 Greg Goldsmith
Tropical Plant Ecologist
University of California, Berkeley
Greg Goldsmith is a doctoral student in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, where he holds a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. His research focuses on the use of plant ecophysiological techniques to understand the effects of climate change on plant communities. Goldsmith’s work aims to generate mechanistic science with the ability to inform real-time conservation and restoration efforts. He has previously conducted arctic, alpine, neotropical, and paleotropical research with funding from the National Science Foundation, the Arctic Institute of North America, and the Freeman Foundation for Asian Studies. Goldsmith earned a B.A with honors in biology and environmental studies from Bowdoin College.
In addition to his background as a scientist, Goldsmith brings significant experience in teaching and communicating ecological science. He serves on the board of directors for the non-profit, science education organization Ecology Project International, with whom he previously taught tropical biology to high school and college students from the United States and Costa Rica. Goldsmith has lectured to public and scientific audiences at Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Toolik Field Station, the Maine State Climate Summit, Simmons College, and the University of California, Berkeley. His research is published in Forest Ecology and Management, Revista de Biología Tropical, Biotropica, Journal of Ecology, Ecological Research, and Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
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