Research Interests:
| -The global mercury (Hg) biogeochemical cycle with special focus on physical and chemical processes occurring in the ocean, fresh water, soils, and the atmosphere that lead to methyl Hg formation. -Source receptor studies in air pollution using back-trajectory modeling. -Using bioindicators to assess environmental pollutant loads. -Using advanced spectroscopic techniques such as ICPMS and XAS for determining source, speciation, and fate information on mercury. |
Teaching Interests:
| -Teaching and developing curriculum for in-person and online classes in general inorganic and physical chemistry, environmental chemistry, analytical chemistry, chemical oceanography, environmental toxicology, atmospheric chemistry. -Implementing active learning activities into flipped classrooms. -Devising and implementing activities that promote inclusive learning environments. |
| Curriculum VitaeJuly 27, 2022 |  |
| Dr. Peter Weiss (Weiss-Penzias) |
| Faculty Researcher and Continuing Lecturer |
| 831-459-1616 pweiss@ucsc.edu |
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Since 2002
| 1988 – 1990 | Analytical Chemist, Toxscan Inc. Watsonville, California |
| 1995 – 2001 | Lecturer, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences at Bellevue Community College, Seattle Central Community College, Shoreline Community College, Green River Community College and the University of Washington |
| 2001 – 2005 | Post-Doctoral Researcher, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, Bothell, Supervisor – Dan Jaffe |
| 2006 – 2010 | Research Consultant, University of Nevada, Reno, Supervisor – Mae Gustin |
| 2009 – 2012 | Project Scientist, Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Supervisor – Russ Flegal |
| 2014 – 2015 | Research Consultant, University of Washington, Bothell, Supervisor – Dan Jaffe |
| 2013 – 2016 | Associate Researcher Step 1, Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California Santa Cruz, Supervisor – Russ Flegal |
| 2013 – 2016 | Research Consultant, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, California, Supervisor – Arnout Ter Shure |
| 2011 – 2018 | Lecturer, Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, Supervisor – Ilan Benjamin |
| 2016 – 2020 | Associate Researcher Step 2, Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Supervisor – Chad Saltikov |
| 2017 – 2020 | Research Associate, Moss Landing Marine Laboratory, San Jose State Foundation, Moss Landing, California, Supervisor – Wesley Heim |
| 2018 – 2022 | Continuing Lecturer, Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, Supervisor – Glenn Milhauser |
| 2020 – 2022 | Lecturer, Environmental Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, Supervisor – Gregory Gilbert |
| Summer 2018 – Summer 2022 | Faculty, COSMOS program, University of California, Santa Cruz, in the Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology Cluster. |
| 2020 – 2023 | Faculty Researcher, Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Supervisor – Fitnat Yildiz |
| 2020 – 2025 | Lecturer, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, Supervisor – Matthew Clapham |
EDUCATION Since 2002
| 1988 | B.S., with honors in Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, Advisor – David Kliger, 1986 – 1988 |
| 1995 | Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Advisor – Richard Gammon, 1990 – 1995 |
HONORS AND AWARDS Since 2002
| May 2022 | The 2021-22 UCSC Excellence in Teaching Award and PBSCi’s Ron Ruby Award |
| May 2019 | Top Clean Air Leader Award in the category of Technology, Monterey Bay Air Resources District |
GRANTS Since 2002
| Sep 1 2022 – Aug 31 2025 | Principal Investigator, Principal Investigator, Teaching (Active): ESCI 122 Air Pollution course teaching, fall quarters 2022, 2023, and 2024. Monterey Bay Air Resources District, with matching contribution for the PBSci Division. 100% of funding goes to salary for P. Weiss-Penzias. $60,000 |
