Schmidt was a postdoctoral research Fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (1993–1994) before moving on to the ANU's Mount Stromlo Observatory in 1995.
Schmidt foi un bolseiro postdoctoral do Centro Astrofísico Smithsonian de Harvard (1993-94) antes de marchar ó Observatorio Astronómico de Monte Stromlo en 1995.