Alan J. Smith

Who is Alan J. Smith?

Dr. Alan J. Smith, retired, was the Director of the Protein and Nucleic Acid (PAN) Biotechnology Facility and a Member of Department of Molecular and Genetic Medicine, at Stanford University Medical School. PAN provides a service function associated with proteins, synthetic peptides, synthetic and biosynthetic DNA, and gene expression analysis, as well as a technology development function to support existing and new applications of these and other technologies. Dr. Smith has published over 50 peer-reviewed publications, including several book chapters. He has been involved in the development of several novel chemical processes and instrumentation platforms, and serves on several NIH/NCI instrumentation study sections and government-funded site inspection teams. Dr. Smith co-founded the International Association of Biotechnology Support Laboratories (ABRF) and served on the Executive Board and chaired several research committees within that organization. He serves on the Executive Board of the California Separation Science Society (CaSSS) and is a member of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Dr. Smith is the co-founder of a biotechnology startup company making synthetic DNA.