Peter Brimblecombe

Biography

He was born in Australia, but went to university in Auckland, New Zealand where he did a PhD on the aqueous chemistry of sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere. He is a Professor in Atmospheric Chemistry and was appointed senior editor of Atmospheric Environment in 1990.

Research Interest

Although he remain interested in atmospheric sulphur chemistry that formed the subject of my PhD in the early 1970s, he is currently concerned with the thermodynamics of the concentrated aqueous aerosol and in recent years this has been applied to organic materials with a special focus on humic like substances and airborne surfactants.He continue to be interested in long-term changes in urban air pollution and its effects on health and building damage. The historical aspects of this work formed the subject of a book, The Big Smoke, and have recently focussed on Victorian and Edwardian Britain. His interest in material damage by air pollutants has not been restricted to outdoor environments. He have done some work on the museum atmosphere and have a continuing interest in the process of damage to cultural materials by air pollutants.