The Palmer Research Group @ The University of Edinburgh

Paul Palmer :: Curriculum Vitae

Contact Details
School of GeoSciences University of Edinburgh King's Buildings, West Mains Road Edinburgh, EH9 3JW, UK T: +44(0)131 6507724 E: pip at ed dot ac dot uk
Research Appointments
University Lecturer School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, 2006-present University Research Fellow (Tenure-track) School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, 2005-2006 Research Associate (Staff scientist) Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 2002-2005 Postdoctoral Research Fellow Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 1999-2002 Postdoctoral Research Fellow School of Geography, University of Oxford, Summer 1999
Education
D.Phil., Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, UK, 1999 B.Sc., Physics, Bristol University, Bristol, UK, 1995
Awards and Honours
Visiting Research Scientist, NCAR, Summer 2006. Honorary Research Fellowship, School of GeoSciences, Edinburgh University, Fall 2005- National Science Foundation New Faculty Award to participate at the "Air Quality from Space" workshop, NCAR, 2006. National Science Foundation Early Career Award to participate at the Gordon Conference on "Biogenic Hydrocarbons and Climate," Italy, May 2004. Invited participant (1/20) at the Atmospheric Chemistry Colloquium for Emerging Senior Scientist (ACCESS), Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2001. National Environment Research Council CASE (Co-operative Awards in Sciences of the Environment) research studentship, 1995-1998. CASE sponsor, UK Met. Office.
Invited Presentations ::see this page::
Peer-reviewed Journal Publications ::see this page::
Professional Experience
Named Collaborator, Centre for Terrestrial Carbon Dynamics, a NERC Centre of Excellence, 2006- Session Chair: "Reactive chemistry in the troposphere: Hydroxy and Hydroperoxy radicals," AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 2003; "Satellite observations of trace species in the global troposphere," AGU Spring Meeting, Boston, 2001 (also organizer). Regular reviewer: Journals: Journal of Geophysical Research; Geophysical Research Letters; Atmospheric Environment; Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology; Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Funding agencies: NERC; NASA; NSF; ESA; KNMI
Teaching Experience
Harvard University: Substitute lecturer for EPS133, 2001-2005. Topics covered: biogeochemical cycles, greenhouse effect, chemistry in the stratosphere and troposphere, air pollution. University of Oxford: Physics tutor in Earth Sciences, 1996-1997. Tutored first-year undergraduates in elementary physics.
Funded Research Grants
"Understanding and quantifying biogenic emissions from tropical terrestrial ecosystems using satellite observations," NERC standard grant, 2006-2009. "Oxidant and particle photochemical processes above a Southeast Asian tropical rainforest (OP3-Danum-08)," co-I, NERC consortium grant, 2007-2010.