| Jan 1 2022 – Jan 1 2025 | Co-Investigator, Research (Active):Toward Sustainable Crop Sulfur Use: Probing the Link between High Sulfur Applications and Methylmercury Production, USDA-NIFA. 100% of funding goes to Weiss-Penzias lab research. $257,981 |
| Mar 1 2021 – Feb 29 2024 | Co-Investigator, Research (Active) Collaborative Research: Development of an understanding of ambient RM chemistry, reactions forming, and methods for measurement, subaward from the University of Nevada, Reno. 100% of funding goes to Weiss-Penzias lab research. $30,000 |
| Feb 1 2022 – Jan 31 2024 | Principal Investigator, Research (Active) Fog Water Collection for Critical Irrigation Needs at the UCSC Farm, UCSC Carbon Fund. 100% of funding goes to Weiss-Penzias lab research. $11,000 |
| Jan 1 – Dec 31 2023 | Principal Investigator, Research (Active): Identifying areas of high gaseous mercury emissions from abandoned mercury mines using native lichens. Eppley Foundation. 100% of funding is going to Weiss-Penzias lab research. $30,000 |
| Jan 1 2022 – Dec 31 2023 | Principal Investigator, Research (Active) Investigating mercury atmospheric deposition using lichens in the New Almaden portion of the Guadalupe River watershed, Santa Clara Valley Water District. 100% of funding goes to Weiss-Penzias lab research $75,000 |
| Aug 1 2022 – Jul 31 2023 | Principal Investigator, Research (Pending) Mercury concentrations in lichen from the Sulphur Bank Mercury Mine, US Geological Survey. 100% of funding goes to Weiss-Penzias lab research. $4,250 |
| Jul 15 2022 – Jul 14 2023 | Collaborator,Research (Active): Science teaching through the arts: Bringing state of the art environmental health education to youth in agricultural communities, Subcontract from California State University, Monterey Bay. 100% of funding goes to Weiss-Penzias lab research.$20,000 |
| Apr 15 – Dec 31 2022 | Principal Investigator, Research (Active): Investigating the unintended consequences of sulfur fungicide use in Napa Valley vineyards: the production of methylmercury, Kathryn D. Sullivan Award, UC Santa Cruz. 100% of funding goes to Weiss-Penzias lab research $16,000 |
| Jul 1 2021 – Jul 1 2022 | Co-Principal Investigator, Research (Active) RAPID: The effects of wildfire on salmonid olfaction and behavior, National Science Foundation. 9% of funding goes to Weiss-Penzias lab research. $199,983 |
| Oct 1 2020 – Dec 31 2021 | Principal Investigator, Research (Completed) Using lichen as a bioindicator of atmospheric mercury deposition, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation $9,400 |
| May 1 2020 – Dec 31 2021 | Principal Investigator, Research (Completed): Mercury is in our fog, so what about our food? Experiment.com and UCSC Giving Day crowdfunding campaign $4,932 |
| Sep 1 2019 – Dec 31 2021 | Principal Investigator, Teaching (Completed): ENVS 122 Air Pollution course development and teaching, fall quarters 2019, 2020, and 2021. Monterey Bay Air Resources District $123,419 |
| Dec 1 2020 – Apr 1 2021 | Collaborator, Teaching (Completed) Course development in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry $8,600 |
| Jan 1 2019 – Dec 31 2020 | Principal Investigator, Research (Completed) Volatile Organic Compound Sensor Development, Monterey Bay Air Resources District $7,500 |
| Mar 1 – Oct 31 2020 | Principal Investigator, Research (Completed) Mercury in isopods and steelhead trout in the Big Creek watershed, California, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration $4,328 |
| Jun 1 – Aug 31 2020 | Co-Investigator, Teaching (Completed) Online Course Development Award to develop an online version of CHEM 1C – General Chemistry $4,000 |
