Professor Sean Smith, FRACI
The Centre for Computational Molecular Science
The University of Queensland
Brisbane, QLD, 4072
Australia
Email: s.smith@uq.edu.au
Tel: +61 7 3346 3880
Fax:+ 61 7 3346 3973
Sean Smith has become internationally recognized for his multithreaded research program focusing on applications of computational molecular science into chemical reaction dynamics, nanotechnology and biotechnology. His lab utilizes electronic structure methods, classical and quantum molecular dynamics and stochastic theories to characterize reaction kinetics, dynamics, photo-physics, catalysis, structure/morphology and electronic properties in complex systems.
His own scientific contributions have included new theories and methods for gas phase kinetics; new iterative matrix methods for quantum dynamics and contributions to the elaboration of fundamental mechanism in catalysis for hydrogen storage and in proton chain transfer models of the Green Fluorescent Protein. His publications include cumulatively 1 book, 3 invited chapters, 19 invited articles/reviews, 107 refereed journal articles and over 80 conference contributions. In 2007 he was recipient of a prestigious Bessel Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany, and his previous awards have included the Le Fevre Memorial Prize of the Australian Academy of Science and the Rennie Medal of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute. He serves on the international Editorial Board of the journal Computer Physics Communications. He has generated a total competitive research funding of $6.5M for his lab since 2002.
