• 01.96. – 03.00. PhD at the Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Supervisor: Professor Leo Radom  Thesis : Theoretical Studies of Coenzyme-B12-Dependent Reactions. Deans Prize for the best thesis in Chemistry at the Australian National University in 2000.
• 03.95. – 11.95. Awarded first class honours in chemistry from the Department of Chemistry, Australian National University. Supervisor: Dr. Gad Fischer Thesis: An Ab Initio Study of the Electronic Spectrum of the Triazine Molecules
• 03.91. – 11.94. BSc (Bachelor of Science), Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
• 03.91. – 11.94. BEc (Bachelor of Economics), Australian National University, AU.

• 06.15 – 09.16. Principal investigator of the project entitled "Network for professional training of young scientists in interdisciplinary research of innovative surfaces and materials", funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) and valued at 2 000 000 HRK.
• 07.14 – 07.18. Principal investigator of the scientific research project entitled "Computational Solutions in the Life Sciences: The Importance of Molecular Flexibility", funded by the Croatian Science Foundation (CSF) and valued at 900 000 HRK.
• 12.14 – 12.18. Mentor in a Career Development Project for Young Researchers - The Training of New Doctors of Science, financed by the Croatian Science Foundation (CSF) to cover the salary of a PhD student.
• 10.13 – 10.15. Co-worker for a project within the Research Cooperability, Crossing Borders Programme, entitled "Time resolved photoelectron spectroscopy as a probe for ultrafast excited state dynamics", funded by the Unity through Knowledge Fund (UKF) and valued at 185 000 EUR.
• 09.13 – 09.16 Project Manager and Work Package leader of a project within the Seventh Framework Programme, entitled "InnoMol" (FP7- REGPOT-2012-2013-1) valued at 4.7 million EUR.
• 10.10. – 10.13. Co-investigator of a project within the Research Group Linkage Programme, entitled "Computational Life Sciences on Open Shell Intermediates", funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) and valued at 50 000 EUR for a period of three years.
• 04.07 – 04.10. Coordinator of a project within the Sixth Framework Programme, entitled "Reinforcement of the Centre for Computational Solutions in the Life Sciences" (EU-FP6-043749-ReCompSoLS), funded by the European Commission and valued at 380 000 EUR for a period of three years.
• 01.07 –. Principle investigator of the scientific research project entitled "Computational Studies of Protein Structure and Function" (098-0982933-2937), funded by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sport of the Republic of Croatia and valued at 90 000 HRK per year.
• 04.05 –.12.06. Principle investigator of the scientific research project entitled "Computational Studies of Protein Structure and Function" (0098151), funded by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sport of the Republic of Croatia and valued at 30 000 HRK per year.

• Open science infrastructure platforms for innovative use in economy and society - O-ZIP

  23.04.2018 - 23.12.2023 | 547,199,999.95 HRK

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• Networks for professional training of young scientists in interdisciplinary research of innovative surfaces and materials - MIPoMat

  30.06.2015 - 29.09.2016 | 2,000,000.00 HRK

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• Computational Solutions in the Life Sciences: The Importance of Molecular Flexibility - CompSoLS-MolFlex

  15.07.2014 - 14.07.2018 | 119,450.53 EUR

  CroRISIRB

• Computational Studies of the Reaction Catalyzed by Methymalonyl-CoA Mutase

  01.05.2009 - 05.07.2009 | 62,900.00 HRK

  CroRISIRB

• Reinforcement of the centre for computational solutions in the life sciences - RECOMPSOLS

  01.04.2007 - 31.03.2010 | 381,480.00 EUR

  CroRISIRB

• Computational studies of protein structure and function

  01.01.2007 - 01.01.2009 | 0.00 EUR

  CroRISIRB

• 11.08. Recipient of the 2008 Lavoslav (Leopold) Ruzicka Award of the Croatian Chemical Society for Young Scientists
• 04.04. – 04.05. Return Fellowship for Research Fellows of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Central and Eastern Europe to be carried out at the Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
• 01.05. Recipient of an equipment donation from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in the form of a computer cluster valued at 20 000 EUR.
• 11.03. – 02.04. Postdoctoral Fellowship from the DFG (German Research Organization) to work at the Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
• 03.02. – 10.03., Research Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) carried out at the Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
• 04.01. Winner of the Dean’s Prize in Chemistry for the best PhD thesis in 2000 at the Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
• 01.96. – 09.99. Australian Postgraduate Award for PhD students
• 05.97. – 07.97.Partnerships for Excellence: British Council Postgraduate Bursary to collaborate with Professor Bernard Golding at the Department of Chemistry, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England
• 03.95. – 11.95. Research School of Chemistry Honours Year Scholarship for talented students
• 12.94. – 03.95. Research School of Chemistry Summer Research Scholarship

• 11.11. – Lecturer for the Masters level course: Computational Chemistry as part of the curriculum of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Rijeka, Croatia.
• 09.07. and 09.09 Presenter of “hands-on” practical computational sessions in Molecular Dynamics and QM/MM Calculations at conferences in Opatija and Primošten (see organized conferences below)
• 03.95. – 10.98. Teaching assistant, Course: Chemistry A11 (introductory course for first-year students), Department of Chemistry, Australian National University.
• 03.95 – 10.97. Personal tutor for numerous high school students in the areas of Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, and Economics.

