My academic profile

2013 - 2023 Lecturer and Senior Lecturer, Geology Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

2009 - 2013 Researcher, National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), Rome, Italy

2001 - 2009 MSci and PhD, Durham University, England

My top-10 research publications:

For a complete list of publications see Google Scholar.

* indicates a publication from one of my former students or a colleague who is a non-native English author. My role in each of these papers included intensive developmental and scientific editing.

*Tarling, M. S., Smith, S. A. F., Negrini, M., Kuo, L-W., Wu, Wei-Hsin & Cooper, A.F. (2022) An evolutionary model and classification scheme for nephrite jade based on veining, fabric development, and the role of dissolution-precipitation. Nature Scientific Reports, 12, 7823. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-11560-7  

*Tarling, M. S., Smith, S. A. F., & Scott, J. M. (2019). Fluid overpressure from chemical reactions in serpentinite within the source region of deep episodic tremor. Nature Geoscience, 12, 1034-1042. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-019-0470-z.pdf?origin=ppub

*Tarling, M. S., Smith, S. A. F., Viti, C., & Scott, J. M. (2018). Dynamic earthquake rupture preserved in a creeping serpentinite shear zone. Nature Communications, 9, 3552. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05965-0  

Smith, S. A. F., Nielsen, S., & Di Toro, G. (2015). Strain localization and the onset of dynamic weakening in calcite fault gouge. Earth & Planetary Science Letters, 413, 25-36. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X14008048

*Kuo, L-W., Li, H., Smith, S.A.F., Di Toro, G., Suppe, J., Song, S.R., Nielsen, S.B., Sheu, H-S. & Si, J. (2013) Gouge graphitization and dynamic fault weakening during the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake, Geology, v.42, 47-50. https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article-abstract/42/1/47/131340/Gouge-graphitization-and-dynamic-fault-weakening

*Fondriest, M., Smith, S.A.F., Candela, T., Nielsen, S.B., Mair, K. & Di Toro, G. (2013) Mirror-like faults and power dissipation during earthquakes, Geology, v.41, 1175-1178. https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article-abstract/41/11/1175/131061/Mirror-like-faults-and-power-dissipation-during

Smith, S.A.F., Di Toro, G., Kim, S., Ree, J-H., Nielsen, S., Billi, A. & Spiess, R. (2013) Coseismic recrystallization during shallow earthquake slip, Geology, v.41, 63-66. https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article-abstract/41/1/63/131039/Coseismic-recrystallization-during-shallow

Niemeijer, A., Di Toro, G., Griffith, A., Bistacchi, A., Smith, S.A.F. & Nielsen, S. (2012) Inferring earthquake physics and chemistry using an integrated field and laboratory approach, Journal of Structural Geology, v.39, 2-36.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191814112000703

Smith, S.A.F., Billi, A., Di Toro, G. & Spiess, R. (2011) Principal Slip Zones in Limestone: Microstructural Characterization and Implications for the Seismic Cycle (Tre Monti Fault, central Apennines, Italy), Pure and Applied Geophysics, v.168(12), 2365-2393. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00024-011-0267-5

Smith, S.A.F. & Faulkner, D.R. (2010) Laboratory Measurements of the Frictional Strength of the Zuccale Low-Angle Normal Fault, Elba Island, Italy, Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth, v.115. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2008JB006274