| Jan 1 2019 – Jan 1 2020 | Principal Investigator, Research (Completed) Volatile Organic Compound Sensor Development, Launchpad Innovation Grants $10,000 |
| Jan 1 2019 – Jan 1 2020 | Principal Investigator, Research (Completed) Assessing the mercury concentrations in the fur, liver and brain tissue of southern sea otters, Sea Otter Foundation Trust $1,550 |
| Jan 1 2018 – Jan 1 2020 | Principal Investigator, Research (Completed) Measurement of mercury stable isotopes, Dean Paul Koch lab funds $10,000 |
| Sep 1 2013 – Jul 31 2017 | Principal Investigator, Research (Completed) Collaborative Research: Investigations on the Cycling of Mercury from the Ocean to Fog and Deposition to Land in Coastal California, National Science Foundation $334,869 |
| Jan 1 2014 – May 31 2016 | Principal Investigator, Research (Completed) “Trends in Mercury Deposition”, Electric Power Research Institute $32,000 |
| Sep 1 2010 – Jun 1 2012 | Principal Investigator, Research (Completed) Investigation of Speciated Atmospheric Mercury Deposition in Fog Water at Elkhorn Slough, California, Packard Endowment for UCSC Institute of Marine Studies $15,626 |
| Aug 1 2010 – Jun 1 2012 | Collaborator, Research (Completed) Evaluation of Dry Deposition and Gaseous Oxidized Mercury Using Data Collected at Three TMDL “Supersites” across Florida, Electric Power Research Institute $16,206 |
| Oct 1 2010 – May 31 2012 | Principal Investigator, Research (Completed) Atmospheric Mercury Monitoring Services at Elkhorn Slough, California, Environmental Protection Agency $122,673 |
| Oct 1 2009 – Mar 31 2012 | Collaborator, Research (Completed) RUI: Using GIS to Integrate the NOAA HYSPLIT Model with Surface-Based Air Quality and Mercury Deposition Data, National Science Foundation $50,113 |
SCHOLARLY AND CREATIVE WORK Since 2002
| In Progress: Weiss-Penzias, P. S., Zheng, B., Straw, B., Seelos, M., O’Day, P., Janssen, S. Lichen as a Bioindicator of Atmospheric Mercury Deposition from Former Mercury Mines, Pollutants | |
| In Progress: Hawk, D. W., Dunkin, R. C., Weiss-Penzias, P. S., Batac, F., Miller, M. Assessment of mercury concentrations in hair, liver and brain tissue from necropsied southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis), Marine Mammal Science | |
| Submitted: Rundio, D. E., Rivera, R., Weiss-Penzias, P. S. High mercury concentrations in terrestrial invertebrates and fish from an interconnected riparian-stream food web in a fog-exposed basin on the Big Sur coast of California, Ecotoxicology | |
| 2022 | Isil, S., Collett, J., Lynch, J., Weiss-Penzias, P., & Rogers, C. M. (2022). Cloud and fog deposition: Monitoring in high elevation and coastal ecosystems. The past, present, and future. Atmospheric Environment, 118997. |
| 2020 | Washburn, S. J., Blum, J. D., Motta, L. C., Bergquist, B. A., Weiss- Penzias, P. S. Isotopic Composition of Hg in FogWaters of Coastal California. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.0c00716 (Oct 2020) |
| 2020 | Lyman,S. N., Cheng, I., Gratz, L. E., Weiss-Penzias, P., Zhang, L., An Updated Review of Atmospheric Mercury, Science of the Total Environment https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135575 (Sep 2020) PEER REVIEWED, INVITED |
| 2019 | Weiss-Penzias, P. S., Bank, M.S., Clifford, D. L., Torregrosa, A., Zheng, B., Lin, W., Wilmers, C. C., Marine fog inputs appear to increase methylmercury bioaccumulation in a coastal terrestrial food web, Scientific Reports |
| 2018 | Peckham, M., Gustin, M.S., Weiss-Penzias, P., Weisberg, P.J. Results of a controlled field experiment to assess the use of tree tissue concentrations as bioindicators of air Hg. Biogeochemistry doi.org/10.1007/s10533-018-0533-z PEER REVIEWED |
| 2018 | Weiss-Penzias, P., A. Sorooshian, K. Coale, W. Heim, E. Crosbie, H. Dadashazar, A. MacDonald, Z. Wang, H. Jonsson, Aircraft measurements of total mercury and monomethyl mercury in summertime marine stratus cloudwater from coastal California, USA, Environmental Science and Technology, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b05395 PEER REVIEWED |
