Scott Smith

My research is driven by the need to establish safe and appropriate limits for metals and nutrients in aquatic systems.  There are three main areas of research (1) nutrient removal/recovery (2) metal speciation/toxicity (3) analytical methods for in-situ analysis (monitoring).  This research is supported by many government and industrial partners.

I often have positions open for graduate students. Please contact me (ssmith@wlu.ca) for specific opportunities currently available. Projects tend to involve metal speciation analysis, dissolved organic matter quality, nutrient removal and recovery and will include aspects of field work, laboratory research and mathematical modelling.

• A critical assessment of physicochemical indices used to characterise natural dissolved organic carbon (DOC), their inter-relationships, and the effects of pH. Morris, C.; Zulian, S.; Brauner, C. J.; Wood, C. M.; and Smith, D. S. Environmental Chemistry, 21(4): NULL. 2024. doi
• Impact of organic matter constituents on phosphorus recovery from CPR sludges. Alnimer, A. A.; Smith, D. S.; and Parker, W. J. Water Environment Research, 96(10). October 2024. doi
• Natural organic matter (NOM) can increase the uptake fluxes of three critical metals (Ga, La, Pt) in a unicellular green alga. Hourtané, O.; Smith, D. S.; and Fortin, C. Chemosphere, 365: 143311. October 2024. doi
• Modeling dissolved organic carbon in inland waters using an unmanned aerial vehicles-borne hyperspectral camera. El Alem, A.; Chokmani, K.; Venkatesan, A.; Lhissou, R.; Martins, S.; Campbell, P.; Cardille, J.; McGeer, J.; and Smith, S. Science of The Total Environment, 954: 176258. December 2024.doi
• Biotic and abiotic effects of soil organic matter on the phytoavailable phosphorus in soils: a review. Jindo, K.; Audette, Y.; Olivares, F. L.; Canellas, L. P.; Smith, D. S.; and Paul Voroney, R. Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture, 10(1): 29. 2023. doi 
• Insight into direct phosphorus release from simulated wastewater ferric sludge: Influence of physiochemical factors. Alnimer, A. A.; Smith, D. S.; and Parker, W. J. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 11(3): 110259. jun 2023. doi 
• Developing Understanding of the Fate and Behaviour of Silver in Fresh Waters and Waste Waters. Smith, D. S.; Nasir, R.; Parker, W.; Peters, A.; Merrington, G.; van Egmond, R.; and Lofts, S. Science of The Total Environment, 757: 143648. 2021. doi   
• Complexation reduces nickel toxicity to purple sea urchin embryos (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus), a test of biotic ligand principles in seawater. Sherman, S.; Chen, W.; Blewett, T. A.; Smith, D. S.; Middleton, E.; Garman, E.; Schlekat, C.; and McGeer, J. C. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 216: 112156. 2021. doi 
• Revised application of copper ion selective electrode (Cu-ISE) in marine waters: A new meta-calibration approach. Marcinek, S.; Chapoulie, A.; Salaün, P.; Smith, S.; and Omanović, D. Talanta, 226: 122170. may 2021. doi  
• Comparing a Fully Optimized ContinUouS (FOCUS) method with the analytical inversion of Non Ideal Competitive Adsorption (NICA) for determining the conditional affinity spectrum (CAS) of H and Pb binding to natural organic matter. Chen, W.; Guéguen, C.; Smith, D. S.; Galceran, J.; Puy, J.; and Companys, E. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects,127785. 2021. doi 

Full publication list.

Fall 2024

CH261 (Analytical Chemistry I)

Winter 2025

Medical leave

RECENT COURSES

SC102, CH234, CH261, CH262, WASC403, CH622

• Laurier researchers spearhead AQUAsong project to give youth research lab experience
• First annual GHG Missions project meeting (May, 2024)