Biographical data - David J. SMITH
Current Position: Regents' Professor
Department of Physics
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1504
University Degrees: B. Sc. (Hons.), University of Melbourne, 1970
Ph.D., University of Melbourne, 1978
D.Sc., University of Melbourne, 1988
Professional Career:
1976-1978 Research Assistant, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
1978-1984 Senior Research Associate (and Acting Director, later Director),
High Resolution Electron Microscope, University of Cambridge
1984-1987 Associate Professor, Arizona State University
1987-2000 Professor, Arizona State University
1991-1996 Director, NSF National Facility for High Resolution Electron Microscopy,
Arizona State University
1991-2006 Director, Center for High Resolution Electron Microscopy, Arizona State University
2000- Regents’ Professor, Arizona State University
2000-2004 Director, Center for Solid State Science, Arizona State University
Awards, Honors: Elected Fellow, Institute of Physics (U.K.), 1981
Awarded Charles Vernon Boys Prize, Institute of Physics, 1985
Listed, American Men and Women of Science, 1986
Frontiers of Chemistry Lecturer, Case Western Reserve University, 1986
Dean's Distinguished Teaching Award, 1989
Burlington Foundation Faculty Achievement Award, 1990
Listed, Who's Who in America, 1995
Regents' Professor, Arizona State University, 2000
Listed, 2000 Outstanding Scientists of the 21st Century, 2001
Elected Fellow, American Physical Society, 2002
Listed, ISI Highly Cited in Materials Science, 2003
Elected to Council, Microscopy Society of America, 2005
Listed, Who’s Who in The World, 2005
President, Microscopy Society of America, 2009
Elected Fellow, Materials Research Society, 2010
Elected Fellow, Microscopy Society of America, 2013
Distinguished Physical Scientist Award, Microscopy Society of America, 2014
Helmholtz International Fellow Award, 2014
Harold Rose Distinguished Lecture, German Society for Electron Microscopy, 2019
Memberships: American Physical Society (Fellow)
Institute of Physics (U.K.) (Fellow)
Materials Research Society (Fellow)
Microscopy Society of America (Fellow)
Committees: 1981-1984 Electron Microscopy Committee, Royal Microscopical Society
1983-1984 Council, Royal Microscopical Society
1985-2006 Management Committee, Electron Microscopy Center, Argonne Nat. Lab.
1990-2007 Steering Committee, National Center for Electron Microscopy,
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
2003-2005 National Research Council Committee on Small Facilities
2008-2010 Internatal. Advisory Board, Center for Electron Nanoscopy, DTU, Denmark
Professional Activities: Invited lectures given at 90 National/International Conferences; Invited lectures
given at 65 other Meetings/Workshops/Schools; Colloquia/Seminars given at 85 Universities and
Institutions; Program Committee/Symposium Organizer for more than 30 National or International
Meetings; Editor/Co-Editor of 20 Conference Proceedings
Summary of Publications: 26 Book Chapters; 90 Invited Review Articles; 680 Refereed Journal Articles
with over 21,110 citations (h = 70) according to Web of Science/Publons, and over 30,100 citations (h = 82)
according to Google Scholar; 275 Conference Proceedings (2 or more pages)
