Prof. Sean Smith, Professor of nanomaterials science at the Australian National University

Computational Materials Sciences, Atomic-Scale Discoveries with Machine Learning, Hydrogen for storage and transport of energy, Hydrogen as the new natural gas.

Prof Sean Smith is a Professor of computational nanomaterials science and technology at the Australian National University and Director of Australia’s national supercomputing facility, NCI Australia. He has extensive theoretical and computational research experience in chemistry, nanomaterials, and nano-bio science and technology. Prior to returning to Australia, he directed the US Department of Energy-funded Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Sean has published over 260 refereed journal papers with more than 15000 citations.