Amos B. Smith III is an American chemist

Chemist

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He is most notable for his research with the chemistry of mammal

Mammal

Mammals are members of a class of air-breathing vertebrate animals characterised by the possession of endothermy, hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands functional in mothers with young...

ian pheromones and chemical communication.

He currently works at the Monell Chemical Senses Center

Monell Chemical Senses Center

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 and holds the Rhodes-Thompson Professorship of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

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's Department of Chemistry.

Amos B. Smith III is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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 and member of the ESPCI ParisTech Scientific Council.