Abigail Smith

Abigail Smith is a professor in marine sciences at Otago University in Dunedin.
Smith grew up in Maine and did her undergraduate studies at Colby College and Massachusetts [Institute of Technology] before emigrating to New Zealand to study for a PhD at Waikato University with a thesis entitled 'Aspects of the sedimentology of New Zealand bryozoans and mixed carbonate-clastic deposits : a contribution to the temperate shelf carbonate model.'
Smith's research relates to the formation of skeletons' marine micro-flora and their deposition on the seafloor as sediment.
In October 2019, Smith won the Miriam Dell Award for Excellence in Science Mentoring from the Association for [Women in Science]. Smith's notable students include Tuifuisaʻa Patila Amosa.