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Peter F. Nelson is a researcher affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia. Their work primarily focuses on environmental science and health professions, with substantial contributions across several related subfields including health, toxicology and mutagenesis, atmospheric science, automotive engineering, and economics and econometrics.

The main research topics covered by Nelson include:

  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Air quality and health impacts
  • Toxic organic pollutants impact
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Public health policies and education
  • Primary care and health outcomes

Nelson's recent publications reflect a strong focus on atmospheric mercury and public health. These include:

  • Atmospheric mercury in Australia, 2020, published in Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Patterns and trends of atmospheric mercury in the GMOS network: Insights based on a decade of measurements, 2024, published in Environmental Pollution
  • Can databases facilitate accountability? The case of Australian mercury accounting via the National Pollutant Inventory, 2020, published in Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal
  • Minnesota Public Health Corps: A New Model For Building The Governmental Public Health Workforce, 2024, published in Health Affairs
  • Patterns and Trends of Atmospheric Mercury in the Gmos Network: Insights Based on a Decade of Measurements, 2024, published in SSRN Electronic Journal

Nelson collaborates frequently with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Mariantonia Bencardino
  • Francesco D'Amore
  • Hélène Angot
  • Lorenzo Angiuli
  • Yann Bertrand

The most common venues where Nelson has published work include:

  • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Health Affairs
  • Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Nelson's research spans environmental science topics with specific attention to mercury's environmental and health impacts, as well as public health workforce development. The publications available highlight a blend of atmospheric chemistry and public health policy, with a strong presence in both scientific and health professional communities.

Best Publications

  • Influence of pyrolysis temperature on production and nutrient properties of wastewater sludge biochar.

    Mustafa K. Hossain;Vladimir Strezov;K. Yin Chan;Artur Ziolkowski

  • Agronomic properties of wastewater sludge biochar and bioavailability of metals in production of cherry tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)

    Mustafa K. Hossain;Vladimir Strezov;K. Yin Chan;Peter F. Nelson

  • Speciation of As, Cr, Se and Hg under coal fired power station conditions

    Pushan Shah;Vladimir Strezov;Kathryn Prince;Peter F. Nelson

  • Shock tube pyrolysis of pyridine

    John C. Mackie;Meredith B. Colket;Peter F. Nelson

  • The m,p-xylenes:ethylbenzene ratio. A technique for estimating hydrocarbon age in ambient atmospheres

    P.F. Nelson;S.M. Quigley

  • Formation and fate of PAH during the pyrolysis and fuel-rich combustion of coal primary tar

    E.B. Ledesma;E.B. Ledesma;M.A. Kalish;P.F. Nelson;M.J. Wornat

  • Effects of vehicle type and fuel quality on real world toxic emissions from diesel vehicles

    Peter F. Nelson;Anne R. Tibbett;Stuart J. Day

  • The hydrocarbon composition of exhaust emitted from gasoline fuelled vehicles

    P.F. Nelson;S.M. Quigley

  • Fine ash formation during combustion of pulverised coal–coal property impacts

    B.J.P. Buhre;J.T. Hinkley;R.P. Gupta;P.F. Nelson

  • Fundamental aspects of biomass carbonisation.

    Vladimir Strezov;Michael Patterson;Victor Zymla;Keith Fisher

  • Shock Tube Pyrolysis of Pyrrole and Kinetic Modeling

    John C. Mackie;Meredith B. Colket;Peter F. Nelson;Michael Esler

  • Submicron ash formation from coal combustion

    Bart J P Buhre;J T Hinkley;Rajender Gupta;Terry Fitzgerald Wall

  • Conversion of fuel nitrogen in coal volatiles to NOx precursors under rapid heating conditions

    Peter F. Nelson;Martin D. Kelly;Mary J. Wornat

  • Sources of atmospheric hydrocarbons in Sydney: A quantitative determination using a source reconciliation technique

    P.F. Nelson;S.M. Quigley;M.Y. Smith

  • Release of HCN, NH3, and HNCO from the Thermal Gas-Phase Cracking of Coal Pyrolysis Tars

    Elmer B. Ledesma;Chun-Zhu Li;Peter F. Nelson;John C. Mackie

  • Thermal characterisation of the products of wastewater sludge pyrolysis

    Mustafa K. Hossain;Vladimir Strezov;Peter F. Nelson

  • Nitrogen release during reaction of coal char with O2, CO2, and H2O

    Dong Chan Park;Stuart J. Day;Peter F. Nelson

  • The Catalytic Chemistry of Nitromethane over Co-ZSM5 and Other Catalysts in Connection with the Methane-NOxSCR Reaction

    Andrew D. Cowan;Noel W. Cant;Brian S. Haynes;Peter F. Nelson

  • Functional forms of nitrogen in coals and the release of coal nitrogen as NOx precursors (HCN and NH3)

    Peter F. Nelson;Alan N. Buckley;Martin D. Kelly

  • Speciation of arsenic and selenium in coal combustion products

    Pushan Shah;Vladimir Strezov;Chris Stevanov;Peter F Nelson

  • Isotopic evidence for direct methyl coupling and ethane to ethylene conversion during partial oxidation of methane over Li/MgO

    Peter F. Nelson;Christopher A. Lukey;Noel W. Cant

Frequent Co-Authors

Vladimir Strezov
Vladimir Strezov Macquarie University
Noel W. Cant
Noel W. Cant Macquarie University
Keivan G. Stassun
Keivan G. Stassun Vanderbilt University
Chun-Zhu Li
Chun-Zhu Li Curtin University
Mark Patrick Taylor
Mark Patrick Taylor Macquarie University
Brian S. Haynes
Brian S. Haynes University of Sydney
David W. Latham
David W. Latham Harvard University
Terry Wall
Terry Wall University of Newcastle Australia
Ian E. Galbally
Ian E. Galbally Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Rajender Gupta
Rajender Gupta University of Alberta

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