Smith, D. M.; Golding, B. T.; Radom*, L. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 121 (1999), 9388-9399. Understanding the Mechanism of B12-Dependent Methlymalonyl-CoA Mutase: Partial-Proton-Transfer in Action.

Smith, D. M.; Golding, B. T.; Radom*, L. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123 (2001), 1664-1675. Understanding the Mechanism of B12-Dependent Diol Dehydratase: A Synergistic Retro-Push-Pull Proposal.

Smith, D. M.; Buckel, W.; Zipse*, H. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 42 (2003), 1867-1870. Enhanced Acidity of Enoxy Radicals: Theoretical Validation of a 50 Year Old Mechanistic Proposal.

Čondić-Jurkić, K.; Perchyonok, V. T.; Zipse, H.; Smith*, D. M. J. Comput. Chem. 29 (2008), 2425–2433. On the Modeling of Arginine-Bound Carboxylates: A Case Study with Pyruvate Formate-Lyase.

Sandala*, G. M.; Smith*, D. M.; Radom*, L. Acc. Chem. Res. 43 (2010), 642-651. Modeling the Reactions Catalyzed by Coenzyme B12 Dependent Enzymes.

Bucher*, D.; Sandala*, G. M.; Durbeej, B.; Radom*, L.; Smith*, D. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134 (2012), 1591-1599.  The Elusive 5'-Deoxyadenosyl Radical in Coenzyme-B12-Mediated Reactions.

Dragičević, I.; Barić*, D.; Kovačević, B.; Golding, B. T.; Smith*, D. M. Chem. Eur. J. 21 (2015), 6132-6143. Non-enzymatic Ribonucleotide Reduction in the Prebiotic Context.

Kovačević, B.; Barić, D.; Babić, D.; Bilić, L.; Hanževački, M.; Sandala, G. M.; Radom, L.; Smith,* D. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 140 (2018), 8487-8496. Computational Tale of Two Enzymes: Glycerol Dehydration With or Without B₁₂

Stepić, R.; Wick, C. R.; Strobel, V.; Berger, D.; Vučemilović-Alagić, N.; Haumann, M.; Wasserscheid, P.; Smith, A.-S.; Smith,* D. M. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Eng. 58, (2019), 741-745. Mechanism of the Water–Gas Shift Reaction Catalyzed by Efficient Ruthenium Based Catalysts: A Computational and Experimental Study.

Book of abstracts

• The 2nd Opatija Meeting on Computational Solutions in Life Sciences : Book of Abstracts / Babić, Darko ; Došlić, Nadja ; Smith, David et al. (ur.). Zagreb: Institute of Computational Life Sciences (ICLS), 2007

Conference proceedings

• The 3rd Adriatic Meeting on Computational Solutions in Life Sciences : book of abstracts / Babić, Darko ; Došlić, Nadja ; Smith, David et al. (ur.). Zagreb: Institute of Computational Life Sciences (ICLS), 2009

Original scientific paper

• Höllring, Kevin; Vučemilović-Alagić, Nataša; Smith, David M.; Smith, Ana-Sunčana | Temperature-dependent structural evolution from order to disorder in sapphire-supported imidazolium ionic liquid films // Journal of molecular liquids, 438 (2025), 128602, 9. doi: 10.1016/j.molliq.2025.128602

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• Höllring, Kevin; Baer, Andreas; Vučemilović-Alagić, Nataša; Smith, David M.; Smith, Ana-Sunčana | Anisotropic molecular diffusion in confinement II: A model for structurally complex particles applied to transport in thin ionic liquid films // Journal of colloid and interface science, 657 (2024), 272-289. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.11.137

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• Baer, Andreas; Wawra, Simon E.; Bielmeier, Kristina; Uttinger, Maximilian J.; Smith, David Matthew; Peukert, Wolfgang; Walter, Johannes; Smith, Ana‐Sunčana | The Stokes–Einstein–Sutherland Equation at the Nanoscale Revisited // Small, 20 (2024), 6; 2304670, 9. doi: 10.1002/smll.202304670

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• Livraghi, Mattia; Pahi, Sampanna; Nowakowski, Piotr; Smith, David Matthew; Wick, Christian R.; Smith, Ana-Sunčana | Block Chemistry for Accurate Modeling of Epoxy Resins // The journal of physical chemistry. B, Condensed matter, materials, surfaces, interfaces & biophysical, 127 (2023), 35; 7648-7662. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c04724

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• Höllring, Kevin; Baer, Andreas; Vučemilović-Alagić, Nataša; Smith, David Matthew; Smith, Ana-Sunčana | Anisotropic molecular diffusion in confinement I: Transport of small particles in potential and density gradients // Journal of colloid and interface science, 650 (2023), 1930-1940. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.07.088

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• Wick, Christian R.; Topraksal, Ece; Smith, David M.; Smith, Ana-Sunčana | Evaluating the predictive character of the method of constrained geometries simulate external force with density functional theory // Forces in mechanics, 9 (2022), 100143, 13. doi: 10.1016/j.finmec.2022.100143

