Staff
Dick Smith, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
High Throughput Proteomics
P.O. Box 999, K8-98
Richland, WA 99352
USA
E-mail: dick.smith@pnl.gov
Phone: (509) 376-0723
Fax: (509) 376-7722
Current Activities and Projects
Dick's research has involved the development and application of advanced analytical methods and instrumentation, with particular emphasis on high resolution separations and mass spectrometry, and their applications in biological and biomedical research. Much of his research over the last 5 years has focused on the development and application of new ultra-sensitive and high throughput methods for quantitatively probing the entire array of proteins expressed by a cell, tissue or organism, i.e., its "proteome". Current interests also include increasing the throughput and sensitivity of proteomics and metabolomics measurements to augment systems biology approaches to biomedical research.
Past Experience
Dick is an adjunct faculty member of the Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, and the Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, and an affiliate faculty member of the Department of Chemistry, University of Idaho. He has presented more than 250 invited or plenary lectures at national and international scientific meetings, and is the author or co-author of more than 500 publications.
Education
- B.Sc., Chemistry, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, 1971
- Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, University of Utah, 1975
Honors and Awards
Dick holds twenty patents. Recent awards include the R&D 100 Award for development of the FT-MS Proteome Express (2003), induction to Battelle's Distinguished Inventors (2003), the 2003 American Chemical Society Award for Analytical Chemistry, the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) list of highly cited chemists, the DOE Energy 100 Award (2000), the PNNL Mentor of the Year (2000), the Battelle Inventor of the Year (2000), the R&D 100 Award for development of the Electrodynamic Ion Funnel (1999), the R&D 100 Award for development of MICLEAN/MICARE Solvent Cleaning Systems (1998), and the R&D 100 Award for development of Rapid Microdialyzer (1998).