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Hire Dr. Adam N. H. S.
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PhD Statistician | R/Stan | Bayesian Modelling, GLMMs & Multivariate Analysis for Health, Bio & Environmental Data

Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing Technical Writing, General Proofreading & Editing
Research Meta-Research, Scientific and Technical Research
Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting
Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Image Processing, Data Visualization, Data Mining, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights
Work Experience

Founder and Director

Sea Through Science Limited

November 2023 - Present

Course Instructor and Statistical Consultant

PRIMER-e

2017 - Present

Senior Lecturer / Lecturer of Statistics

Massey University

July 2013 - February 2025

Scientist

National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

2006 - 2008

Statistical Consultant

Department of Conservation

2002 - 2006

Education

PhD in Statistics

Massey University

2009 - 2016

MSc (Hons) in Statistics

University of Auckland

2005 - 2006

PGDipSci in Ecology

University of Canterbury

2003 - 2003

BSc in Zoology

University of Canterbury

1996 - 1998

Certifications

  • Rescue Diver

    PADI

    March 2004 - Present

Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
GM Lukaszewicz, A Tikekar, RM Jerram, D Thompson, A Coomer, MA Nawrocki, AM Walker, H Milner, A Lai, B Higgins, et al. (2025). Computed tomography versus radiography for assessment of canine humeral condylar fracture malreductions . New Zealand Veterinary Journal.
Adam N. H. Smith, André P. Samayoa, J. David Aguirre, Libby Liggins (2025). Centres of species richness, neoendemism, and paleoendemism for marine fishes occur in different regions of Aotearoa New Zealand . Frontiers of Biogeography.
Adam N. H. Smith, Jenny Ann Sweatman, J. David Aguirre, Libby Liggins (2025). Using the Size Structure of Populations to Infer Range Dynamics and the Frequency of Recruitment . Ecology and Evolution.
Tyler Kolisnik, Faeze Keshavarz-Rahaghi, Rachel V Purcell, Adam N H Smith, Olin K Silander (2025). <i>pyRforest</i>: a comprehensive R package for genomic data analysis featuring scikit-learn Random Forests in R . Briefings in Functional Genomics.
Adam N. H. Smith, Helen L. Smith, Patrick J. Biggs, Nigel P. French, Jonathan C. Marshall (2024). Out of (the) bag—encoding categorical predictors impacts out-of-bag samples . PeerJ Computer Science.
Adam N. H. Smith, Michael John Adam Skirrow, Luis Ortiz-Catedral (2024). How to Count Parrots: Comparing the Performance of Point and Transect Counts for Surveying Tasman Parakeets (Cyanoramphus cookii) . Diversity.
Adam N. H. Smith, Michael John Adam Skirrow, Luis Ortiz-Catedral (2024). How to Count Parrots: Comparing the Performance of Point and Transect Counts for Surveying Tasman Parakeets (<i>Cyanoramphus cookii</i>) . Diversity.
Adam N. H. Smith, Enzo M. R. Reyes, Michelle M. Roper, Christian Sevilla, Danny Rueda, Dianne H. Brunton, Luis Ortiz-Catedral, Rob Davis (2024). Cultural divergence and morphological variation of isolated remnant populations of the endangered Floreana mockingbird . Pacific Conservation Biology.
Adam N. H. Smith, Jordan S. Goetze, Michael R. Heithaus, M. Aaron MacNeil, Euan Harvey, Colin A. Simpfendorfer, Michelle R. Heupel, Mark Meekan, Shaun Wilson, Mark E. Bond, et al. (2024). Directed conservation of the world’s reef sharks and rays . Nature Ecology & Evolution.
Adam N. H. Smith, Emily I. Palmer, Emma L. Betty, Sin&#233;ad Murphy, Matthew R. Perrott, Karen A. Stockin (2023). Reproductive biology of male common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) in New Zealand waters . Marine Biology.
Nikki Freed, Adam Smith, Georgia Breckell, James Dale, Olin Silander (2023). Nanopore sequencing of metagenomic DNA from rat stomach contents to infer diet . New Zealand Journal of Ecology.
Tyler Kolisnik, Arielle Kae Sulit, Sebastian Schmeier, Frank Frizelle, Rachel Purcell, Adam Smith, Olin Silander (2023). Identifying important microbial and genomic biomarkers for differentiating right- versus left-sided colorectal cancer using random forest models . BMC Cancer.
