Matt C. Smith

Argonne National Laboratory

**** ***** **** ******, ****. 205

Argonne, Illinois 60439

phone: 630/252-5670

fax: 630/252-4176

e-mail: abqct5@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, Aug 2006 to

Present

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California Davis Lawrence Berkeley

National Laboratory, Mar 2003 to Jul 2006

Doctoral Candidate, Chemistry, John Innes Centre, University of East Anglia, UK,

Oct 1999 to Dec 2002

Deputy Site Manager/Laboratory Manager/Laboratory Technician, Hays Process

Chemicals, UK, Feb 1996 to Apr 1997

Research Assistant, University of Essex, UK, Oct 1994 to Mar 1995

Undergraduate Researcher, University of Essex, UK, 1993 to 1994

Current Research Experience

Synthetic and Theoretical Design of Novel Catalysts for Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells

In-situ x-ray spectroscopies studying the mechanism of catalyst degradation in

fuel cells

Electrochemical characterization of precious metal fuel cell catalysts

Kinetic effects of impurities in fuel cell operation

Selected Publications

M. C. Smith, S. Longhurst, J. E. Barclay, S. P. Cramer, S. C. Davies, D. L.

Hughes, W.-W. Gu, and D. J. Evans (2001). Nickel(II) in an almost regular

tetrahedral thiolate environment: a first generation synthetic analogue of the

active site of nickel CO-dehydrogenase. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1387-

1388.

M. C. Smith, S. C. Davies, D. L. Hughes, and D. J. Evans (2001). 1H-Pyrrole-2-

carbothioamide. Acta Crystallogr. Section C, C57, 987-988.

M. C. Smith, S. C. Davies, D. L. Hughes, and D. J. Evans (2001).

Tetraethylammonium trichloro(triphenylphosphine)nickelate(II), Acta Crystallogr.

Section E, E57, m509-m510.

M. C. Smith, J. E. Barclay, S. P. Cramer, S. C. Davies, W.-W. Gu, D. L. Hughes,

S. Longhurst, and D. J. Evans (2002). Nickel-iron-sulfur complexes: approaching

analogues of the active sites of NiFe-hydrogenase and carbon monoxide

dehydrogenase/acetyl-CoA synthase. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2641-2647.

S. C. Davies, M. C. Smith, D. L. Hughes, and D. J. Evans, (2002). -Ferrio-

bis{carbonyl[ -2,2,2 -nitrilotriethanethiolato(3-)-N,S,S,S :S,S ]iron(II)} benzene

solvate. Acta Crystallogr. SectionE, E58, m658-m660.

W.-W. Gu, L. Jacquamet, D. S. Patil, H. Wang, D. J. Evans, M. C. Smith, M.

Millar, S. Koch, D. M. Eichhorn, M. Latimer, and S. P. Cramer, (2003).

Refinement of the nickel site structure in Desulfovibrio gigas hydrogenase using

range-extended EXAFS spectroscopy. J. Inorg. Biochem., 93, 41-51.

M. C. Smith, J. E. Barclay, S. C. Davies, D. L. Hughes, and D. J. Evans, (2003).

Targeting synthetic analogues of the metallo-sulfur active sites of nickel enzymes

capable of important catalysis. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 4147 - 4151.

S. C. Davies, M. C. Smith, D. L. Hughes, and D. J. Evans (2004). 1,2-Bis

(diphenylthioarsinoyl) ethane. Acta Crystallogr. Section E., E60, m771-m772.

M. C. Smith, Y. Xiao, H. Wang, S. J. George, D. Coucouvanis, M. Koutmos, W.

Sturhahn, E. E. Alp, J. Zhao, and S. P. Cramer (2005). Normal-Mode Analysis of

FeCl4- and Fe2S2Cl42- via Vibrational M ssbauer, Resonance Raman, and FT-IR

Spectroscopies. Inorg. Chem., 44, 5562-5570.

Y. Xiao, H. Wang, S. J. George, M. C. Smith, M. W. W. Adams, F. E. Jenney, Jr,

W. Sturhahn, E. E. Alp, J. Zhao, Y. Yoda, A. Dey, E. I. Solomon, and S. P.

Cramer, (2005). Normal Mode Analysis of Pyrococcus furiosus Rubredoxin via

Nuclear Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopy (NRVS) and Resonance Raman

Spectroscopy. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 145**-*****.

Y. Xiao, K. Fisher, M. C. Smith, W. E. Newton, D. A. Case, S. J. George, H.

Wang, W. Sturhahn, E. E. Alp, J. Zhao, Y. Yoda, and S. P. Cramer (2006). How

Nitrogenase Shakes Initial Information about P-cluster and FeMo-cofactor

Normal Modes from Nuclear Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopy (NRVS). J.

Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 7608-7612.

S. P. Cramer, Y. Xiao, H. Wang, Y. Guo, and M. C. Smith (2006). Nuclear

Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopy (NRVS), SRPACS, and NFS of Fe-S Model

Compounds, Fe-S Proteins, and Nitrogenase. Hyperfine Interactions, 170, 47-

54.

Y. Xiao, M. Tan, T. Ichiye, H. Wang, M. C. Smith, J. Meyer, W. Sturhahn, E. E.

Alp, J. Zhao, Y. Yoda, and S. P. Cramer (2007). Dynamics of Rhodobacter

capsulatus [2Fe-2S] Ferredoxin VI and Aquifex Aeolicus Ferredoxin 5 via Nuclear

Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopy (NRVS) and Resonance Raman

Spectroscopy. Submitted for publication in Biochemistry.

M. C. Smith, H. Wang, A. Sironi, R. Della Pergola, D. A. Case, and S. P. Cramer

(2007). Normal Modes of [Fe6N(CO)15]3- via Nuclear Resonance Vibrational

Spectroscopy (NRVS) An Interstitial Nitrogen Complex with Relevance for

Nitrogenase. Submitted for publication in J. Am. Chem. Soc.

M. C. Smith, J. A. Gilbert, J. R. Mawdsley, S. Seifert, and D. J. Myers (2008). In-

situ Small Angle X-ray Scattering Observation of Pt Catalyst Particle Growth

During Potential Cycling. Submitted for publication in J. Am. Chem. Soc.

M. C. Smith, A. J. Kropf, X. Wang, N. Kariuki, and D. J. Myers (2008). In-situ

Fuel-Cell Pt Electrocatalyst Loss Observed via XANES During Potential Cycling.

Draft completed for Chem. Comm., in Departmental Review.

Selected Abstracts

M. C. Smith, J. E. Barclay, S. Longhurst, and D. J. Evans (2000). Structural and

functional models for the active site of NiFe-hydrogenase. Abstracts of IBDG

Meeting, London, UK.

J. E. Barclay, S. Longhurst, M. C. Smith, and D. J. Evans (2000). Synthetic

analogues of the active site of [NiFe] hydrogenase. Abstracts of 34th International

Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Edinburgh, UK.

J. E. Barclay, S. Davies, D. L. Hughes, S. Longhurst, M. C. Smith, and D. J.

Evans (2000). Chemical analogues of the active site of NiFe-hydrogenase.

Abstracts of 5th European Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference,Toulouse,

France.

M. C. Smith, J. E. Barclay, S. C. Davies, D. L. Hughes, S. Longhurst, and D. J.

Evans (2000). Chemical models of the active site of NiFe-hydrogenase.

Abstracts of 6th International Conference on the Molecular Biology of

Hydrogenases, Berlin, Germany.

M. C. Smith, J. E. Barclay, S. C. Davies, D. L. Hughes, S. Longhurst, and D. J.

Evans (2001). Towards green catalysts: lessons from nickel enzymes. Abstracts

of Sustainable Approaches to Climate Change Symposium, Tyndall Centre for

Climate Change, Norwich, UK.

M. C. Smith, J. E. Barclay, S. Longhurst, and D. J. Evans (2001). Metal-sulfur

complexes analogues of the active sites of environmentally important enzymes.

Abstracts of 6th Int. Symposium on Applied Bioinorganic Chemistry, Cardiff, UK.

M. C. Smith, J. E. Barclay, S. Longhurst, and D. J. Evans (2001) Metal-sulfur

complexes analogues of the active sites of environmentally important enzymes.

Abstracts of RSC Coordination Chemistry Discussion Group Meeting, York, UK.

M. C. Smith (2002). Modelling the Active Site of Nickel-Iron Enzymes. Iron-Sulfur

Proteins Discussion Group, London, UK.

J. E. Barclay, S. Longhurst, M. C. Smith, and D. J. Evans (2002). Chemical

routes to models of the active sites of nickel-iron enzymes. Abstracts of the

XXXVth International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Heidelberg,

Germany.

J. E. Barclay, S. C. Davies, S. Duff, D. L. Hughes, S. Longhurst, M. C. Smith, and

D. J. Evans (2003). [Fe(NS3)X]- (X = CO or NO) as a ligand to nickel: new

molecules relevant to nickel metalloenzymes. Abstracts of Royal Society of

Chemistry, Dalton Discussion 5, Ligand Design for Functional Complexes,

Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands.

Professional Affiliations

American Chemical Society

Royal Society of Chemistry

Electrochemical Society

Education

Ph.D. Chemistry, John Innes Centre, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK,

2002

B.Sc. Chemistry, University Of Essex, Colchester, UK, 1994

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