Peter T. Smith
Northwestern University
International Institute for Nanotechnology Postdoctoral Fellow (2020-Present), Chad Mirkin Lab
University of California, Berkeley
PhD in Chemistry (2015-2020), Chris Chang Lab
New York University
BS in Chemistry (2010-2014), Kent Kirshenbaum Lab
Selected Awards and Honors
Outstanding Research Award in Nanotechnology, International Institute for Nanotechnology, 2023
CAS Future Leaders Top 10%, American Chemical Society, 2023
Early Career Award in Nanotechnology, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Chicago, 2023
Weinberg Family Postdoctoral Fellowship, International Institute for Nanotechnology, 2022–Present
International Institute for Nanotechnology Postdoctoral Fellowship, Northwestern, 2020–2022
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2015–2019
John Stauffer Fellowship in Chemistry, UC Berkeley, 2015
Albert Borgman Prize for Best Thesis in the Sciences Nominee, NYU Chemistry Dept., 2014
University Honors Scholar, NYU, 2014
Phi Beta Kappa, Beta of New York Chapter, 2014
Isidore Rubiner Award for Outstanding Research in Chemistry, NYU, 2014
Phi Lambda Upsilon Honorary Chemical Society, 2013
George Granger Brown Scholarship Award for Excellence in Chemistry, NYU, 2013
Presidential Honors Scholar, NYU, 2011–2014
Julius Silver Scholarship for Science, NYU, 2010–2014
Selected Teaching and Outreach
Inorganic Chemistry in Living Systems, UC Berkeley, 2016, 2017
Organic Chemistry, UC Berkeley, 2015
University Learning Center Chemistry Tutor, NYU, 2012–2014
All Scout Nano Day, International Institute for Nanotechnology, 2023
Undergraduate Research Exposition Judge, Northwestern, 2022
Science in the Classroom (SITC), Northwestern, 2020–2021
Graduate Student Faculty Hiring Committee, UC Berkeley, 2019–2020
Diversity and Inclusion Focus Group (DIFG), UC Berkeley, 2019–2020
Henry Street Settlement Youth Center Tutor, New York, NY, 2010–2011
New York Hall of Science Volunteer, Queens, NY, 2010-2011