| 2018 | Coale, K.H., Heim, W.A., Negrey, J., Weiss-Penzias, P., Fernandez, D., Olson, A., Chiswell, H., Byington, A., Bonnema, A., Martenuk, S., Newman, A., Beebe, C. and Till, C., The distribution and speciation of mercury in the California Current: Implications for mercury transport via fog to land. Deep Sea Research II, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2018.05.012 PEER REVIEWED |
| 2018 | Fernandez, D., Torregrosa, A., Weiss-Penzias, P., Zhang, B. J., Sorenson, D., Cohen, R., McKinley, G., Kleingartner, J., Oliphant, A., , Bowman, M. Fog Water Collection Effectiveness: Mesh Intercomparisons, Aerosol and Air Quality Research, DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2017.01.0040 PEER REVIEWED |
| 2017 | Weiss-Penzias, P., Fernandez, D., †Moranville, R. , Saltikov, C., A Low cost system for detecting fog events and triggering an active fog water collector, Aerosol and Air Quality Research, doi: 10.4209/aaqr.2016.11.0508 († symbolizes Weiss-Penzias mentored undergraduate coauthor) PEER REVIEWED |
| 2016 | Weiss-Penzias, P., D. A. Gay, M. E. Brigham, M. T. Parsons, M. S. Gustin, A. ter Schure, Trends in mercury wet deposition and mercury air concentrations across the U.S. and Canada, Science of the Total Environment, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.061, 2016 PEER REVIEWED |
| 2016 | Zhang, J., Z Wu, I. Cheng,L.P. Wright, M.L Olson, D.A. Gay, M.R. Risch, S, Brooks, M.S. Castro, G.D. Conley, P. Weiss-Penzias The estimated six-year mercury dry deposition across North America. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2016, 50, 12864–12873. PEER REVIEWED |
| 2016 | Weiss-Penzias, P., K. Coale, W. Heim, D. Fernandez, A. Oliphant, C. Dodge, D. Hoskins, J. Farlin, R. †Moranville, A. Olson (2016) Total and monomethylmercury and major ions in coastal California fog water: results from two years of sampling on land and at sea, Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene, doi:10.12952/journal.elementa.000101 († symbolizes Weiss-Penzias mentored undergraduate coauthor) PEER REVIEWED |
| 2015 | Christensen, J. N., P. Weiss‐Penzias, R. ‡Fine, C. E. McDade, K. Trzepla, S. T. Brown, M. S. Gustin, Unraveling the Sources of Ground Level Ozone in the Intermountain Western United States Using Pb Isotopes, Science of the Total Environment, Volumes 530–531, 15 October 2015, Pages 519–525 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.054. (‡ symbolizes graduate student co-advised by Weiss-Penzias) PEER REVIEWED |
| 2015 | Weiss-Penzias, P. S., H. Amos, N. Selin, M. Gustin, D. Jaffe, D. Obrist, G-R. Sheu, A. Giang, Use of global model results to understand airborne oxidized mercury observations at five high-elevation sites, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15, 1161-1173, 2015. doi:10.5194/acp-15-1161-2015 PEER REVIEWED |
| 2015 | Song, S., N. E. Selin, A. L. Soerensen, H. Angot, R. Artz, S. Brooks, E.-G. Brunke, G. Conley, A. Dommergue, R. Ebinghaus, T. M. Holsen, D. A. Jaffe, S. Kang, P. Kelley, W. T. Luke, O. Magand, K. Marumoto, K. A. Pfaffhuber, X. Ren, G.-R. Sheu, F. Slemr, T. Warneke, A. Weigelt, P. Weiss-Penzias, D. C. Wip, and Q. Zhang, Top-down constraints on atmospheric mercury emissions and implications for global biogeochemical cycling, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15, 5269-5325, 2015. doi:10.5194/acp-15-7103-2015 PEER REVIEWED |
| 2015 | †Ortiz, C., P. S. Weiss-Penzias, S. Fork, A. R. Flegal, Total and monomethylmercury in terrestrial arthropods from the central California coast, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 94:425–430, 2015. doi:10.1007/s00128-014-1448-6 († symbolizes Weiss-Penzias mentored undergraduate) PEER REVIEWED |
