Education
- Ph.D. (Statistics) May 2022, Virginia Tech, Dissertation title: Ecosystem Models in a Bayesian State Space Framework
- M.S. (Statistics) May 2018, Virginia Tech
- B.S. with Honors (Applied Computational Mathematics) May 2016, Virginia Tech
Awards, Honors, and Professional Services
- Vice President, Montana chapter of the ASA (2022 - present)
- Outstanding First Year Ph.D. Student (Statistics), Virginia Tech (2016)
- TW Hatcher Mathematical Scholar, Virginia Tech (2015)
- Carl A. Persinger Award (Mathematics), Virginia Tech (2015)
- TW Hatcher Mathematical Scholar, Virginia Tech (2014)
Publications
- John W. Smith, Leah R. Johnson, R. Quinn Thomas (2022), Parameterizing Lognormal State Space Models using Moment Matching, Environmental and Ecological Statistics Accepted
- John W. Smith, Leah R. Johnson, Robert Q. Thomas (2021), Assessing Ecosystem State Space Models: Identifiability and Estimation, Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics Accepted
- Abigail S. L. Lewis, Whitney M. Woelmer, Heather L. Wander, Dexter W. Howard, John W. Smith, Ryan P. McClure, Mary E. Lofton, Nicholas W. Hammond, Rachel S. Corrigan, R. Quinn Thomas, Cayelan C. Carey (2021), Increased adoption of best practices in ecological forecasting enables comparisons of forecastability, Ecological Applications, to appear arXiv
- Lauren M. Childs, Fadoua El Moustaid, Zachary Gajewski, Sarah Kadelka, Ryan Nikin-Beers, John W. Smith, Melody Walker, Leah R. Johnson (2019), Linked within-host and between-host models and data for infectious diseases: a systematic review, PeerJ, DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7057
- Mary Anne Steinberg, Cheryl Walther, Maria Herbst, Jennifer West, Dixie Zamagias, John W. Smith (2018), Learning Specialists in College Athletics: Who are they and what do they do?, Journal of Higher Education Athletics & Innovation, DOI: https://doi.org/10.15763/issn.2376-5267.2018.1.4.77-118
Courses taught
- STAT4106, Theoretical Statistics II, Fall 2019 (Virginia Tech)
- STAT408, Statistical Computing and Graphical Analysis, Fall 2022, Spring 2023 (MSU)
- STAT436, Intro to Time Series Analysis, Fall 2022 (MSU)
- STAT536, Time Series Analysis, Fall 2022 (MSU)
Other
My CV contains additional academic information on teaching experience, presentations, and research experience. Regarding personal information, I am an avid outdoorsman and enjoy cycling, hiking, and trail running. I have a wonderful 11 year old Maine coon (large domestic cat breed) named Nebs, who is the love of my life