Kate Smith

Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences

Faculty of Science

Kate has a BSc in chemistry from Michigan Technological University (2008) and a MSc in geochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2010). She has seven years of experience working as an analytical chemist for the State of WI. In 2017, she joined Dr. Dominique Weis’ group at the Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research (PCIGR) at UBC as an International Doctoral Fellow. At PCIGR, Kate is exploring the use of honey as an environmental monitoring tool for urban centres. Trace elements and isotopic compositions of honey (and other bee products) from Metro Vancouver hives reveal geospatially-constrained chemical snapshots of ~2 km-diameter regions (the range of a typical honey bee). Thus, it is possible to use honey to assess small-scale variations in trace elements, and their isotopes, of particular interest to pollution processes.

First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that the UBC Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people.

Social Exposome Cluster

950 West 28th Avenue
Vancouver, BC Canada V5Z 4H4

Research Excellence Clusters at UBC Vancouver is a joint initiative of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver and the Vice-President, Research and Innovation. Funding support for the clusters is provided by Academic Excellence Funds – UBC Vancouver.

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