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• Wolf, Patrick ; Wick, Christian R. ; Mehler, Julian ; Blaumeiser, Dominik ; Schötz, Simon ; Bauer, Tanja ; Libuda, Jörg ; Smith, David ; Smith, Ana-Sunčana ; Haumann, Marco | Improving the Performance of Supported Ionic Liquid Phase Catalysts for the Ultra-Low-Temperature Water Gas Shift Reaction Using Organic Salt Additives // ACS Catalysis, 12 (2022), 9; 5661-5672. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.1c05979

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• Dalsvåg, Hanne ; Cropotova, Janna ; Režek Jambrak, Anet ; Janči, Tibor ; Španěl, Patrik ; Dryahina, Kseniya ; Smith, David ; Rustad, Turid | Mass Spectrometric Quantification of Volatile Compounds Released by Fresh Atlantic Salmon Stored at 4 °C under Modified Atmosphere Packaging and Vacuum Packaging for up to 16 Days // ACS Food Science and Technology, 2 (2021), 3; 400-414. doi: 10.1021/acsfoodscitech.1c00259

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• Livraghi, Mattia ; Höllring, Kevin ; Wick, Christian R. ; Smith, David M. ; Smith, Ana-Sunčana | An Exact Algorithm to Detect the Percolation Transition in Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Cross-Linking Polymer Networks // Journal of chemical theory and computation, 17 (2021), 10; 6449-6457. doi: 10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00423

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• Bilić, Luka ; Barić, Danijela ; Sandala, Gregory M ; Smith, David M. ; Kovačević, Borislav | Glycerol as a Substrate and Inactivator of Coenzyme B12‐Dependent Diol Dehydratase // Chemistry : a European journal, 27 (2021), 29; 7930-7941. doi: 10.1002/chem.202100416

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• Stepić, Robert ; Jurković, Lara ; Klementyeva, Ksenia ; Ukrainczyk, Marko ; Gredičak, Matija ; Smith, David M. ; Kralj, Damir ; Smith, Ana- Sunčana | Adsorption of Aspartate Derivatives to Calcite Surfaces in Aqueous Environment // Crystal growth & design, 20 (2020), 5; 2853-2859. doi: 10.1021/acs.cgd.0c00061

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• Blaumeiser, Dominik ; Stepić, Robert ; Wolf, Patrick ; Wick, Christian R. ; Haumann, Marco ; Wasserscheid, Peter ; Smith, David M. ; Smith, Ana-Sunčana ; Bauer, Tanja ; Libuda, Jörg | Cu carbonyls enhance the performance of Ru-based SILP water–gas shift catalysts: a combined in situ DRIFTS and DFT study // Catalysis science & technology, 10 (2020), 1; 252-262. doi: 10.1039/c9cy01852b

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• Vučemilović-Alagić, Nataša ; Banhatti, Radha D. ; Stepić, Robert ; Wick, Christian R. ; Berger, Mario Gaimann, Daniel ; Bear, Andreas ; Harting, Jens ; Smith, David Matthew ; Smith, Ana-Sunčana | Structural Characterization of an Ionic Liquid in bulk and in nano-confined environment using data from MD simulations // Data in brief, 28 (2020), 104794, 11. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.104794

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• Bilić, Luka ; Barić, Danijela ; Banhatti, Radha Dilip ; Smith, David M. ; Kovačević, Borislav | Computational Study of Glycerol Binding within the Active Site of Coenzyme B12-Dependent Diol Dehydratase // The journal of physical chemistry. B, Condensed matter, materials, surfaces, interfaces & biophysical, 123 (2019), 29; 6178-6187. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b04071

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• Baer, Andreas ; Miličević, Zoran ; Smith, David M. ; Smith, Ana-Sunčana | Water in an electric field does not dance alone: The relation between equilibrium structure, time dependent viscosity and molecular motions // Journal of molecular liquids, 282 (2019), 303-315. doi: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.02.055

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• Stepić, Robert ; Wick, Christian R. ; Strobel, Vinzent ; Berger, Daniel ; Vučemilović-Alagić, Nataša ; Haumann, Marco ; Wasserscheid, Peter ; Smith, Ana Sunčana ; Smith, David M. | Mechanism of the Water–Gas Shift Reaction Catalyzed by Efficient Ruthenium-Based Catalysts: A Computational and Experimental Study // Angewandte Chemie. International edition, 58 (2019), 3; 741-745. doi: 10.1002/anie.201811627

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• Vučemilović-Alagić, Nataša ; Banhatti, Radha D. ; Stepić, Robert ; Wick, Christian Rainer ; Berger, Daniel ; Gaimann, Mario U. ; Baer, Andreas ; Harting, Jens ; Smith, David Matthew ; Smith, Ana-Sunčana | Insights from molecular dynamics simulations on structural organization and diffusive dynamics of an ionic liquid at solid and vacuum interfaces // Journal of colloid and interface science, 553 (2019), 350-363. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.06.017

