Elizabeth F. Smith
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Paul M. Dauten, Jr. Professor of Biological Sciences
Elizabeth F. Smith, the Paul M. Dauten Jr. Professor of Biological Sciences, has served as dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences since 2017. She leads Dartmouth's largest academic unit, overseeing its educational policies, curriculum, and all matters relating to the effectiveness, development, and wellbeing of more than 600 faculty members. Smith was previously associate dean of the sciences and has also served as chair of the Department of Biological Sciences. An accomplished research scientist, she has published papers in leading journals and received grant support from institutions including the American Cancer Society, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the March of Dimes Foundation.
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Department(s)
Biological Sciences
Administration
Dean of Faculty
Education
- B.A. Agnes Scott College
- Ph.D. Emory University
Selected Publications
Lin, J., Le, V., Augsperger, K., Tritschler, D., Bower, R., Fu, G., Perrone, C., O'Toole, E.T., VanderWaal Mills, K., Dymek, E.E., Smith, E.F., Nicastro, D. and M.E. Porter (2019) FAP57/WDR65 targets assembly of a subset of inner arm dyneins and connects to regulatory hubs in cilia. Molecular Biology of Cell, 2019 Oct 1;30(21):2659-2680. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E19-07-0367. Epub 2019 Sep 4. PMID: 31483737
Dymek, E.E., Lin, J., Fu, G., Porter, M.E., Nicastro, D. and E.F. Smith (2019) PACRG and FAP20 form the inner junction of axonemal doublet microtubules and regulate ciliary motility. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2019 Jul 15;30(15):1805-1816. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E19-01-0063. Epub 2019 May 22. PMID: 31116684
Fu, G., Zhao, L., Dymek, E.E., Hou, Y., Song, K, Phan, N., Shang, Z., Smith, E.F., Witman, G., Nicastro, D. Structural organization of the C1a-e-c supercomplex within the ciliary central apparatus. (submitted)
Loreng, T.D. and E.F. Smith. (2017) The central apparatus of cilia and eukaryotic flagella. In Cilia and Flagella. Wallace Marshall ed. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. 9(2)