Smith, David - University of Bristol

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David Smith is currently the Faculty Education Director and Undergraduate Dean for the Faculty of Science, and Deputy Head of the School of Chemistry. David was born and brought up in Durham. As an undergraduate, he studied Natural Sciences at Girton College, Cambridge, where he remained to perform research in infrared laser spectroscopy, being awarded his PhD in 1992. Following post-doctoral work at the Universities of Birmingham and Southampton, he was appointed to a lectureship in the School of Chemistry at the University of Exeter in 1997. Whilst in Exeter, he acted as undergraduate admissions tutor for four years and was involved in undergraduate teaching at all levels, in just about every area of physical chemistry. His interests and experience in undergraduate teaching saw him go on to take over responsibility for the teaching of both Chemistry and Biological Sciences at Exeter. In 2005 David moved to Bristol to join the team leading the Bristol ChemLabS Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning project. He also acted as Admissions Tutor for the School of Chemistry and Faculty Admissions and Widening Participation Officer for the Faculty of Science for a number of years. David remains active in outreach, having been a member of the Chemistry for our Future Advisory Group, and played a similar role for the regional HE-STEM programme. He was awarded the 2007 Engagement Award in the Faculty of Science by the Engaged University Steering Group. David was appointed as Faculty Education Director in 2012, and promoted to professor in 2013. As Faculty Education Director, David not only takes responsibility for all aspects of undergraduate education in the Faculty of Science, but also has special responsbility for a number of University-level initiatives. These include acting as project lead for the partnership with FutureLearn, which has already seen the University launch two highly successful MOOCs. Other particular interests include supporting undergraduate students in making the transition from school or college to university education and in developing study skills. Outside the University, David is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Committee for Accreditation and Validation and is involved in a number of publishing projects in science education with Oxford University Press.

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Shallcross, D, Allan, N, Shallcross, K, Croker, S, Smith, D, May, P, Harrison, T & J, PG, 2011, ‘Solving the maths problem in chemistry: the impact of a pre-university maths summer school’. Higher Education academy UK Physical Sciences Centre Dulai, A, Bod, Hd, Hanton, M, Smith, D, Downing, S, Mansell, S & Wass, D, 2009, ‘C-Substituted Bis(diphenylphosphino)methane-Type Ligands for Chromium-Catalyzed Selective Ethylene Oligomerization Reactions’. Organometallics, vol 28., pp. 4613 - 4616 Harrison, T, Smith, D & Shallcross, D, 2009, ‘Final year School Projects: The Bristol ChemLabS Use of the Undergraduate Ambassador Scheme’. Acta Didactica Napocensia, vol 2. Smith, D, 2005, ‘Vibration-rotation interactions between overtone and combination levels of asymmetric-top molecules: application to the infrared spectroscopy of formaldehyde and ketene’. Journal of Chemical Physics, vol 122 (3)., pp. 034307-1 - 034307- Raffael, K, Smith, D & Newnham, D, 2003, ‘High-resolution Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy of the v1 and v8 fundamental bands of sulphur tetrafluoride (SF4)’. Molecular Physics, vol 101 (8)., pp. 1095 - 1104 Raffael, K, Smith, D & Newnham, D, 2003, ‘Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy of the v6 band of sulfur tetrafluoride, SF4’. J.Mol.Spectroscopy, vol 218., pp. 108 - 113 Davies, C, Newnham, D & Smith, D, 2003, ‘High-resolution Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy of the v2 fundamental band of thionyl flouride, SOF2’. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol 5 (3)., pp. 446 - 450 Raffael, K & Smith, D, 2002, ‘Infrared spectroscopy of the v1 band of sulfur tetrafluoride, SF4’. Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, vol 214 (1)., pp. 21 - 27