Dr. David Smith
Lecturer, Chemistry
Campus
Biography
Dr David Smith is a research chemist with an interest in the design, development and implementation of receptor and sensor arrays.
Both colorimetric and fluorescent sensing arrays have been created with applications including the analysis of environmental water samples to examine pollution, and the analysis of biological fluids to examine markers of health and disease. These arrays consist of cross-reactive sensors, and the resulting pattern response is analysed through statistical techniques such as principal component analysis and discriminant analysis.
David also has interests in chemical education research, particularly in the use of learning analytics as a tool to improve learning effectiveness.
David is a Lecturer in chemistry at the Gippsland campus at Federation University Australia. He completed his PhD at Durham University in the UK before moving to Australia in 2013, where he has undertaken several postdoctoral appointments, most recently working with the Open Source Malaria consortium in Sydney.
Fields of research
- Other chemical sciences
- Publications
tele-Substitution Reactions in the Synthesis of a Promising Class of 1,2,4-Triazolo[4,3- a]pyrazine-Based Antimalarials
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c01045