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. European Science Foundation award to participate at the Gordon Research Conference on "Biogenic Hydrocarbons and Climate," Ventura, CA, February 2007. Honorary Research Fellowship, School of GeoSciences, Edinburgh University, October 2005 - September 2006. 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
Science team associate: Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite instrument. ESA Mission Assessment Group for PREMIER (Process Exploration through Measurements of Infrared and millimetre Emitted Radiation). 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; Science, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Funding agencies: NERC; NASA; NSF; ESA; KNMI; Austrian Science Fund.
Teaching Experience
University of Edinburgh: Radiative transfer for Remote Sensing (MSc in remote sensing and image processing) from Autumn 2007; Quantitative Earth System Modelling: Confronting Models with Data and Vice Versa (in preparation). 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. Other: Taught GSCE and A-level maths and physics at Cherwell College in Oxford (regular and crammer tutor), 1996-1999.
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. "Measuring gases emitted by vegetation to improve predictions of surface air pollution and climate," University of Edinburgh Small Grant. 2006-2007. "Quantifying the impact of biomass burning and stratosphere-troposphere exchange on tropospheric ozone using Aura data and 3-D modelling," NERC standard grant, 2007-2010. "Aerosol coupling in the Earth System (ACES)," co-I (Edinburgh PI), NERC consortium grant, 2007-2010.