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Nick Smith

@nickgregsmith.bsky.social

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Plant ecophysiologist. PI of PhUnKy Lab. Plants, ecosystems, global change. he/him. www.smithecophyslab.com

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Nick Smith @nickgregsmith.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Today is my first day as Davison & Fuller Chair in Life Sciences and Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln! I will be looking for graduate students, a postdoc, and a lab manager to join me at UNL (ads coming). Please reach out if interested!

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Nick Smith @nickgregsmith.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Trying to finish up my #ESA2026 talk. Here's the current version of the last slide for anyone interested. Talk is Thursday at 8:30 in 255A.

Slide reading "There are many ways plants can optimize photosynthesis and we can now quantitatively predict those strategies"

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Nick Smith @nickgregsmith.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The PhUnFETTy Lab will have a large showing at this week's #ESA2026. Come check out the cool work we've been doing!

A list of PhUnFETTy Lab presentations at #ESA2026

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Nick Smith @nickgregsmith.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

The PhUnFETTy lab will have four presentations at #ESA2025. These will cover plant ecophysiology, trait ecology, eutrophication, water availability, mycorrhizae, demography, theory, modeling, and more! Check out the flyer and replies below for more details. Hope to see you in Baltimore!

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Nick Smith @nickgregsmith.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Hey Lubbock folks: need something fun to do tonight? Consider stopping by Nashwell Cafe (downtown) for Science by the Glass. Tonight's speaker is bioarchaeologist Dr. Anna Novotny! The event starts at 6 PM tonight. Hope to see you there!

Flyer for Dr. Anna Novotny, speaking at tonight's Science by the Glass at 6 PM at Nashwell Cafe in Lubbock, TX. The title of the talk is "Restoring Voices, Reconnecting Communities: Bioarchaeologial Insights From Old Canaan Freedom Colony Cemetary"

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Nick Smith @nickgregsmith.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

And this plays out in the dataset! That is, we see that the responsiveness of leaf nitrogen to soil nitrogen increases with aridity and decreases with temperature of the sites

the change in leaf nitrogen with soil nitrogen fertilization, showing a negative response with increasing water availability and temperature and not significant change with light

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Nick Smith @nickgregsmith.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Sampled soils from our #NutNet plots for a project on arid land soil #carbon responses to #eutrophication. Dan had a much easier time than me! Isa (our photographer, not pictured) will be helping to look at root trait-soil C interactions. A lovely day for #fieldwork and we got quite the haul!

I struggle to get a soil core into the ground

Dan and I show off our soil cores in a West Texas rangeland

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Nick Smith @nickgregsmith.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

We had a great turnout at our Science by the Glass event last night! These events are put on by the TTU Climate Center and provide a venue for scientists to engage the with the community about their research Thanks to Abi Bhattachan for a fascinating talk on Valley Fever, West Texas, and Climate

Abi Bhattachan speaks to a crowd in Lubbock, Texas about Valley Fever at TTU Climate Center's Science by the Glass event in a coffee shop

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Nick Smith @nickgregsmith.bsky.social · 02/08/2024

The PhUnFETTy Lab has a bunch of cool science to share next week at #ESA2024! 🌿🍰🪴🎂🌳🥮🍄 Check out our lineup of talks here and in the thread below

Lineup of ESA 2024 talks by members of the PhUnFETTy Lab

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Nick Smith @nickgregsmith.bsky.social · 13/02/2024

The PhUnFETTy lab now has a new logo thanks to amazing undergrad Hannah German! Possibly more swag to come!

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Nick Smith @nickgregsmith.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

Was super great to host Lara Souza at TTU this week! (Was a little chilly for the e field trip this morning)

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