| 2014 | Jaffe, D., S. Lyman, H. Amos, M. Gustin, J. Huang, N. Selin, L. Levin, A. Ter Schure, R. Mason, R. Talbot, A. Rutter, B. Finley, L. Jaeglé, V. Shah, C. McClure, J. Ambrose, L. Gratz, S. Lindberg, P. Weiss-Penzias, G-R. Sheu, D. Feddersen, M. Horvat, A. Dastoor, A. Hynes, H. Mao, J. Sonke, F. Slemr, J. Fisher, R. Ebinghaus, Y. Zhang, G. Edwards, Progress on understanding atmospheric mercury hampered by uncertain measurements, Environmental Science and Technology, 48, 7204-7206, 2014. DOI: 10.1021/es5026432 PEER REVIEWED |
| 2013 | ‡Wright, G., M. S. Gustin, P. S. Weiss-Penzias, and M. Miller, Investigation of mercury deposition and potential sources at six sites from the Pacific Coast to the Great Basin, USA, Science of the Total Environment, 470-471, 1099-1113, 2013. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.10.071 (‡ symbolizes graduate student co-advised by Weiss-Penzias) PEER REVIEWED |
| 2013 | Huang, J., M. B. Miller, P. S. Weiss-Penzias, and M. S. Gustin, Comparison of reactive mercury reasurements made with KCl-coated denuders, nylon membranes, and cation exchange membranes. Environmental Science and Technology, 47, 7301-7316, 2013. doi:10.1021/es4012349 PEER REVIEWED |
| 2013 | Weiss-Penzias, P. S., E. J. Williams, B. M. Lerner, T. S. Bates, C. Gaston, K. Prather, A. Vlasenko, and S. M. Li, Shipboard measurements of gaseous elemental mercury along the coast of Central and Southern California. Journal of Geophysical Research, 118, 208–219, doi:10.1029/2012JD018463, 2013 PEER REVIEWED |
| 2012 | Y. Zhang, L. Jaeglé, A. van Donkelaar, R. V. Martin, C. D. Holmes, H. M. Amos, Q. Wang, R. Talbot, R. Artz, S. Brooks, W. Luke, T. M. Holsen, D. Felton, E. K. Miller, K. D. Perry, D. Schmeltz, A. Steffen, R. Tordon, P. Weiss-Penzias, and R. Zsolway, Nested-grid simulation of mercury over North America, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12, 6095-6111, 2012. PEER REVIEWED |
| 2012 | Weiss-Penzias, P., C. †Ortiz, R. P. †Acosta, W. Heim, J. P. Ryan, D. Fernandez, J. L. Collett Jr., A. R. Flegal, Total and monomethyl mercury in fog water from the central California coast, Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L03804, doi:10.1029/2011GL050324, 2012. († symbolizes Weiss-Penzias mentored undergraduate coauthor) PEER REVIEWED |
| 2012 | Gustin, M. S., P. Weiss-Penzias, C. Peterson, Investigating sources of gaseous oxidized mercury in dry deposition at three sites across Florida, USA. Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics, 12(19): 9201-9219, 2012. PEER REVIEWED |
| 2011 | Weiss-Penzias, P., M. S. Gustin, S. N. Lyman, Sources of gaseous oxidized mercury and mercury dry deposition at two southeastern U.S. sites, Atmospheric Environment, 45, 4569-4579, 2011. PEER REVIEWED |
| 2010 | Conaway, C. H., F. J Black, P. Weiss-Penzias, M. Gault-Ringold, A. R. Flegal, Mercury speciation in Pacific coastal rainwater, Monterey Bay, California, Atmospheric Environment, 44, 1788-1797, 2010. PEER REVIEWED |
| 2009 | Weiss-Penzias, P., M. S. Gustin, S. Lyman, Observations of speciated atmospheric mercury at three sites in Nevada, USA: Evidence for a free tropospheric source of reactive gaseous mercury. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, doi: 10.1029/2008JD011607, 2009. PEER REVIEWED |
| 2008 | Ebinghaus, R., C. Banic, S. Beauchamp, D. Jaffe, H. H., Kock, N. Pirrone, L. Poissant, F. Sprovieri, and P. Weiss-Penzias, Spatial coverage and temporal trends of land-based atmospheric mercury measurements in the northern and southern hemispheres. In Mercury Fate and Transport in the Global Atmosphere: Measurements, Models, and Policy Implications, N. Pirrone and R. Mason Eds., United Nations Environment Program Global Mercury Partnership, 2008. PEER REVIEWED, INVITED |