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• Wolf, Patrick ; Aubermann, Manfred ; Wolf, Moritz ; Bauer, Tanja ; Blaumeiser, Dominik ; Stepic, Robert ; Wick, Christian R. ; Smith, David M. ; Smith, Ana-Suncana ; Wasserscheid, Peter et al. | Improving the performance of supported ionic liquid phase (SILP) catalysts for the ultra-low-temperature water-gas shift reaction using metal salt additives // Green chemistry, 21 (2019), 18; 5008-5018. doi: 10.1039/c9gc02153a

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• Babić, Darko ; Kazazić, Saša ; Smith, David Matthew | Resolution of protein hydrogen/deuterium exchange by fitting amide exchange probabilities to the peptide isotopic envelopes // RCM. Rapid communications in mass spectrometry, 33 (2019), 15; 1248-1257. doi: 10.1002/rcm.8460

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• Hanževački, Marko ; Banhatti, Radha Dilip ; Čondić-Jurkić, Karmen ; Smith, Ana-Sunčana ; Smith, David M. | Exploring reactive conformations of coenzyme a during binding and unbinding to pyruvate formate–lyase // The journal of physical chemistry. A, 123 (2019), 43; 9345-9356. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b06913

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• Hanževački, Marko ; Čondić‐Jurkić, Karmen ; Banhatti, Radha Dilip ; Smith, Ana‐Sunčana ; Smith, David M. | The Influence of Chemical Change on Protein Dynamics: A Case Study with Pyruvate Formate‐Lyase // Chemistry : a European journal, 25 (2019), 37; 8741-8753. doi: 10.1002/chem.201900663

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• Bauer, Tanja ; Stepić, Robert ; Wolf, Patrick , Kollhoff, Fabian ; Karawacka, Weronika ; Wick, Christian Rainer ; Haumann, Marco ; Wasserscheid Peter ; Smith, David Matthew ; Smith, Ana-Sunčana ; Libuda, Jörg | Dynamic equilibria in supported ionic liquid phase (SILP) catalysis: in situ IR spectroscopy identifies [Ru(CO)xCly]n species in water gas shift catalysis // Catalysis science & technology, 8 (2018), 344-357. doi: 10.1039/C7CY02199B

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• Kovačević, Borislav ; Barić, Danijela ; Babić, Darko ; Bilić, Luka ; Hanževački, Marko ; Sandala, Gregory M. ; Radom, Leo ; Smith, David M. | Computational Tale of Two Enzymes: Glycerol Dehydration With or Without B12 // Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140 (2018), 27; 8487-8496. doi: 10.1021/jacs.8b03109

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• Wick, Christian R. ; Smith, David M. | Modeling the Reactions Catalyzed by Coenzyme B12 Dependent Enzymes: Accuracy and Cost- Quality Balance // The journal of physical chemistry. A, 122 (2018), 6; 1747-1755. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b11798

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• Babić, Darko ; Smith, David M. | Localization improvement of deuterium uptake in hydrogen/deuterium exchange in proteins // Journal of chemometrics, 31 (2017), 3; e2876-1-e2876-9. doi: 10.1002/cem.2876

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• Dragičević, Ivan ; Barić, Danijela ; Kovačević, Borislav ; Golding, Bernard T. ; Smith, David Matthew | Non-enzymatic Ribonucleotide Reduction in the Prebiotic Context // Chemistry : a European journal, 21 (2015), 16; 6132-6143. doi: 10.1002/chem.201405741

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• Šakić, Davor ; Hanževački, Marko ; Smith, David Matthew ; Vrček, Valerije | A computational study of the chlorination and hydroxylation of amines by hypochlorous acid // Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 13 (2015), 48; 11740-11752. doi: 10.1039/C5OB01823D

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• Brkljača, Zlatko ; Mališ, Momir ; Smith, David Matthew ; Smith, Ana-Sunčana | Calculating CD Spectra of Flexible Peptides : An Assessment of TD-DFT Functionals // Journal of chemical theory and computation, 10 (2014), 8; 3270-3279. doi: 10.1021/ct500071t

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• Miličević, Zoran ; Marrink, Siewert J. ; Smith, Ana-Sunčana ; Smith, David Matthew | Establishing conditions for simulating hydrophobic solutes in electric fields by molecular dynamics // Journal of molecular modeling, 20 (2014), 2359-1-2359-. doi: 10.1007/s00894-014-2359-5

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• Babić, Darko ; Klein, Douglas J. ; Smith, David Matthew | Staggered Benzenoid Pairs as Potential Spin Coupling Systems // MATCH : communications in mathematical and in computer chemistry, 69 (2013), 3; 649-676

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• Babić, Darko ; Kazazić, Saša ; Smith, David Matthew | Kinetics of H/D Exchange by Mass Spectrometry. I. Analysis of a Single Exchange Profile // MATCH : communications in mathematical and in computer chemistry, 70 (2013), 3; 801-827

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• Čondić-Jurkić, Karmen ; Smith, Ana-Sunčana ; Zipse, Hendrik ; Smith, David M. | The Protonation States of the Active-Site Histidines in (6-4) Photolyase // Journal of chemical theory and computation, 8 (2012), 3; 1078-1091. doi: 10.1021/ct2005648

