University of Michigan
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Gerald Smith

Gerald Smith

  • Professor Emeritus
    Ph.D., Zoology, University of Michigan, 1965

Contact information

  • University of Michigan
    1043A Museums Building
    1109 Geddes Ave
    Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079
  • Phone: (734) 764-0491
  • Fax: (734) 763-4080
  • Email: grsmith@umich.edu

Fields of study

Evolution of North American freshwater fishes

Research interests

Cenozoic fossils and calibration of rates of evolution; speciation, biogeography, conservation.

Academic background

B.S., 1957, and M.S., 1959, University of Utah
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1965, in Zoology

Faculty: University of Utah, 1963-66; University of Kansas, 1966-69; University of Michigan, 1969-2003.

UM affiliation

  • Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Department of Geological Sciences
  • Museum of Zoology
  • Museum of Paleontologyy
  • College of Literature, Science, and the Arts