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Education
- B.S. Chemistry, Eastern Washington University, 2008
- B.S. Physics, Eastern Washington University, 2008
- Ph.D in Environmental Chemistry, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2015
Professional Appointments
- Aug. 2018-Present: Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- Apr. 2015-Aug. 2018: Postdoctoral Researcher
Publications
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Peterson, P. K., William R. Simpson, and Son V. Nghiem. (2016). "Variability of Bromine Monoxide at Barrow, Alaska Over Four Halogen Activation (March-May) Seasons and at Two On-Ice Locations" J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 121.
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
Justine A. Burd, Peter K. Peterson, Son V. Nghiem, Don K. Perovich, and William R. Simpson. (2017). "Snow Melt Onset Hinders Bromine Monoxide Heterogeneous Recycling in the Arctic" J. Geophys. Res. Atmos.. 17(12).
Katheryn R.Kolesar, Claire N.Mattson, Peter K. Peterson, Nathaniel W.May, Rashad K.Prendergast, and Kerri A.Pratt. (2018). "Increases in wintertime PM2.5 sodium and chloride linked to snowfall and road salt application" Atmospheric Environment. 177.
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).
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).
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).
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).
Lee, J. Y., Peterson, P. K., Vear, L. R., Cook, R. D., Sullivan, A. P., Smith, E., et al. (2022). Wildfire Smoke Influence on Cloud Water Chemical Composition at Whiteface Mountain, New York. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127, e2022JD037177.
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).
Peterson, P. K., Pratt, K.A., Shepson P.B., and Simpson, W.R. (2024). Impacts of Arctic Oil Field NOx Emissions on Downwind Bromine Chemistry: Insights from 5 years of MAX-DOAS observations. Faraday Discussions.
Talks
June 01, 2011
Poster at Air Ice Chemical Interactions Workshop, New York, New York
March 01, 2012
Talk at Midnight Sun Science Symposium, Fairbanks, Alaska
October 01, 2012
Talk at BROMEX Workshop, Seattle, Washington
December 01, 2012
Poster at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California
December 01, 2012
Poster at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California
December 01, 2013
Talk at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California
July 01, 2015
Seminar at Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
July 01, 2015
Talk at 7th International DOAS Workshop, Brussels, Belgium
September 01, 2016
Poster at International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Science Conference, Breckenridge, Colorado
December 01, 2016
Talk at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California
March 01, 2017
Seminar at Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
May 01, 2017
Talk at Canadian Chemistry Conference, Toronto, Canada
July 01, 2017
Poster at Connaught Summer Institute in Arctic Science: Atmosphere, Cryosphere, and Climate, Alliston, Ontario, Canada
September 01, 2017
Poster at 8th International DOAS Workshop, Yokohama, Japan
December 01, 2017
Poster at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
December 07, 2019
Talk at CATCH Open Science Workshop, Berkeley, California
December 13, 2019
Poster at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California
July 13, 2020
Poster at 9th International DOAS Workshop, Virtual due to COVID19
Teaching