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• Bucher, Denis ; Sandala, Gregory M. ; Durbeej, Bo ; Radom, Leo ; Smith, David Matthew | The Elusive 5'-Deoxyadenosyl Radical in Coenzyme-B12-Mediated Reactions // Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134 (2012), 3; 1591-1599. doi: 10.1021/ja207809b

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• Brkljača, Zlatko ; Čondić-Jurkić, Karmen ; Smith, Ana-Sunčana ; Smith, David M. | Calculation of the CD spectrum of a peptide from its conformational phase space: The case of Met-enkephalin and its unnatural analogue // Journal of chemical theory and computation, 8 (2012), 5; 1694-1705. doi: 10.1021/ct200868y

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• Tomić, Antonija ; Abramić, Marija ; Špoljarić, Jasminka ; Agić, Dejan ; Smith, David M. ; Tomić, Sanja | Human Dipeptidyl Peptidase III: Insights into Ligand Binding from a Combined Experimental and Computational Approach // Journal of molecular recognition, 24 (2011), 5; 804-814. doi: 10.1002/jmr.1115

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• Babić, Darko ; Ćurić, Manda ; Smith, David Matthew | Computational study of the cyclopalladation mechanism of azobenzene with PdCl2 in N, N-dimethylformamide // Journal of organometallic chemistry, 696 (2011), 3; 661-669. doi: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2010.09.038

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• Čondić-Jurkić, Karmen ; Zipse, Hendrik ; Smith, David Matthew | A Compound QM/MM Procedure: Comparative Performance on a Pyruvate Formate-Lyase Model System // Journal of computational chemistry, 31 (2010), 5; 1024-1035. doi: 10.1002/jcc.21389

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• Sandala, Gregory M. ; Smith, David M. ; Radom, Leo | Modeling the Reactions Catalyzed by Coenzyme B12 Dependent Enzymes // Accounts of chemical research, 43 (2010), 5; 642-651. doi: 10.1021/ar900260c

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• Parthasarathy, Anutthaman ; Buckel, Wolfgang ; Smith, David M. | On the thermodynamic equilibrium between (R)-2-hydroxyacyl-CoA and 2-enoyl-CoA // The FEBS journal, 277 (2010), 7; 1738-1746. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07597.x

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• Durbeej, Bo ; Sandala, Gregory M. ; Bucher, Denis ; Smith, David M. ; Radom, Leo | On the Importance of Ribose Orientation in the Substrate Activation of the Coenzyme B12-Dependent Mutases // Chemistry : a European journal, 15 (2009), 34; 8578-8585. doi: 10.1002/chem.200901002

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• Sandala, Gregory M. ; Kovačević, Borislav ; Barić, Danijela ; Smith, David M. ; Radom, Leo | On the Reaction of Glycerol Dehydratase with But-3-ene-1, 2-diol // Chemistry : a European journal, 15 (2009), 19; 4865-4873. doi: 10.1002/chem.200802640

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• Sandala, Gregory M. ; Smith, David ; Radom, Leo | The Carbon-Skeleton Rearrangement in Tropane Alkaloid Biosynthesis // Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130 (2008), 32; 10684-10690. doi: 10.1021/ja801869a

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• Čondić-Jurkić, Karmen ; Perchyonok, V. Tamara ; Zipse, Hendrik ; Smith, David M. | On the modeling of arginine-bound carboxylates: A case study with Pyruvate Formate-Lyase // Journal of computational chemistry, 29 (2008), 14; 2425-2433. doi: 10.1002/jcc.20984

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• Wood, Geoffrey P. F. ; Gordon, Mark S. ; Radom, Leo ; Smith, David M. | The Nature of Glycine and its alpha-Carbon Radical in Aqueous Solution: A Theoretical Investigation // Journal of chemical theory and computation, 4 (2008), 10; 1788-1794. doi: 10.1021/ct8002942

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• Sandala, Gregory M. ; Smith, David M. ; Marsh E. Neil G. ; Radom, Leo | Toward an Improved Understanding of the Glutamate Mutase System // Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129 (2007), 6; 1623-1633-x

• Kouskoulli, M. A. ; Smith, David M. ; Nicolaides, A. V. | Estimating the pi-bond energies and the stabilities of oxy-substituted carbocations // Journal of molecular structure. Theochem, 811 (2007), 1-3; 355-359-x

• Miller, Daniel J. ; Smith, David M. ; Chan, Bun C. ; Radom, Leo | Transfer hydrogenation between ethane and ethene: a critical assessment of theoretical procedures // Molecular physics, 104 (2006), 777-794-x

• Sandala, Greg M. ; Smith, David M. ; Coote, Michelle L. ; Golding, Bernard T. Radom, Leo. | Insight into the Hydrogen Abstraction Reactions of Diol Dehydratase: Relevance to the Catalytic Mechanism and Suicide Inactivation. // Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128 (2006), 3433-3444-x

• Sandala, Gregory M. ; Smith, David M. ; Radom, Leo | In Search of Radical Intermediates in the Reactions Catalyzed by Lysine 2, 3-Aminomutase and Lysine 5, 6-Aminomutase // Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128 (2006), 16004-16005-x