Adam N. H. Smith, Colin A. Simpfendorfer, Michael R. Heithaus, Michelle R. Heupel, M. Aaron MacNeil, Mark Meekan, Euan Harvey, C. Samantha Sherman, Leanne M. Currey-Randall, Jordan S. Goetze, et al. (2023). Widespread diversity deficits of coral reef sharks and rays . Science.
Enzo M.R. Reyes, Adam N.H. Smith, Danny Rueda, Christian Sevilla, Dianne H. Brunton, Luis Ortiz-Catedral (2022). Sexing of the endangered Floreana mockingbird (Mimus trifasciatus) using morphometric measurements . Notornis.
Adam N. H. Smith, Emily I. Palmer, Emma L. Betty, Sin&#233;ad Murphy, Matthew R. Perrott, Karen A. Stockin(2022). Reproductive biology of female common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) in New Zealand waters . Marine Biology. 169. (12). Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}
Adam N. H. Smith, Zoleka Filander, Hayley C. Cawthra, Tarron Lamont(2022). Benthic species patterns in and around the Cape Canyon: A large submarine canyon off the western passive margin of South Africa . Frontiers in Marine Science. 9. Frontiers Media {SA}
Adam N. H. Smith, Chelsea E. Smith, Tim F. Cooper, Francisco B.-G. Moore (2022). Fitness of evolving bacterial populations is contingent on deep and shallow history but only shallow history creates predictable patterns . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
Adam N. H. Smith, Michael John Adam Skirrow, Luis Ortiz-Catedral(2022). Estimating the population size of orange-fronted parakeets (<i>Cyanoramphus malherbi</i>) on offshore islands of New Zealand . New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 49. (3). p. 225--235. Informa {UK} Limited
Emma L Betty, Karen A Stockin, Bethany Hinton, Barbara A Bollard, Adam N H Smith, Mark B Orams, Sin&#233;ad Murphy(2022). Age, growth, and sexual dimorphism of the Southern Hemisphere long-finned pilot whale (<i>Globicephala melas edwardii</i>) . Journal of Mammalogy. 103. (3). p. 560--575. Oxford University Press ({OUP})
Adam N. H. Smith, Odette R. Howarth, Libby Liggins(2021). Using qualitative data to classify reef fishes into dietary guilds . Austral Ecology. 46. (6). p. 982--990. Wiley
Adam N. H. Smith, Anna K. Cresswell, Nicole M. Ryan, Andrew J. Heyward, Jamie Colquhoun, Mark Case, Matthew J. Birt, Mark Chinkin, Mathew Wyatt, Ben Radford, et al. (2021). A quantitative comparison of towed-camera and diver-camera transects for monitoring coral reefs . PeerJ.
Adam N. H. Smith, Nurudeen A. Adegoke, Marti J. Anderson, Matthew D. M. Pawley(2021). MEWMA charts when parameters are estimated with applications in gene expression and bimetal thermostat monitoring . Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation. 91. (1). p. 37--57. Informa {UK} Limited
Adam N. H. Smith, Tim Langlois, Jordan Goetze, Todd Bond, Jacquomo Monk, Rene A. Abesamis, Jacob Asher, Neville Barrett, Anthony T. F. Bernard, Phil J. Bouchet, et al.(2020). A field and video annotation guide for baited remote underwater stereo‐video surveys of demersal fish assemblages . Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 11. (11). p. 1401--1409. Wiley
ANH Smith, D Acu&#241;a-Marrero, PS Salinas-de_Le&#243;n, ES Harvey, MDM Pawley, MJ Anderson(2020). Instantaneous vs. non-instantaneous diver-operated stereo-video (DOV) surveys of highly mobile sharks in the Galápagos Marine Reserve . Marine Ecology Progress Series. 649. p. 111--123. Inter-Research Science Center
M. Aaron MacNeil, Demian D. Chapman, Michelle Heupel, Colin A. Simpfendorfer, Michael Heithaus, Mark Meekan, Euan Harvey, Jordan Goetze, Jeremy Kiszka, Mark E. Bond, et al.(2020). Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks . Nature. 583. (7818). p. 801--806. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}
(2019). Sexual maturation in male long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas edwardii): defining indicators of sexual maturity . Journal of Mammalogy.
(2019). A Multivariate Homogeneously Weighted Moving Average Control Chart . IEEE Access.
(2019). Efficient Homogeneously Weighted Moving Average Chart for Monitoring Process Mean Using an Auxiliary Variable . IEEE Access.
(2018). Understanding human attitudes towards sharks to promote sustainable coexistence . Marine Policy.
(2018). Spatial patterns of distribution and relative abundance of coastal shark species in the Galapagos Marine Reserve . Marine Ecology Progress Series.