| 2008 | Chand, D., D. A. Jaffe, P. C. Swartzendruber, E. Prestbo, W. Hafner, P. Weiss-Penzias, S. Kato, A. Takami, S. Hatakeyama, and Y. Kajii, Reactive and particulate mercury in the Asian marine boundary layer. Atmospheric Environment, 42, 7988–7996, 2008. PEER REVIEWED |
| 2007 | Weiss-Penzias, P., D. A. Jaffe., P. S. Swartzendruber, W. Hafner, D. Chand, and E. Prestbo, Quantifying Asian and biomass burning sources of mercury using the Hg/CO ratio in pollution plumes observed at the Mount Bachelor observatory, Atmospheric Environment, 41, 4366-4379, 2007. PEER REVIEWED |
| 2006 | Weiss-Penzias, P., 2006, Teaching Environmental Sustainability through Indigenous Culture: The History of Ishi and the Yahi People of California. International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability, Vol. 1. PEER REVIEWED |
| 2006 | Swartzendruber, P. S., D. A. Jaffe., E. Prestbo, P. Weiss-Penzias, N. Selin, R. Park, D. Jacob, S. Strode, and L. Jaegle, Observations of Reactive Gaseous Mercury in the Free-Troposphere at the Mt. Bachelor Observatory, Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, D24301, doi:10.1029/2006JD007415, 2006. PEER REVIEWED |
| 2006 | Weiss-Penzias, P., D. A. Jaffe., P. S. Swartzendruber, J. B. Dennison, D. Chand, W. Hafner, and E. Prestbo, Observations of Asian air pollution in the free troposphere at Mt. Bachelor Observatory during the spring of 2004. , Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, D10304, doi: 10.1029/2005JD006522, 2006. PEER REVIEWED |
| 2005 | Jaffe, D. A., E. Prestbo, P. Swartzendruber, P. Weiss-Penzias, S. Kato, A. Takami, S. Hatakeyama, and Y. Kajii, Export of Atmospheric Mercury from Asia. Atmospheric Environment, 39, 3029-3038, 2005. PEER REVIEWED |
| 2004 | Weiss-Penzias, P., D. Jaffe, L. Jaegle, and Q. Liang, Influence of long-range-transported pollution on the annual and diurnal cycles of carbon monoxide and ozone at Cheeka Peak Observatory, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, D23S14, doi:10.1029/2004JD004505, 2004. PEER REVIEWED |
| 2003 | Jaeglé, L., D. A. Jaffe, H. U. Price, P. Weiss-Penzias, P. I. Palmer, M. J. Evans, D. J. Jacob, and I. Bey, Sources and budgets for CO and O3 in the northeastern Pacific during the spring of 2001: Results from the PHOBEA-II Experiment. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(D20), 8802, doi:10.1029/2002JD003121, 2003. PEER REVIEWED |
| 2003 | Weiss-Penzias, P., D. Jaffe, A. McClintick, E. Prestbo, and M. Landis, Gaseous elemental mercury in the marine boundary layer: Evidence for rapid removal in anthropogenic pollution. Environmental Science and Technology, 37, 3755-3763, 2003. PEER REVIEWED |
| 2002 | Jaffe, D. and P. Weiss-Penzias, Biogeochemical Cycles – The Nitrogen Cycle. In Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, J. Holton, Ed., Elsevier, 2002. INVITED |
| 1995 | Weiss, P. S., S. S. Andrews, J. E. Johnson, and O. C. Zafiriou, Photoproduction of carbonyl sulfide in south Pacific Ocean waters as a function of irradiation wavelength, Geophysical Research Letters, 22(3), 215–218, 1995. PEER REVIEWED |
| 1995 | Weiss, P. S., J. E. Johnson, R. H. Gammon, and T. S. Bates, Reevaluation of the open ocean source of carbonyl sulfide to the atmosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research, 100(D11), 23,083–23,092, 1995. PEER REVIEWED |
| 1989 | Milder, S. J, P. S. Weiss, D. S. Kliger, Time-resolved absorption, circular dichroism, and emission of tRNA. Evidence that the photo-cross-linking of 4-thiouridine in tRNA occurs from the triplet state. Biochemistry, 28(5), 2258-2264, 1989. PEER REVIEWED |
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Since 2002
Public Lecture or Forum Participation
| May 2022 | Interviewed in a video for the Seymour Center’s Salmon Week “Southern Range: Salmon in the Santa Cruz Mountains” |
Papers Presented at Professional Meetings