• Sandala, Greg M. ; Smith, David M. ; Radom, Leo | Divergent mechanisms of suicide inactivation for ethanolamine ammonia-lyase // Journal of the American Chemical Society, 127 (2005), 8856-8864-x

• Sandala, Greg M. ; Smith, David M. ; Coote, Michelle L. ; Radom, Leo | Suicide inactivation of dioldehydratase by glycolaldehyde and chloroacetaldehyde: an examination of the reaction mechanism // Journal of the American Chemical Society, 126 (2004), 12206-12207-x

• Topf, Maya ; Sandala, Greg M. ; Smith, David M. ; Schofield, Christopher J. ; Easton, Chris J. ; Radom, Leo | The unusual bifunctional catalysis of epimerization and desaturation by carbapenem synthase // Journal of the American Chemical Society, 126 (2004), 9932-9933-x

• Smith, David Matthew ; Buckel, Wolfgang ; Zipse, Hendrik | Deprotonation of Enoxy Radicals: Theoretical Validation of a 50-Year-Old Mechanistic Proposal // Angewandte Chemie. International edition, 42 (2003), 16; 1867-1870. doi: 10.1002/anie.200250502

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• Despotović, Ines ; Eckert-Maksić, Mirjana ; Maksić, Zvonimir B. ; Smith, David M. | In Pursuit of the Elusive Bond-stretch Isomers by Ab Initio Methods - Benzocyclobutadiene, Benzo[1, 2:4, 5]dicyclobutadiene and Some Related Substituted Systems // The journal of physical chemistry. A, 107 (2003), 48; 10396-10405-x

• Wetmore, Stacey D. ; Smith, David Matthew ; Bennett, Justine T. ; Radom, Leo | Understanding the Mechanism of Action of B12-Dependent Ethanolamine Ammonia-Lyase: Synergistic Interactions at Play // Journal of the American Chemical Society, 124 (2002), 47; 14054-14065. doi: 10.1021/ja027579g

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• Smith, David M. ; Maksić, Zvonimir B. ; Maskill, Howard | Designing Aryl Cations for Direct Observation in Solution : Ab Initio MO Calculations of UV Spectra // Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 2 (2001), 5 (2002), 906-913

• Maksić, Zvonimir B. ; Smith, David M. ; Barić, Danijela | The Additivity of the pi-Electron Correlation Energy in Planar Heteroatomic Molecules // Chemical physics letters, 269 (2001), 1/3; 11-28. doi: 10.1016/S0301-0104(01)00367-6

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• Wetmore, Stacey D. ; Schofield, Robyn ; Smith, David M. ; Radom, Leo | A Theoretical Investigation of the Effects of Electronegative Substitution on the Strength of C−H···N Hydrogen Bonds // The journal of physical chemistry. A, 105 (2001), 38; 8718-8726. doi: 10.1021/jp011087t

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• Wetmore, Stacey D. ; Smith, David M. ; Golding, Bernard T. ; Radom, Leo | Interconversion of (S)-glutamate and (2S, 3S)-3-methylaspartate: A distinctive B-12-dependent carbon-skeleton rearrangement // Journal of the American Chemical Society, 123 (2001), 33; 7963-7972. doi: 10.1021/ja004246f

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• Wetmore, Stacey D. ; Smith, David M. ; Radom, Leo | Catalysis by Mutants of Methylmalonyl-CoA Mutase: A Theoretical Rationalization for a Change in the Rate-Determining Step // ChemBioChem : a European journal of chemical biology, 2 (2001), 12; 919-922. doi: 10.1002/1439-7633(20011203)2:12<919::aid-cbic919>3.0.co;2-6

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• So/lling, Theis I. ; Smith, David M. ; Radom, Leo ; Freitag, Mark A. ; Gordon, Mark S. | Towards multireference equivalents of the G2 and G3 methods // The Journal of chemical physics, 115 (2001), 19; 8758-8772. doi: 10.1063/1.1411998

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• Smith, David M. ; Barić, Danijela ; Maksić, Zvonimir B. | On The Corellation Energy Features in Planar Heteroatomic Molecular Systems // The Journal of chemical physics, 115 (2001), 8; 3474-3483

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• Wetmore, Stacey D. ; Smith, David M. ; Radom, Leo | How B-6 helps B-12: The roles of B-6, B-12, and the enzymes in aminomutase-catalyzed reactions // Journal of the American Chemical Society, 122 (2000), 41; 10208-10209. doi: 10.1021/ja001651y

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• Smith, David M. ; Golding, Bernard T. ; Radom, Leo | Understanding the mechanism of B-12-dependent methylmalonyl-CoA mutase: Partial proton transfer in action // Journal of the American Chemical Society, 121 (1999), 40; 9388-9399. doi: 10.1021/ja991649a

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• Smith, David M. ; Golding, Bernard T. ; Radom, Leo | Facilitation of enzyme-catalyzed reactions by partial proton transfer: Application to coenzyme-B-12-dependent methylmalonyl-CoA mutase // Journal of the American Chemical Society, 121 (1999), 6; 1383-1384. doi: 10.1021/ja983512a

