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Dr. Smith is currently the Rhodes-Thompson Professor of Chemistry and Member of the Monell Chemical Senses Center at the University of Pennsylvania and, from 1976-2000, was a Member of the Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM). In addition, he is an Honorary Member and Visiting Director at the Kitasato Institute (Tokyo, Japan). He served as Chairman of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania from 1988 to 1996. Dr. Smith has also been a Visiting Professor at Columbia, Cambridge (UK) and Auckland (NZ) Universities. Dr. Smith is a member of the Scientific Advisory Boards of Pharmacopeia, Inc., Provid Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (where he was a co-founder), Neokima, ArgiNOx, Inc., Dihedron Corp., Kosan Biosciences, Inc. and the Center for Chemical Synthesis Chemical Biology, University College Dublin. Additionally, he has been, or is a consultant to Merck & Co., Inc., Astra-Arcus USA, Genentech, Inc. and Incyte Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Dr. Smith also serves as a Director of the Allegiance Bank, Bala Cynwyd, PA. Dr. Smith’s honors and awards include the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award (1978), the NIH Career Development Award (1980), The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (1985), The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship (1986), the Philadelphia Section Award of the ACS (1986), The Kitasato Institute Medal (1990), the first Philadelphia Organic Chemist's Club Award (1990), the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award (1991), Honor Scroll Award-American Institute of Chemists (1991), the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists (1992), Bucknell University Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement (1993), the ACS Ernest Guenther Award (1993), the University of Oregon Creativity Award (1997), the ACS Award for Creativity in Organic Chemistry (1997), Honorary Membership in the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan (1999), Honorary Member, Kitasato Institute (2001), Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2002), the Centenary Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry, London, UK (2002), the 2003 Yamada Prize (Tokyo, Japan) and the first Provost’s Award for Distinguished Teaching and Mentoring PhD Students at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Smith received his early education in Lewisburg, PA. In 1966, he was awarded Bucknell University's first combined four-year BS-MS degree in Chemistry. After a year in medical school (University of Pennsylvania), he earned his PhD degree (1972) and completed a year as a Research Associate at Rockefeller University. Dr. Goelet has known Dr. Smith since 2000, when he joined the Board of Directors of Dihedron Corp. |
