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82
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24532
World Ranking
752
National Ranking
63

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Peter J. Ralph is affiliated with the University of Technology Sydney in Australia. Their research primarily spans the broad fields of Environmental Science and Energy, with a substantial body of work in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Additional subfields include Oceanography, Molecular Biology, Ecology, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's work focuses on topics such as algal biology and biofuel production, marine and coastal ecosystems, aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, marine and coastal plant biology, microbial community ecology and physiology, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties.

Peter J. Ralph has contributed to numerous publications, including recent papers like Emerging Technologies in Algal Biotechnology: Toward the Establishment of a Sustainable, Algae-Based Bioeconomy (2020) published in Frontiers in Plant Science, Nutrient Removal by Algae-Based Wastewater Treatment (2022) in Current Pollution Reports, and How microalgal biotechnology can assist with the UN Sustainable Development Goals for natural resource management (2021) in Current Research in Environmental Sustainability.

Other recent works include Microalgae-based carbon capture and utilization: A critical review on current system developments and biomass utilization (2022) appearing in Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology and Seagrasses in an era of ocean warming: a review (2021) in Biological Reviews.

Throughout their career, the scientist has published extensively in several key venues, such as Algal Research, Journal of Applied Phycology, Bioresource Technology, SSRN Electronic Journal, and The Science of The Total Environment.

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Unnikrishnan Kuzhiumparambil
  • Mathieu Pernice
  • Andrei Herdean
  • Donna L. Sutherland
  • Raffaela M. Abbriano

Peter J. Ralph received recognition as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Australian vegetated coastal ecosystems as global hotspots for climate change mitigation

    Oscar Serrano;Catherine E. Lovelock;Trisha B. Atwood;Trisha B. Atwood;Peter I. Macreadie

  • Rapid light curves: A powerful tool to assess photosynthetic activity

    Peter J. Ralph;Rolf Gademann

  • Coral bleaching: the role of the host

    Andrew H. Baird;Ranjeet Bhagooli;Peter J. Ralph;Shunichi Takahashi

  • Impact of light limitation on seagrasses

    P.J. Ralph;M.J. Durako;S. Enríquez;C.J. Collier

  • Photosynthesis and Metabolism in Seagrasses at the Cellular Level

    Anthony W.D. Larkum;Edward A. Drew;Peter J. Ralph

  • Microalgal bioremediation of emerging contaminants - Opportunities and challenges.

    Donna L. Sutherland;Peter J. Ralph

  • Emerging Technologies in Algal Biotechnology: Toward the Establishment of a Sustainable, Algae-Based Bioeconomy.

    Michele Fabris;Michele Fabris;Raffaela M Abbriano;Mathieu Pernice;Donna L Sutherland

  • Can we manage coastal ecosystems to sequester more blue carbon

    Peter I. Macreadie;Daniel A. Nielsen;Jeffrey J. Kelleway;Jeffrey J. Kelleway;Trisha B. Atwood

  • Quantifying and modelling the carbon sequestration capacity of seagrass meadows – A critical assessment

    P.I. Macreadie;M.E. Baird;S.M. Trevathan-Tackett;A.W.D. Larkum

  • Photosynthetic response of Halophila ovalis to heavy metal stress

    P.J Ralph;M.D Burchett

  • Assessment of Photosynthetic Performance of Prochloron in Lissoclinum patella in hospite by Chlorophyll Fluorescence Measurements

    U. Schreiber;R. Gademann;P.J. Ralph;A.W.D. Larkum

  • Comparison of marine macrophytes for their contributions to blue carbon sequestration

    Stacey M Trevathan-Tackett;Jeffrey Kelleway;Peter I Macreadie;Peter I Macreadie;John Beardall

  • The Impact of the Herbicide Diuron on Photosynthesis in Three Species of Tropical Seagrass

    David Haynes;Peter Ralph;Joelle Prange;Joelle Prange;Bill Dennison

  • Human impacts on seagrasses: Eutrophication, sedimentation, and contamination

    Peter J. Ralph;David Tomasko;Kenneth Moore;Stephanie Seddon

  • Seventy years of continuous encroachment substantially increases 'blue carbon' capacity as mangroves replace intertidal salt marshes.

    Jeffrey J. Kelleway;Neil Saintilan;Peter I. Macreadie;Peter I. Macreadie;Charles G. Skilbeck

  • Can macroalgae contribute to blue carbon? An Australian perspective

    Ross Hill;Alecia Bellgrove;Peter I. Macreadie;Katherina Petrou

  • Ecology: A niche for cyanobacteria containing chlorophyll d

    Michael Kühl;Min Chen;Peter J. Ralph;Ulrich Schreiber

  • In situ seagrass photosynthesis measured using a submersible, pulse-amplitude modulated fluorometer

    P. J. Ralph;R. Gademann;W. C. Dennison

  • Light gradients and optical microniches in coral tissues.

    Daniel Wangpraseurt;Anthony W. D. Larkum;Peter J. Ralph;Michael Kühl;Michael Kühl;Michael Kühl

  • Herbicide toxicity of Halophila ovalis assessed by chlorophyll a fluorescence.

    Peter J. Ralph

  • Variation in bleaching sensitivity of two coral species across a latitudinal gradient on the Great Barrier Reef: the role of zooxanthellae

    Karin E. Ulstrup;Ray Berkelmans;Peter J. Ralph;Madeleine J. H. van Oppen

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Kühl
Michael Kühl University of Copenhagen
Anthony W. D. Larkum
Anthony W. D. Larkum University of Sydney
Martina A. Doblin
Martina A. Doblin University of Technology Sydney
Peter I. Macreadie
Peter I. Macreadie Deakin University
David J. Suggett
David J. Suggett University of Technology Sydney
Justin R. Seymour
Justin R. Seymour University of Technology Sydney
Michael Rasheed
Michael Rasheed James Cook University
John A. Raven
John A. Raven University of Dundee
Jeffrey J. Kelleway
Jeffrey J. Kelleway University of Wollongong

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