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• Smith, David M. ; Golding, Bernard T. ; Radom, Leo | On the mechanism of action of vitamin B-12: Theoretical studies of the 2-methyleneglutarate mutase catalyzed rearrangement // Journal of the American Chemical Society, 121 (1999), 5; 1037-1044. doi: 10.1021/ja9827245

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• Smith, David M. ; Golding, Bernard T. ; Radom, Leo | Toward a consistent mechanism for diol dehydratase catalyzed reactions: An application of the partial-proton-transfer concept // Journal of the American Chemical Society, 121 (1999), 24; 5700-5704. doi: 10.1021/ja990209g

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• Smith, David M. ; Nicolaides, Athanassios ; Golding, Bernard T. ; Radom, Leo | Ring opening of the cyclopropylcarbinyl radical and its N- and O-substituted analogues. A theoretical examination of very fast unimolecular reactions // Journal of the American Chemical Society, 120 (1998), 39; 10223-10233. doi: 10.1021/ja980635m

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• Mayer, Paul M. ; Parkinson, Christopher J. ; Smith, David M. ; Radom, Leo | An assessment of theoretical procedures for the calculation of reliable free radical thermochemistry: A recommended new procedure // The Journal of chemical physics, 108 (1998), 2; 604-615. doi: 10.1063/1.476256

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• Nicolaides, Athanassios ; Smith, David M. ; Jensen, Frank ; Radom, Leo | Phenyl radical, cation, and anion. The triplet- singlet gap and higher excited states of the phenyl cation // Journal of the American Chemical Society, 119 (1997), 34; 8083-8088. doi: 10.1021/ja970808s

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• Fischer, Gad ; Smith, David M. ; Nwankwoala, A.U. | The electronic spectroscopy of 1, 2, 3-triazine // Chemical Physics, 221 (1997), 1-2; 11-21. doi: 10.1016/S0301-0104(97)00159-6

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• Fischer, Gad ; Purchase, R.L. ; Smith, D.M. | The ring-puckering motion in perfluorocyclobutane // Journal of molecular structure, 405 (1997), 2-3; 159-167. doi: 10.1016/S0022-2860(96)09590-7

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Letter to the editor

• Brkljača, Zlatko ; Klimczak, Michael ; Miličević, Zoran ; Weisser, Matthias ; Taccardi, Nicola ; Wasserscheid, Peter ; Smith, David Matthew ; Magerl, Andreas ; Smith, Ana-Sunčana | Complementary Molecular Dynamics and X-ray Reflectivity Study of an Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquid at a Neutral Sapphire Interface // Journal of physical chemistry letters, 6 (2015), 3; 549-555. doi: 10.1021/jz5024493

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Review article (professional)

• Ahel, Marijan ; Antičić, Tome ; Balog, Tihomir ; Bilić, Nevenko ; Guberina, Branko ; Katušić Hećimović, Silva ; Jerić, Ivanka ; Klanjšček, Tin ; Legović, Tarzan ; Musić, Svetozar et al. | The Ruder Boskovic Institute – Today and Tomorrow // Periodicum biologorum, 112 (2010), 4; 369-374

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Letter (scientific)

• Shou, Qingyao ; Smith, Joshua E. ; Mon, Htwe ; Brkljača, Zlatko ; Smith, Ana-Sunčana ; Smith, David Matthew ; Griesser, Hans J. ; Hans, Wohlmuth | Rhodomyrtals A–D, four unusual phloroglucinolsesquiterpene adducts from Rhodomyrtus psidioides // RSC Advances, 4 (2014), 26; 13514-13517. doi: 10.1039/c4ra00154k

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Conference abstract

• Smith, David Matthew ; Mihaljević, Branka ; Maltar- Strmečki, Nadica ; Balog, Tihomir | The Ruđer Bošković Institute: food for thought // Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju, 2018. str. 10-10

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Unpublished conference paper

• Bilić, Luka ; Barić , Danijela ; Banhatti, Radha Dilip ; Smith, David Matthew ; Kovačević, Borislav | The Role of Enzyme Dynamics in Understanding of Suicidal Inactivation of B12-dependent Diol Dehydratase // 2nd Mini symposium on radical enzymes | Zagreb, Hrvatska, 18.02.2019-18.02.2019

• Bilić, Luka ; Barić, Danijela ; Banhatti, Radha Dilip ; Smith, David Matthew ; Kovačević, Borislav | Computational study of glycerol binding within the active site of coenzyme B12-dependent diol dehydratase // Computational Chemistry Day 2019 | Zagreb, Hrvatska, 11.05.2019-11.05.2019

• Bilić, Luka ; Barić, Danijela ; Banhatti, Radha Dilip ; Smith, David Matthew ; Kovačević, Borislav | Analysis of glycerol binding within the active site of B12‐dependent diol dehydratase; implications for catalysis and inhibition // 26th Croatian Meeting of Chemists and Chemical Engineers (26HSKIKI) and 4th Symposium Vladimir Prelog | Šibenik, Hrvatska, 09.04.2019-12.04.2019

