Bradley D. Smith

Bradley D. Smith

Bioorganic & Supramolecular Chemistry

Biography

2008-present
Emil T. Hofman Professor of Science, University of Notre Dame
2008-present
Director, Notre Dame Integrated Imaging Facility
2001-2008
Professor, University of Notre Dame
1997-2001
Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame
1991-1997
Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame
1990-1991
Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University
1989-1990
Postdoctoral Fellow, Oxford University, UK
1988
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University
1983
B.Sc. in Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Australia

Selected Awards

2018
Harold Kohn Endowed Distinguished Alumni Lecturer, The Pennsylvania State University
2012
Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry
2011
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
2008
Visiting Fellow, Japan Society for Promotion of Science
2000
Kaneb Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award

Research Interests

SMART MOLECULES FOR IMAGING, TARGETING, AND HEALTH (SMITH). The specific research projects are diverse and encompass topics such as organic synthesis, membrane biophysics, photonics, and small animal imaging. A major aim is to develop novel molecular imaging probes that can detect dying cells in culture, and tumors and bacterial infection in living animals. Some of the fluorescent imaging probes are commercially available. They help accelerate the pre-clinical stages of drug discovery and development, and also enable new strategies for studying the biology of human disease. The probes may eventually be employed in humans for fluorescence guided surgery. A notable discovery is a family of interlocked molecules called squaraine-rotaxanes which have many potential applications as extremely bright and stable fluorescent Near-IR dyes. An offshoot of this work is the development of new methods of achieving laser-induced photothermolysis for biomedical imaging and therapeutic applications.

 

Recent Publications

  • Shaffer, C. C.; Oliver, A. G. and Smith, B. D. "Co-Crystals of Tetrachloroauric Acid and 1,3,5-(Methylacetamide)Benzene-Based Tectons: Consistent Trapping of High Energy Molecular Conformation" 2022 Crystengcomm, 24 (21), pp.3879-3885. DOI: 10.1039/d2ce00463a.
  • Morsby, J. J. and Smith, B. D. "Advances in Optical Sensors of N-Acetyl-Beta-D-Hexosaminidase (N-Acetyl-Beta-D-Glucosaminidase)" 2022 Bioconjugate Chemistry, 33 (4), pp.544-554. DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.2c00057.
  • Morsby, J. J.; Atkinson, K. M.; Kommidi, S. R.; Freel, T.; Janekova, H.; Stacko, P. and Smith, B. D. "Structure-Activity Studies of Nitroreductase-Responsive Near-Infrared Heptamethine Cyanine Fluorescent Probes" 2022 European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 23, e202200270. DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202200270.
  • Morsby, J. J.; Thimes, R. L.; Olson, J. E.; McGarraugh, H. H.; Payne, J. N.; Camden, J. P. and Smith, B. D. "Enzyme Sensing using 2-Mercaptopyridine-Carbonitrile Reporters and Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering" 2022 ACS Omega, 7 (7), pp.6419-6426. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c00139.
  • Dharmarwardana, M.; Dempsey, J. M.; Padilla-Coley, S.; Jarvis, T. S.; Shi, K. J.; Atkinson, K. M. and Smith, B. D. "Supramolecular Capture of Highly Polar Amidosquaraine Dye in Water with Nanomolar Affinity and Large Turn-on Fluorescence" 2021 Chemical Communications, 57 (99), pp.13518-13521. DOI: 10.1039/d1cc05039g.
  • Gamage, R. S.; Li, D. H.; Schreiber, C. L. and Smith, B. D. "Comparison of cRGDfK Peptide Probes with Appended Shielded Heptamethine Cyanine Dye (s775z) for Near Infrared Fluorescence Imaging of Cancer" 2021 ACS Omega, 6 (44), pp.30130-30139. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c04991.

 

Contact Information

  • Emil T. Hofman Professor of Science; Director, Notre Dame Integrated Imaging Facility
  • Office: 340N McCourtney Hall
  • Phone: 574-631-8632
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