| Dec 2021 | American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Lichen as a bioindicator of mercury emissions and deposition from abandoned mercury mines in central California |
| Dec 2020 | American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, “Do non-native terrestrial isopods transfer marine-derived mercury to threatened steelhead trout (O. mykiss) in a coastal California stream? |
| Sep 2019 | International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Krakow, Poland. “Marine fog inputs increase methylmercury bioaccumulation in a coastal terrestrial food web” INVITED |
| Dec 2018 | American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, DC. “Fog deposition of methylmercury in a coastal food web bioaccumulates to near toxic levels in an apex predator” INVITED |
| Nov 2017 | National Atmospheric Deposition Program Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, “Methylmercury and total mercury in marine stratus cloud and fog water: sources, sinks and lifetimes” INVITED |
| Jul 2017 | International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Providence RI. “Total mercury and monomethylmercury in marine stratus cloud water as sampled by aircraft over the Pacific Ocean along the coast of California, summer 2016” INVITED |
| Dec 2016 | American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. “Mercury speciation in terrestrial biota from coastal and inland food webs in California: A provisional model” INVITED |
| Nov 2016 | National Atmospheric Deposition Program Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, NM. “Temporal trends of mercury in precipitation from the Mercury Deposition Network: 2008-2015” INVITED |
| Jun 2015 | International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Jeju, South Korea, “Trends of mercury wet deposition in the United States and Canada” INVITED |
Conferences and Meetings
| Nov 2018 | Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Fall Meeting in Sacramento, CA |
| Oct 2017 | UC STEM Faculty Learning Community Meeting |
| 2017 | Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology Department weekly Seminar. |
| Jan 2016 | Lilly Teaching Conference in Austin, TX |
| Jun 2014 | Goldschmidt Conference in Sacramento, CA |
Review/Referee Grants, Proposals and Publications
| 2013 – Present | Ad hoc reviewer for National Science Foundation proposals INVITED |
| 2008 – Present | Peer review for scientific journals: Marine Chemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Science of the Total Environment, Journal of Geophysical Research, Environmental Science and Technology, Atmospheric Environment, Geophysical Reserch Letters, Deep Sea Research, Atmosphere, Elementa INVITED |
| 2019 | Guest Editor for special issue in the journal Atmosphere titled “Atmospheric Mercury” INVITED |
| May 2015 | Review panel for National Science Foundation, Chemical Oceanography Program, Alexandria, Virginia INVITED |
Talks and Presentations at Colleges and Universities
| Nov 2020 | Energy and Environment course and Western Washington University INVITED |
| Jul 2020 | Slugs and Stiens – UCSC Alumni Association science seminars INVITED |
| Dec 2018 | Leonardo Art and Science Evening Rendezvous, UC Santa Cruz INVITED |
| Oct 2018 | Environmental Science 10 at Cabrillo College INVITED |
| Apr 2018 | Environmental Science 10 at Cabrillo College INVITED |
| Oct 2017 | Environmental Science 10 at Cabrillo College INVITED |
| Oct 2016 | Environmental Science 10 at Cabrillo College INVITED |
Media Appearances
| May 2022 | Interviewed by the New York Times for a story on Pacific coastal fog |
| Dec 2020 | American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting San Francisco, CA, Press release on mercury in roly polies. INVITED |
| Dec 2015 | American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting San Francisco, CA Press conference on the science of fog INVITED |