Current Research Interests

• Pathways of exposure of contaminants in the environment,
• Fate of pharmaceuticals in sewage treatment waste on agricultural land,
• Uptake and distribution of contaminants in vegetables grown on historically contaminated land.

Research Expertise

• Environmental chemistry with majority of research to date focused on arsenic
• Exposure pathways of environmental contaminants

Recent Professional Experience

• Research Fellow, University of South Australia
• Research Fellow, CSIRO Land & Water, Adelaide, South Australia

Academic Qualifications

• PhD, University of Adelaide, 1998; Dissertation - Chemistry of Arsenic in Soils of North East New South Wales
• BSc (Hons), Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Publications Summary

1. Juhasz, A.L., Smith, E., Weber, J., Rees, M., Rofe, A., Kuchel, T., Sansom, L. and Naidu, R.  (2006). In vivo assessment of arsenic bioavailability in rice and its impact on human health risk assessment. Environmental Health Perspectives, 114:1826-1831. 
2. Smith, E., Smith, J. and Naidu, R.  (2006). Distribution and nature of arsenic along former railway corridors of South Australia. Science of the Total Environment, 363:175-182.
3. Smith, E., Smith J., Naidu, R. and Juhasz, A.L.  (2004). Desorption of DDT from a contaminated soil using cosolvent and surfactant washing in batch experiments.  Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 151:71-86.
4. Juhasz, A. L., E. Smith and R. Naidu (2003). Estimation of Human Bioavailability of Arsenic in Contaminated Soil. In: Langley A (Ed) Proceedings of the Fourth National Workshop on Site Contamination, Monograph Series No. 8.
5. Smith, E, Smith, J., Smith, L., Biswas, T., Correll, R. and Naidu, R. (2003). Arsenic in the Australian environment: An overview.  Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A Vol. A38:223-239
6. Smith, E., Naidu, R. and Alston, A.M. (2002). Chemistry of inorganic arsenic in soils: II. Effect of P, Na and Ca. Journal of Environmental Quality, 31:557-563.
7. Smith, E., Naidu, R. and Alston, A.M. (1999). Sorption of arsenate and arsenite by four Australian soils. Journal of Environmental Quality, 28:1719-1726.
8. Smith, E., Naidu, R. and Alston, A.M.  (1998). Arsenic in the soil environment:  A review. Advances in Agronomy, 64:149-195.