Curriculum Vitae

David M. Smith

Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University,

Butenandt Str. 13 D-81377, Munich, Germany

Tel: (+49)-89-2180-7740, Fax: (+49)-89-2180-7738.

Email: David.Smith@cup.uni-muenchen.de

  

Personal

Born: April 22, 1973 in Dubbo, NSW, Australia Citizenship: Australian

Current Position

 

10/01 -

Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Research Group of Professor Hendrik Zipse at the Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Butenandt Str. 13 D-81377, Munich, Germany

Education

 

1/96 - 9/99

PhD at the Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Supervisor: Professor Leo Radom Research Topic : Theoretical Studies of Coenzyme-B12-Dependent Reactions

3/95 - 11/95

Awarded first class honours in chemistry from the Department of Chemistry, Australian National University. Supervisor: Dr. Gad Fischer Thesis: An Ab Initio Study of the Electronic Spectrum of the Triazine Molecules

3/91 - 11/94

BSc majoring in chemistry and mathematics Bec majoring in pure economics and statistics

 

 

 

 

 

Awards, Scholarships, and Conferences

03/02 -

Research Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to be carried out with Professor Hendrik Zipse at the Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University,, Munich, Germany

4/00 – 8/01

Fellowship from the Croatian Ministry of Science to work at the Institute Rudjer Boskovic, Zagreb, Croatia.

04/01

Winner of the Dean`s Prize in Chemistry for the best PhD thesis in 2000 at the Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

09/00

Presented a lecture at ACIS-CHEM 2000 conference in Brijuni, Croatia.

09/00

Presented a lecture at the 5th European Symposium on Vitamin B12 in Marburg, Germany,

07/00

Invited to present a lecture at ICPOC 15 in Göteborg, Sweeden. (unfortunately could not attend).

1/96 - 9/99

Australian Postgraduate Award.

5/97 - 7/97

Partnerships for Excellence: British Council Postgraduate Bursary to collaborate with Professor Bernard Golding at the Department of Chemistry, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England

3/95 - 11/95

Research School of Chemistry Honours Year Scholarship

12/94 - 3/95

Research School of Chemistry Summer Research Scholarship

 

 

 

 

Relevant Work Experience

4/00 – 8/01

Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Quantum Chemistry Group at the Institute Rudjer Boskovic, Bijenicka 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia. Project Leader: Professor Zvonimir B. Maksic

3/95 - 10/98

Laboratory demonstrator for first year chemistry students at the Department of Chemistry, Australian National University.

3/95 – 10/97

Personal tutor for numerous high school students in the areas of Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, and Economics.

 

 

References

  1. Professor Leo Radom, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia Leo.Radom@anu.edu.au
  2. Professor Bernard Golding, Department of Chemistry, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK. B.T.Golding@newcastle.ac.uk
  3. Professor Zvonimir Maksic, Quantum Chemistry Group, Institute Rudjer Boskovic, Bijenicka 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia. zmaksic@spider.irb.hr
  4. Dr Gad Fischer, Department of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. Gad.Fischer@anu.edu.au

 

