E-mail: vince@vsmith.info (preferred) or v.smith@nhm.ac.uk (official), iChat Video Conferencing: vsmithuk@mac.com (by invitation) Tel: +44 (0) 207 942 5127, Fax: +44 (0) 207 942 5661, Skype: vsmithuk

I am a research scientist at the Natural History Museum, London. My official title is 'cybertaxonomist,' which means I apply computer technology and the web to the study of biodiversity. When I am not doing this, I work on the evolution of parasitic lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera). You can track my recent research interests and activities through my blog, publications, presentations, reading list, calendar, and twitter feed:

Blog posts	Publications	Presentations	Twitter
	E-publishing descriptive taxonomy: the convergence of taxonomic journals and databases. Phthiraptera (parasitic lice). Cybertaxonomy No specimen left behind: industrial scale digitization of natural history collections Bringing collections out of the dark	Digitised collections: Toward a digital strategy for for the NHM, London. Virtual Research Environments supporting biodiversity research: Needs & priorities for Horizon 2020. Scratchpads 2.0 and the pitfalls of scale. Making small data big! The Biodiversity Data Journal (BDJ). Making your data work for you: Scratchpads and data publishing.

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Tue, 2006-02-21 03:55 — Vince Smith

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Vincent Stuart Smith

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Natural History Museum	phone: +44 (0)20 7942 5127
Cromwell Road	fax: +44 (0)20 7942 5661
London, SW7 5BD	e-mail: v.smith@nhm.ac.uk
United Kingdom	web: http://vsmith.info/

Professional Preparation

University of Glasgow, UK - Systematics	Ph.D., 2000
University of Bristol, UK - Biology	B.Sc. (Hon.) 1996

Appointments

Natural History Museum, UK, Department of Entomology
May 2006 - present, Cybertaxonomist
Illinois Natural History Survey, USA, Center for Biodiversity
2004 - May 2006, Assistant Research Scientist
University of Glasgow, UK, Institute of Biomedical & Life Sciences
2001 - 2004, Wellcome Trust Junior Research Fellow (Biodiversity)

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Tue, 2006-02-21 03:46 — Vince Smith

Cybertaxonomist

Entomology Department, the Natural History Museum Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, U.K.

E-mail: v.smith@nhm.ac.uk iChat Video Conferencing: vsmithuk@mac.com (by invitation) Tel: +44 (0) 207 942 5127, Fax: +44 (0) 207 942 5661 Skype: vsmithuk