Education:

• B.S. Biology, Tennessee State University, 1989
• Ph.D. Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, 1995
• Postdoctoral, Department of Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998

Employment History:

• Assistant Professor, (July 2004- ) Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Dept. of Entomology and Nematology, IFAS, University of Florida, Vero Beach.
• Access Database Manager, (October 2003-May 2004) Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). Contract employee for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) Fort Detrick, MD.
• Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) Coordinator, (October 2003-May 2004) Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). Contract employee for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program Fort Detrick, MD.
• Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) Coordinator, (2003) Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). Contract employee for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, Fort Detrick, MD.
• Scientist, (2002- 2003) Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). Contract employee for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, Fort Detrick, MD.
• Human Subjects Protection Specialist, (2000-2001) AMDEX Corporation. Contract employee with the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Regulatory, Compliance and Quality, Fort Detrick, MD.
• Assistant Scientist, (1999-2000) Department of Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Post-doctoral Research Assistant, (1995-1998) Department of Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Research:

Molecular biology and biochemistry of disease transmitting mosquitoes, molecular entomology, gene expression and regulation, genetic basis of vector competence, insecticide resistance mechanisms.

Publications:

Champagne, D., C. T. Smartt, J. M. C. Ribeiro, and A. A. James. 1994. The salivary gland-specific apyrase of the mosquito Aedes aegypti is a member of the 5'-nucleotidase family. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 92(3):694-8.

Ferdig, M. T., A. S. Taft, C. T. Smartt, C. A. Lowenberger, J. Li, and B. M. Christensen. 1999. Aedes aegypti Dopa decarboxylase: gene structure and regulation. Insect Molecular Biology 9(3): 231-240.

Ibrahim G.H., C.T. Smartt, L.M. Kiley and B.M. Christensen. 2000. Cloning and characterization of the Chitin Synthase cDNA from the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 30(12): 1213-22.

Lowenberger, C. A., C. T. Smartt, D. W. Severson, P. Bulet, J. A. Hoffman, and B. M. Christensen. 1999. Insect immunity: Molecular cloning, expression, and characterization of cDNAs and genomic DNA encoding three isoforms of defensin in Aedes aegypti. Insect Molecular Biology 8(1): 107-118.

Martin , A. E., B. K. Burgess, S. E. Iismaa, C. T. Smartt, M. K. Jacobson, and D. R. Dean. 1989. Construction and characterization of an Azotobacter vinelandii strain with mutations in the genes encoding flavodoxin and ferredoxin I. J. of Bacterology 171: 3162-3167.

Smartt, C.T., A. P. Kim, G. L. Grossman, and A. A. James. 1995. The Apyrase gene of the vector mosquito, Aedes aegypti, is expressed specifically in the adult female salivary glands. Exp. Parasitol. 81(3): 239-48.

Smartt, C. T., J. K. Chiles, C. A. Lowenberger, and B. M. Christensen. 1998. Biochemical analysis of a bloodmeal induced Aedes aegypti glutamine synthetase gene. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 28(12): 935-945.

Smartt, C.T., L.M. Kiley, J.F. Hillyer, R. Dasgupta and B.M. Christensen. 2001. Aedes aegypti glutamine synthetase: expression and gene structure. Gene 274(1-2): 35-45.

Zhao, X., C.T. Smartt, J. Li and B.M. Christensen. 2001. Aedes aegypti Peroxidase Gene Characterization and Developmental Expression. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 31(4-5): 481-90.

Zhao, X. C.T. Smartt and B.M. Christensen. 2000. A novel member of the RING finger gene family in the mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Insect Molecular Biology 9(3): 301-308.