Peter Peterson, PhD

Peter Peterson, PhD

Peter Peterson completed bachelor’s degrees in both Chemistry and Physics at Eastern Washington University. He obtained a PhD in Environmental Chemistry from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2015. Following a postdoctoral appointment at the University of Michigan, he joined the faculty at Whittier College in 2018. Peter and his group focus on using remote sensing and spectroscopy to understand pollution chemistry, halogen chemistry, and air-ice chemical interactions. In the classroom, Peter focuses on training students in the fundamentals of analytical chemistry with an emphasis on instrumental design and computer programming.

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The Role of Open Lead Interactions in Atmospheric Ozone Variability Between Arctic Coastal and Inland Sites

Published in Elementa Science of the Anthropocene, 2016

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Recommended citation: Peter K. Peterson, Kerri A. Pratt, William R. Simpson, Son V. Nghiem, Lemuel X. Perez Perez, Eric J. Boone, Denis Pohler, Johannes Xielcke, Stephan General, Paul B. Shepson, Udo Friess, Ulrich Platt, and Brian H. Stirm. (2016). "The Role of Open Lead Interactions in Atmospheric Ozone Variability Between Arctic Coastal and Inland Sites" Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 16(5). https://www.elementascience.org/articles/10.12952/journal.elementa.000109/

Spin-lattice coupling in Ni(HF2)(pyrazine)2SbF6 involving the HF2- superexchange pathway

Published in Inorganic Chemistry, 2016

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Recommended citation: Kenneth R ONeal, Brian S Holinsworth, Zhiguo Chen, Peter K Peterson, Kimberly E Carreiro, Changhoon Lee, Jamie L Manson, Myung-Hwan Whangbo, Zhiqiang Li, Zhenxian Liu, and Janice L Musfeldt. (2016). "Spin-lattice coupling in Ni(HF2)(pyrazine)2SbF6 involving the HF2- superexchange pathway" Inorganic Chemistry, 55(23). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01679

Effect of Prudhoe Bay Emissions on Atmospheric Aerosol Growth Events Observed in Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska

Published in Atmospheric Environment, 2017

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Recommended citation: Katheryn R. Kolesar, Jillian Cellini, Peter K. Peterson, Anne Jefferson, Thomas Tuch, Wolfram Birmili, Alfred Wiedensohler, and Kerri A. Pratt. (2017). "Effect of Prudhoe Bay Emissions on Atmospheric Aerosol Growth Events Observed in Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska" Atmospheric Environment. 17(3). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231016309785

Observations of bromine monoxide transport in the Arctic sustained on aerosol particles

Published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2017

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Recommended citation: Peter K. Peterson, Denis Pohler, Holger Sihler, Johannes Zielcke, Stephan General, Udo Friess, Ulrich Platt, William R. Simpson, Son V. Nghiem, Paul B. Shepson, Brian H. Stirm, Suresh Dhaniyala, Thomas Wagner, Dana R. Caulton, Jose D. Fuentes, and Kerri A. Pratt. (2017). "Observations of bromine monoxide transport in the Arctic sustained on aerosol particles" Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 17(12). https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/17/7567/2017/

Horizontal and Vertical Structure of Reactive Bromine Events Probed by Bromine Monoxide MAX-DOAS Spectroscopy

Published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2017

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Recommended citation: William R. Simpson, Peter K. Peterson, Udo Friess, Holger Sihler, Johannes Lampel, Ulrich Platt, Chris Moore, Kerri A. Pratt, Paul B. Shepson, John W. Halfacre, and Son V. Nghiem. (2017). "Horizontal and Vertical Structure of Reactive Bromine Events Probed by Bromine Monoxide MAX-DOAS Spectroscopy" Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 17(12). https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/17/9291/2017/

Springtime Bromine Activation over Coastal and Inland Arctic Snowpacks

Published in ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2018

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Recommended citation: Peter K. Peterson, Denis Pohler, Johannes Zielcke, Stephan General, Udo Friess, Ulrich Platt, William R. Simpson, Son V. Nghiem, Paul B. Shepson, Brian H. Stirm, and Kerri A. Pratt. (2018). "Springtime Bromine Activation over Coastal and Inland Arctic Snowpacks" ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 2(10). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.8b00083

Direct Determination of Aerosol pH: Size-Resolved Measurements of Submicrometer and Supermicrometer Aqueous Particles

Published in Analytical Chemistry, 2018

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Recommended citation: Rebecca L. Craig, Peter K. Peterson, Lucy Nandy, Ziying Lei, Mohammed A. Hosain, Stephanie Camarena, Ryan A. Dodson, Ryan D. Cook, Cari S. Dutcher, and Andrew P. Ault. (2018). "Direct Determination of Aerosol pH: Size-Resolved Measurements of Submicrometer and Supermicrometer Aqueous Particles" Analytical Chemistry. 90(19). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.analchem.8b00586

Snowpack measurements suggest role for multi-year sea ice regions in Arctic atmospheric bromine and chlorine chemistry

Published in Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 2019

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Recommended citation: Peter K. Peterson, Mark Hartwig, Nathaniel W. May, Evan Schwartz, Ignatius Rigor, Wendy Ermold, Michael Steele, James H. Morison, Son V. Nghiem, and Kerri A. Pratt. (2019). "Snowpack measurements suggest role for multi-year sea ice regions in Arctic atmospheric bromine and chlorine chemistry" Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 7(1). http://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.352

Springtime Nitrogen Oxide-Influenced Chlorine Chemistry in the Coastal Arctic

Published in Environmental Science and Technology, 2019

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Recommended citation: McNamara, S.M., Raso, A.R.W., Wang, S., Thanekar, S., Boone, E., Kolesar, K.R., Peterson, P.K., Simpson, W.R., Fuentes, J.D., Shepson, P.B, and Pratt, K. A.(2019). "Springtime Nitrogen Oxide-Influenced Chlorine Chemistry in the Coastal Arctic", Environmental Science and Technology. (2019). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b01797

Tropospheric bromine monoxide vertical profiles retrieved across the Alaskan Arctic in springtime

Published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2024

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Recommended citation: Brockway, N., Peterson, P. K., Bigge, K., Hajny, K.D., Shepson, P.B., Pratt, K.A., Fuentes, J.D., Starn, T., Kaeser, R., Stirm, B.H., and Simpson, W.R. (2024). Tropospheric bromine monoxide vertical profiles retrieved across the Alaskan Arctic in springtime. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 24(1). https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-23-2024

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