(2018). Shrinkage estimates of covariance matrices to improve the performance of multivariate cumulative sum control charts . Computers & Industrial Engineering.
(2017). EWMA-type scheme for monitoring location parameter using auxiliary information . Computers & Industrial Engineering.
(2017). Improving the detection of unusual observations in high-dimensional settings . Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics.
A. Le Port, J. C. Montgomery, A. N. H. Smith, A. E. Croucher, I. M. McLeod, S. D. Lavery(2017). Temperate marine protected area provides recruitment subsidies to local fisheries . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 284. (1865). p. 20171300. The Royal Society
Acu&#241;a-Marrero, D., Smith, A.N.H., Hammerschlag, N., Hearn, A., Anderson, M.J., Calich, H., Pawley, M.D.M., Fischer, C., Salinas-De-Le&#243;n, P.(2017). Residency and movement patterns of an apex predatory shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) at the Galapagos Marine Reserve . PLoS ONE. 12. (8).
Smith, A.N.H., Anderson, M.J., Pawley, M.D.M.(2017). Could ecologists be more random? Straightforward alternatives to haphazard spatial sampling . Ecography.
Adam N. H. Smith, Marti J. Anderson(2016). Marine reserves indirectly affect fine‐scale habitat associations, but not overall densities, of small benthic fishes . Ecology and Evolution. 6. (18). p. 6648--6661. Wiley
Smith, Adam N. H. and Anderson, Marti J.(2016). Marine reserves indirectly affect fine-scale habitat associations, but not overall densities, of small benthic fishes . Ecology and Evolution. p. 1--16.
Pearson, Stuart and Windupranata, Wiwin and Pranowo, Setiyo Widodo and Putri, Amanda and Ma, Yingjie and Vila-Concejo, Ana and Fernández, Emilio and Méndez, Gonzalo and Banks, Jo and Knights, Antony M. and Firth, Louise B. and Breen, Barbara Bollard and Jarvis, Rebecca and Aguirre, J. David and Chen, Shengnan and Smith, Adam Nicholas Howard and Steinberg, Peter and Chatzinikolaou, Eva and Arvanitidis, Christos(2016). Conflicts in some of the World harbours: what needs to happen next? . Maritime Studies. 15. (1). p. 10.
Godoy, D. A. and Smith, A. N. H. and Limpus, C. and Stockin, K. A.(2016). The spatio-temporal distribution and population structure of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in New Zealand . New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 0. (0). p. 1--17.
Aguirre, J. David and Bollard-Breen, Barbara and Cameron, Marcus and Constantine, Rochelle and Duffy, Clinton and Dunphy, Brendon and Hart, Kyna and Hewitt, Judi E. and Jarvis, Rebecca and Jeffs, Andrew and Kahui-McConnell, Richelle and Kawharu, Margaret and Liggins, Libby and Lohrer, Andrew M. and Middleton, Irene and Oldman, John and Sewell, Mary A. and Smith, Adam N. H. and Thomas, Daniel B. and Tuckey, Ben and Vaughan, Mel and Wilson, Ross(2016). Loved to pieces: Toward the sustainable management of the Waitematā Harbour and Hauraki Gulf . Regional Studies in Marine Science.
Godoy, D.A., Smith, A.N.H., Limpus, C., Stockin, K.A.(2016). The spatio-temporal distribution and population structure of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in New Zealand . New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 50. (4). p. 549-565.
Aguirre, J.D., Bollard-Breen, B., Cameron, M., Constantine, R., Duffy, C.A.J., Dunphy, B., Hart, K., Hewitt, J.E., Jarvis, R.M., Jeffs, A., et al.(2016). Loved to pieces: Toward the sustainable management of the Waitematā Harbour and Hauraki Gulf . Regional Studies in Marine Science. 8. p. 220-233.
Smith, A.N.H., Anderson, M.J.(2016). Marine reserves indirectly affect fine-scale habitat associations, but not overall densities, of small benthic fishes . Ecology and Evolution. 6. (18). p. 6648-6661.
Pearson, S., Windupranata, W., Pranowo, S.W., Putri, A., Ma, Y., Vila-Concejo, A., Fern&#225;ndez, E., M&#233;ndez, G., Banks, J., Knights, A.M., et al.(2016). Conflicts in some of the World harbours: what needs to happen next? . Maritime Studies. 15. (1).
Smith, Adam N. H. and Anderson, Marti J. and Millar, Russell B. and Willis, Trevor J.(2014). Effects of marine reserves in the context of spatial and temporal variation: an analysis using Bayesian zero-inflated mixed models . Marine Ecology Progress Series. 499. p. 203--216.
