Positions

William & Mary   Williamsburg, VA
  Lecturer of Data Science (2019-present)

William & Mary   Williamsburg, VA
  PhD, Applied Science (2014-present)
  Advisors: Dr. Gregory D. Conradi Smith and Dr. Joshua R. Puzey
  Research focus: Computational biology & genomics

Farmingdale State College   Farmingdale, NY
  B.Sc. Applied Mathematics (degree awarded 2013)
  Advisor: Dr. Carlos Marques
  Awards:
    Summa Cum Laude
    Outstanding Academic Excellence Award: Highest GPA in Applied Mathematics
    Nancy C. Thomson Award for Excellence in Mathematics

Henry Schein, Inc.   Melville, NY
  Analyst (held multiple positions from 2004-2013)
Notable accomplishments: Taught self to program in Visual Basic for the purpose of report automation and process management

Refereed Publications

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Kinser, Taliesin J., Smith, Ronald D., et al. "Mechanisms driving endosperm-based hybrid incompatibilities: insights from hybrid monkeyflowers." The Plant Cell (accepted for publication March 2021)

Smith, Ronald D., Kinser, Taliesin J., Conradi-Smith, Gregory D., and Joshua R. Puzey. "A likelihood ratio test for changes in homeolog expression bias." BMC Bioinformatics 20.1 (2019): 149.

Edger, Patrick P., [27 others including RD Smith]. "Origin amd Evolution of the octoploid strawberry genome." Nature Genetics 51.3 (2019): 541-547.

Edger, Patrick P., Ronald D. Smith et al. "Subgenome dominance in an interspecific hybrid, synthetic allopolyploid, and a 140-year-old naturally established neo-allopolyploid monkeyflower." The Plant Cell (2017): tpc-00010.

Hayes, John A., et al.[7 others including RD Smith]. "Transcriptome of neonatal preBötzinger complex neurones in Dbx1 reporter mice." Scientific Reports 7.1 (2017): 8669.

Chrysafi, Loucas, and Ronald D. Smith. "Mathematics of Finance: The Eigenway." Mathematics and Computer Education 46.1 (2012): 18.