sensing. I also have a deep interest in developing best practices for education for formal and informal science and engineering education. 

I am currently the Wang-Fradkin Assistant Professor in Biological Sciences in the Schmid College of Science and Technology at Chapman University (Orange, California). I also direct the Grand Challenges Initiative, a program that serves undergraduate students in both science and engineering. I am an early career fellow of the Ecological Society of America. You can find my full CV here: GoldsmithCV2022.

Prior to joining Chapman, I was a  a post-doctoral research fellow with Dr. Rolf Siegwolf at the Paul Scherrer Institute. I was also a post-doctoral researcher with Professor Yadvinder Malhi in the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University.

I completed my doctorate with Professor Todd Dawson in the Department of Integrative Biology at University of California Berkeley (2012). I hold a B.A. in biology and environmental studies from Bowdoin College (2005).  

I can be contacted through the email link at the top right of the page. 

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Research Group
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Dr. Nadia Valverdi
Postdoctoral Research Associate 

Dr. Andrew Felton
USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Lou Duloisy
Lab Technician 

Brandon Bernardo
Undergraduate Research Assistant (Plant Ecophysiology)

Cami Acosta 
Undergraduate Research Assistant (Plant Ecophysiology)

Gabriella Dauber
Undergraduate Research Assistant (Plant Ecophysiology)

Research Group - Distinguished Alumni

Dr. Z. Carter Berry (Grand Challenges Initiative Postdoctoral Research and Teaching Fellow, 2017-2020)
Now Research Assistant Professor at Wake Forest University

Dr. Eleinis Avila-Lovera (Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2018-2020)
Now Smithsonian Institution Postdoctoral Fellow at STRI (Panama) 

Dr. Scott Allen (Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2017-2019)
Now Assistant Professor at University of Nevada Reno

Dr. Carlos Aguirre Gutierrez
CONACYT Visiting Graduate Student (Plant Ecophysiology)

Lauren Sanchez '21
Undergraduate Research Assistant (Plant Ecophysiology)

Alex Drivas '21
Undergraduate Research Assistant (Plant Ecophysiology)

Kendra Ellertson '21
Undergraduate Research Assistant (Plant Ecophysiology)

Natasha Lindert '21
Undergraduate Research Assistant (Plant Ecophysiology)

Mehret Collison
Undergraduate Research Assistant (Evidence-Based Use of Educational Technology)

Daisy Haas '21
Undergraduate Research Assistant (Evidence-Based Use of Educational Technology)

​Monroe Roush '21 
Undergraduate Research Assistant (Evidence-Based Use of Educational Technology)

Alex Guerrero '21
Undergraduate Research Assistant (Plant Ecophysiology)
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Liliana Dawidoff '18
Undergraduate Honors Research (Evidence-Based Practice for Teaching Teamwork)