Sean Smith (chemist)

• University of Queensland (1993-2011)
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory (2011-2013)
• University of New South Wales (2014-2017)
• NCI Australia (2018-2024)
• Australian National University (2018-2024)

Sean Smith
Occupation	Computational chemist
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Canterbury
Thesis	Experimental and theoretical studies of ion-molecule reactions  (1989)

Sean Smith is a computational chemist from New Zealand.

Education and research

Smith received a BSc and PhD in chemistry at University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand ^{[1] [2]} before postdoctoral work at University of California, Berkeley (1991-1993) and the University of Göttingen (Humboldt Fellow 1989–1991). ^[3]

In 1993 he started work at the University of Queensland, eventually heading up the Computational Reaction Dynamics Group ^[1] before moving on to Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 2011 where he was the director of the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences. After leaving Oak Ridge in 2013 Smith moved to the University of New South Wales where he founded the Integrated Materials Design Centre. ^[3]

Smith left the University of New South Wales at the end of 2017 to become director of NCI Australia and professor of computational nanomaterials science and technology at Australian National University. ^{[4] [5]} Sean left NCI Australia and Australian National University in December 2024 after the University "lost trust in his leadership". ^[6]

Awards and honours

• Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (2015) ^[5]
• Bessel Research Award of the German Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2006) ^{[5] [7]}
• Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2012) ^[5]
• Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (1998) ^[1]
• Le Fevre Memorial Prize of the Australian Academy of Science (1998) ^[1]
• Rennie Memorial Medal of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (1994) ^[1]

Selected publications

• Yang, Hua Gui; Sun, Cheng Hua; Qiao, Shi Zhang; Zou, Jin; Liu, Gang; Smith, Sean Campbell; Cheng, Hui Ming; Lu, Gao Qing (May 2008). "Anatase TiO2 single crystals with a large percentage of reactive facets". Nature . 453 (7195): 638–641. Bibcode:2008Natur.453..638Y. doi:10.1038/nature06964. hdl: 10072/60737 . ISSN   1476-4687. PMID   18509440. S2CID   205213341.
• Gilbert, Robert G. (1990). Theory of unimolecular and recombination reactions. Sean C. Smith. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications. ISBN   0-632-02749-5. OCLC   20931842.
• Ouyang, Defang; Smith, Sean C., eds. (2015). Computational pharmaceutics : application of molecular modeling in drug delivery. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom. doi:10.1002/9781118573983. ISBN   978-1-118-57396-9. OCLC   900159092.
• Liu, Gang; Niu, Ping; Sun, Chenghua; Smith, Sean C.; Chen, Zhigang; Lu, Gao Qing (Max); Cheng, Hui-Ming (25 August 2010). "Unique Electronic Structure Induced High Photoreactivity of Sulfur-Doped Graphitic C 3 N 4" . Journal of the American Chemical Society. 132 (33): 11642–11648. doi:10.1021/ja103798k. ISSN   0002-7863. PMID   20681594.
• Yang, Hua Gui; Liu, Gang; Qiao, Shi Zhang; Sun, Cheng Hua; Jin, Yong Gang; Smith, Sean Campbell; Zou, Jin; Cheng, Hui Ming; Lu, Gao Qing (Max) (25 March 2009). "Solvothermal Synthesis and Photoreactivity of Anatase TiO 2 Nanosheets with Dominant {001} Facets" . Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131 (11): 4078–4083. doi:10.1021/ja808790p. ISSN   0002-7863. PMID   19249825.
• Zheng, Yao; Jiao, Yan; Chen, Jun; Liu, Jian; Liang, Ji; Du, Aijun; Zhang, Weimin; Zhu, Zhonghua; Smith, Sean C.; Jaroniec, Mietek; Lu, Gao Qing (Max); Qiao, Shi Zhang (21 December 2011). "Nanoporous Graphitic-C 3 N 4 @Carbon Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction" . Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133 (50): 20116–20119. doi:10.1021/ja209206c. ISSN   0002-7863. PMID   22082332.

References

1. The University of Queensland. "Chemist discovers formula for research success". UQ News. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
2. Smith, Sean (1989). Experimental and theoretical studies of ion-molecule reactions (Doctoral thesis). UC Research Repository, University of Canterbury. doi:10.26021/7869. hdl:10092/7814.
3. "Sean Smith". Integrated Materials Design Lab. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
4. "NCI supercomputing facility names new director". Computerworld. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
5. "Professor Sean Smith to become Director of NCI". ANU. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
6. "Deep staff turmoil emerges amid Sean Smith v ANU Federal Court case". The Australian. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
7. The University of Queensland. "Research excellence rewarded". UQ News. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

External links

• Academic profile at ANU