Smith, A.N.H., Anderson, M.J., Millar, R.B., Willis, T.J.(2014). Effects of marine reserves in the context of spatial and temporal variation: An analysis using Bayesian zero-inflated mixed models . Marine Ecology Progress Series. 499. p. 203-216.
Smith, Adam Nicholas Howard and Anderson, Marti Jane and Millar, Russell Brian(2012). Incorporating the intraspecific occupancy-abundance relationship into zero-inflated models . Ecology. 93. (12). p. 2526--2532.
Smith, A.N.H., Anderson, M.J., Millar, R.B.(2012). Incorporating the intraspecific occupancy-abundance relationship into zero-inflated models . Ecology. 93. (12). p. 2526-2532.
Marchetti, Michael P. and Esteban, Elaine and Smith, Adam N.H. and Pickard, Daniel and Richards, A. Brady and Slusark, Joe(2011). Measuring the ecological impact of long-term flow disturbance on the macroinvertebrate community in a large Mediterranean climate river . Journal of Freshwater Ecology. p. 1--22.
Marchetti, M.P., Esteban, E., Smith, A.N.H., Pickard, D., Richards, A.B., Slusark, J.(2011). Measuring the ecological impact of long-term flow disturbance on the macroinvertebrate community in a large Mediterranean climate river . Journal of Freshwater Ecology. 26. (4). p. 459-480.
Marchetti, Michael P. and Garr, Mariah and Smith, Adam N. H.(2010). Evaluating wetland restoration success using aquatic macroinvertebrate assemblages in the Sacramento Valley, California . Restoration Ecology. 18. (4). p. 457--466.
Raymond, Ben and Shaffer, Scott A. and Sokolov, Serguei and Woehler, Eric J. and Costa, Daniel P. and Einoder, Luke and Hindell, Mark and Hosie, Graham and Pinkerton, Matt and Sagar, Paul M. and Scott, Darren and Smith, Adam N. H. and Thompson, David R. and Vertigan, Caitlin and Weimerskirch, Henri(2010). Shearwater foraging in the Southern Ocean: the roles of prey availability and winds . PLoS ONE. 5. (6).
Pinkerton, Matt H. and Smith, Adam N.H. and Raymond, Ben and Hosie, Graham W. and Sharp, Ben and Leathwick, John R. and Bradford-Grieve, Janet M.(2010). Spatial and seasonal distribution of adult Oithona similis in the Southern Ocean: Predictions using boosted regression trees . Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 57. (4). p. 469--485.
Raymond, B., Shaffer, S.A., Sokolov, S., Woehler, E.J., Costa, D.P., Einoder, L., Hindell, M., Hosie, G., Pinkerton, M., Sagar, P.M., et al.(2010). Shearwater foraging in the Southern Ocean: The roles of prey availability and winds . PLoS ONE. 5. (6).
Pinkerton, M.H., Smith, A.N.H., Raymond, B., Hosie, G.W., Sharp, B., Leathwick, J.R., Bradford-Grieve, J.M.(2010). Spatial and seasonal distribution of adult Oithona similis in the Southern Ocean: Predictions using boosted regression trees . Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 57. (4). p. 469-485.
Marchetti, M.P., Garr, M., Smith, A.N.H.(2010). Evaluating wetland restoration success using aquatic macroinvertebrate assemblages in the sacramento valley, California . Restoration Ecology. 18. (4). p. 457-466.
Powlesland, R.G., Sharp, S.E., Smith, A.N.H.(2008). Aspects of the breeding biology of the pied shag (phalacrocorax varius) at makara beach, Wellington, New Zealand . Notornis. 55. (2). p. 69-76.
Breen, P. A. and Smith, A. N. H.(2008). The 2007 assessment for paua (Haliotis iris) stock PAU 5B (Stewart Island). New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report. 6. p. 45.
Brown, J.A., Smith, A.N.H., Robinson, T.J.(2008). The response of rare herbaceous plants to the removal of weeds in an unproductive environment . Community Ecology. 9. (1). p. 53-58.
Smith, A.N.H., Westbrooke, I.M.(2004). Changes in bird conspicuousness at Pureora Forest . Notornis. 51. (1). p. 21-25.
Baker, A.N., Smith, A.N.H., Pichler, F.B.(2002). Geographical variation in hector's dolphin: Recognition of new subspecies of cephalorhynchus hectori . Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 32. (4). p. 713-727.
PREPRINT
Helen L. Smith, Patrick J. Biggs, Nigel P. French, Adam N.H. Smith, Jonathan C. Marshall (2022). Lost in the Forest: Encoding Categorical Variables and the Absent Levels Problem .
BOOK
Smith, A.N.H., Duffy, C.A.J., Leathwick, J.R.(2013). Predicting the distribution and relative abundance of fishes on shallow subtidal reefs around New Zealand . Science for Conservation. (323). p. 1-25.