Publications

  1. Fischer, G.; Smith, D. M.; Nwankwoala, A. U. The Electronic Spectroscopy of 1,2,3-Triazine. Chem. Phys. 1997, 221, 11-21.
  2. Fischer, G.; Purchase, R. L.; Smith, D. M. The Ring Puckering Motion of Perfluorocyclobutane. J. Mol. Struct. 1997, 405, 159-167.
  3. Nicolaides, A.; Smith, D. M.; Jensen, F.; Radom, L. Phenyl Radical, Cation and Anion. The Triplet-Singlet Gap and Higher Excited States of the Phenyl Cation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 8083-8088.
  4. Mayer, P. M.; Parkinson, C. J.; Smith, D. M.; Radom, L. An Assessment of Theoretical Procedures for the Calculation of Reliable Free Radical Thermochemistry. A Recommended New Procedure. J. Chem. Phys. 1998, 108, 604-615.
  5. Smith, D. M.; Nicolaides, A.; Golding, B. T.; Radom, L. Ring Opening of the Cyclopropylcarbinyl Radical and its N- and O- Substituted Analogues: A Theoretical Examination of Very Fast Unimolecular Reactions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 10223-10233.
  6. Smith, D. M.; Golding, B. T.; Radom, L. On the Mechanism of Action of Vitamin B12: Theoretical Studies of the 2-Methyleneglutarate-Mutase-Catalyzed Rearrangement. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 1037-1044.
  7. Smith, D. M.; Golding, B. T.; Radom, L. The Facilitation of Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions by Partial-Proton-Transfer: Application to Coenzyme-B12-Dependent Methlymalonyl-CoA Mutase. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 1383-1384.
  8. Smith, D. M.; Golding, B. T.; Radom, L. Towards a Consistent Mechanism for the Diol-Dehydratase Catalyzed Reactions: An Application of the Partial-Proton-Transfer Concept. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 5700-5704.
  9. Smith, D. M.; Golding, B. T.; Radom, L. Understanding the Mechanism of B12-Dependent Methlymalonyl-CoA Mutase: Partial-Proton-Transfer in Action. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 9388-9399.
  10. Wetmore, S. D.; Smith, D. M.; Radom, L. How B6 Helps B12: The Roles of B6, B12, and the Enzymes in Aminomutase-Catalyzed Reactions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 10208-10209.
  11. Smith, D. M.; Golding, B. T.; Radom, L. Understanding the Mechanism of B12-Dependent Diol Dehydratase: A Synergistic Retro-Push-Pull Proposal. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 1664-1675.
  12. Smith, D. M.; Wetmore, S. D.; Radom, L. Theoretical Studies of Coenyzme B12-Dependent Carbon Skeleton Rearrangements. In Theoretical Biochemistry - Processes and Properties of Biological Systems. Theoretical and Computational Chemistry; Eriksson, L. A., Ed.; Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2001, pp 183-214.
  13. Maksic, Z.; Smith, D. M.; Baric, D. The additivity of the p-electron correlation energy in planar heteroatomic molecules. Chem. Phys. 2001, 269, 11-28.
  14. Smith, D. M.; Maksic, Z.; Baric, D. On the correlation energy features in planar heteroatomic molecular systems. J. Chem. Phys. 2001, 115, 3474-3483.
  15. Wetmore, S. D.; Smith, D. M.; Golding, B. T.; Radom, L. Interconversion of (S)-Glutamate and (2S,3S)-3-Methylaspartate: A Distinctive B12-Dependent Carbon-Skeleton Rearrangement. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 7963-7972.
  16. Wetmore, S. D.; Smith, D. M.; Radom, L. The Enzyme Catalysis of 1,2-Amino Shifts: The Cooperative Action of B6, B12 and Aminomutases. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 8678-8689.
  17. Wetmore, S. D.; Schofield, R.; Smith, D. M.; Radom, L. A Theoretical Investigation of the Effects of Electronegative Substitution on the Strength of C–H•••N Hydrogen Bonds. J. Phys. Chem. A. 2001, 105, 8718-8726.
  18. Wetmore, S. D.; Smith, D. M.; Radom, L. Catalysis by Mutants of Methylmalonyl-CoA Mutase: A Theoretical Rationalization for a Change in the Rate-Determining Step. ChemBioChem 2001, 2, 919-922.
  19. Sølling, T. I.; Smith, D. M.; Radom, L.; Freitag, M. A.; Gordon, M. S. Multi-Reference Equivalents of the G2 and G3 Methods Using Reduced Møller-Plesset Orders. J. Chem. Phys. 2001, 115, 8578-8772.
  20. Smith, D. M., Maskill, H.; Maksic, Z. B., Designing Aryl Cations for Direct Observation in Solution: Ab Initio MO Calculations of UV Spectra. Submitted for publication.