• Bilić, Luka ; Tomin, Marko ; Barić, Danijela ; Kovačević, Borislav ; Smith, David Matthew | MD and DFT study of glycerol binding in B12-dependent diol dehydratase // AMBER Molecular Dynamics workshop 2018 i Spring School in Computational Chemistry 2018 @ CSC | Espoo, Finska; Haifa, Izrael, 01.01.2018-01.01.2018

• Vučemilović-Alagić, Nataša ; Gaimann, Mario Udo ; Baer, Andreas ; Smith, Ana-Sunčana ; Smith, David Matthew | Application of a Jump-Diffusion Model to Solid-Liquid Interfaces in Ionic Liquids // DPG-Frühjahrstagung (DPG Spring Meeting) and EPS-CMD27 | Berlin, Njemačka, 11.03.2018-16.03.2018

• Bilić, Luka ; Tomin, Marko ; Barić, Danijela ; Kovačević, Boris ; Smith, David Matthew | MD and DFT study of glycerol binding in B12-dependent diol dehydratase // Computational Chemistry Day 2018 | Zagreb, Hrvatska, 12.05.2018-12.05.2018

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• Vučemilović-Alagić, Nataša ; Stepić, Robert ; Berger, Daniel ; Wick, Christian ; Harting, Jens ; Smith, David Matthew ; Smith, Ana-Sunčana | Ionic liquids at saphire interface-The influence of charges // The 8th EAM Symposium | Bad Staffelstein, Njemačka, 21.11.2016-23.11.2016

• Vučemilović-Alagić, Nataša ; Brkljača, Zlatko ; Klimczak, Michael ; Wasserscheid, Peter ; Magerl, Andreas ; Smith, Ana-Sunčana ; Smith, David Matthew | Ionic liquids at interface // Workshop innovative surfaces and materials | Primošten, Hrvatska, 28.08.2016-31.08.2016

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• Vučemilović-Alagić, Nataša ; Brkljača, Zlatko ; Smith, David Matthew ; Smith, Ana-Sunčana | Organization and Wetting of [C4Mim] [Ntf2] Ionic Liquid at the Neutral Sapphire Interface // Molecular Modelling Workshop | Erlangen, Njemačka, 04.04.2016-06.04.2016

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• Brkljača, Zlatko ; Smith, Ana-Sunčana ; Smith, David M. | Conformational study of small peptides and relation to spectroscopy // EAM Winter School | Kirchberg am Wagram, Austrija, 15.03.2011-18.03.2011

• Miličević, Zoran ; Smith, David M. ; Smith, Ana-Sunčana. | Water ordering around small hydrophobic particles in electric fields // EAM Winter School 2011 | Kirchberg am Wagram, Austrija, 15.03.2011-18.03.2011

• Miličević, Zoran ; Smith, David M. ; Smith, Ana-Sunčana | Electrophoretic mobility of hydrophobic particles // International Workshop on Modeling, Simulation and Optimization | Erlangen, Njemačka, 10.10.2010-13.10.2010

• Brkljača, Zlatko ; Smith, Ana-Sunčana ; Smith, David M. | Conformational study of Met-enkephalin and its unnatural analogue using molecular dynamics // International Workshop on Modeling, Simulation and Optimization | Erlangen, Njemačka, 10.10.2010-13.10.2010

• Čondić-Jurkić, Karmen ; Smith, David M. | Differential Binding Affinity to PFL of Substrate Pyruvate and Inhibitor Oxamate From Thermodynamic Cycle // Biomolecular Modeling Retreat | Stradbroke Island, Australija, 08.09.2008-12.09.2008

Master's thesis (university)

• Brkljača, Zlatko | Simulacija strukture metionin-enkefalina i njegovog neprirodnog analoga metodom molekulske dinamike / Smith, David (mentor). | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2009

• Miličević, Zoran | Proučavanje hidratacije hidrofobnih čestica molekularno dinamičkim simulacijama / Smith, David Matthew (mentor). | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2009

• Čondić-Jurkić, Karmen | Računalna studija mehanizma piruvat-formijat-liaze / Maksić, Zvonimir B. (mentor); Smith, David M. (neposredni voditelj) . | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2006

Doctoral thesis

• Miličević, Zoran | The role of water in the electrophoretic mobility of hydrophobic objects / Smith, Ana Sunčana (mentor); Smith, David Matthew (neposredni voditelj) . | Erlangen, Njemačka, 2016

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• Brkljača, Zlatko | Application of Computational Methods to the Structural and Functional Properties of Flexible Chiral Molecules / Smith, Ana-Sunčana (mentor); Smith, David Matthew (neposredni voditelj) . | Erlangen, Njemačka, 2016

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• Čondić-Jurkić, Karmen | Strategies in the Computational Modelling of Biological Systems: Case Studies with Radical Enzymes / Smith, David Matthew ; Smith, Ana-Sunčana (mentor). | Erlangen, Njemačka, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 2013

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• 05. –                Member of the American Chemical Society.
• 04. –                Member of the World Association of Theoretically Oriented Chemists.
• 04. –                Member of the Croatian Chemical Society
• 96. – 03.           Member of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute.