Chelsea T. Smartt

E-mail: csmart@ifas.ufl.edu

(90% Research, 10% Teaching)

1.   Education

• B.S. Biology, Tennessee State University , 1989                     
• Ph.D. Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California , Irvine , 1995
• Postdoctoral, Department of Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison , 1998

2.   Employment History

• Assistant Professor, (July 2004-present) University of Florida , Vero Beach .
• Access Database Manager , ( October 2003-May 2004) Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC).  
• Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program Coordinator, ( October 2003-May 2004) SAIC.    
• Breast Cancer Research Program Coordinator, ( 2003) SAIC.
• Scientist, ( 2002- 2003) SAIC.
• Human Subjects Protection Specialist, ( 2000–2001) AMDEX Corporation.
• Assistant Scientist , (1999-2000) Department of Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison .

3.   Research

• Molecular biology and biochemistry of disease transmitting mosquitoes
• Molecular entomology
• Gene expression and regulation
• Genetic basis of vector competence
•   Insecticide resistance mechanisms

4.   Publications

• Martin , A. E., B. K. Burgess, S. E. Iismaa , C. T. Smartt , M. K. Jacobson, and D. R. Dean. 1989. Construction and characterization of an Azotobacter vinelandii strain with mutations in the genes encoding flavodoxin and ferredoxin I. J. of Bacterology 171: 3162-3167.
• Champagne , D., C. T. Smartt , J. M. C. Ribeiro , and A. A. James. 1994. The salivary gland-specific apyrase of the mosquito Aedes aegypti is a member of the 5'-nucleotidase family. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 92(3):694-8.
• Smartt, C.T ., A. P. Kim, G. L. Grossman, and A. A. James. 1995. The Apyrase gene of the vector mosquito, Aedes aegypti, is expressed specifically in the adult female salivary glands. Exp. Parasitol . 81(3): 239-48.
• Smartt, C. T ., J. K. Chiles, C. A. Lowenberger , and B. M. Christensen. 1998. Biochemical analysis of a bloodmeal induced Aedes aegypti glutamine synthetase gene. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 28(12): 935-945.
• Ferdig , M. T., A. S. Taft, C. T. Smartt , C. A. Lowenberger , J. Li, and B. M. Christensen. 1999. Aedes aegypti Dopa decarboxylase : gene structure and regulation. Insect Molecular Biology 9(3): 231-240.
• Lowenberger , C. A., C. T. Smartt , D. W. Severson, P. Bulet , J. A. Hoffman, and B. M. Christensen. 1999. Insect immunity: Molecular cloning, expression, and characterization of cDNAs and genomic DNA encoding three isoforms of defensin in Aedes aegypti . Insect Molecular Biology 8(1): 107-118.
• Ibrahim G.H., C.T. Smartt , L.M. Kiley and B.M. Christensen. 2000. Cloning and characterization of the Chitin Synthase cDNA from the mosquito Aedes aegypti.   Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 30(12): 1213-22.  
• Zhao, X. C.T. Smartt and B.M. Christensen.   2000. A novel member of the RING finger gene family in the mosquito, Aedes aegypti . Insect Molecular Biology 9(3): 301-308.
• Smartt, C.T ., L.M. Kiley , J.F. Hillyer , R. Dasgupta and B.M. Christensen. 2001.   Aedes aegypti glutamine synthetase : expression and gene structure. Gene 274(1-2): 35-45.
• Zhao, X., C.T. Smartt , J. Li and B.M. Christensen. 2001. Aedes aegypti Peroxidase Gene Characterization and Developmental Expression. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 31(4-5): 481-90.