Peter Lee

Research Assistant

Address: HML H212-C
Phone: 843.762.8858
E-mail: leep@g.cofc.edu


Education

Ph.D. - Université du Québec à Rimouski, Canada (Oceanography)

M.S. - University of Auckland, New Zealand

B.S. - University of Auckland, New Zealand

Research Interests

The biogeochemistry of sulfur, nitrogen and carbon. Specific areas of focus currently include:

  1. The role of vitamin B12 of the biogeochemistry of the climatically important compound dimethylsulfide and its precursor dimethylsulfoniopropionate
  2. The application of Membrane Inlet Mass Spectrometery (MIMS) and Proton-Reaction-Transfer Mass Spe3ctrometry (PTR-MS) to the determination of gases and volatile organic compunds in aquatic environments.
  3. Proteomic and metabolomic approaches to understanding biogenic sulfur production in marine phytoplankton
  4. Impact of climate change variables on natural phytoplankton assemblages and cell-specific intracellular dimethylsulfoniopropionate quotas
  5. Developing experimental methodologies and technologies for assessing the impact of climate change variables on lower trophic level organisms

Publications

Cyronak T, O’Reilly E, Lee PA, DiTullio GR. (Accepted). In situ determination of cellular DMSP and pigment quotas in a Prorocentrum minimum bloom near the Falkland Islands. Advances in Oceanography and Limnology.

Boroujerdi AFB, Lee PA, DiTullio GR, Janech MG, Vied SB, Bearden DW. 2012. Identification of Isethionic Acid and other small molecule metabolites in Fragilariopsis cylindrus by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 404:777-784 doi: 10.1007/s00216-012-6169-2.

Lyon BR, Lee PA, Bennett JM, DiTullio GR, Janech MG. 2011. Proteomic analysis of a sea-ice diatom; Salinity acclimation provides new insights into the dimethylsulfoniopropionate production pathway. Plant Physiology. doi: 10.1104/pp.111.185025.

Bertrand EM, Saito MA, Lee PA, Dunbar R, Sedwick PN, DiTullio GR. 2011. Iron limitation of a springtime bacterial and phytoplankton community in the Ross Sea: implications for vitamin B12 nutrition. Frontiers in Aquatic Microbiology doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00160.

Lee PA, Riseman SF, Hutchins DA, Hare CE, Leblanc K, DiTullio GR. 2011. Potential impact of increased temperature and CO2 on particulate DMSP in the Bering Sea. Advances in Oceanography and Limnology. 2:33-47. doi: 10.1080/19475721.2011.574433

Feng Y, Hare CE, Rose JM, Handy SM, DiTullio GR, Lee PA, Smith Jr WO, Peloquin J, Tozzi S, Sun J, Zhang Y, Dunbar RB, Long MC, Sohst B, Lohan M, Hutchins DA. 2010. Interactive effects of iron, irradiance and CO2, on Ross Sea phytoplankton. Deep-Sea Research I 57:368-383.

Rose JM, Feng Y, DiTullio GR, Dunbar R, Hare CE, Lee PA, Lohan M, Long M, Smith Jr WO, Sohst B, Tozzi S, Zhang Y, Hutchins DA. 2009. Synergistic effects of iron and temperature on Antarctic plankton assemblages. Biogeosciences 6:3131-3147.

Lee PA, Rudisill JR, Neeley AR, Hutchins DA, Feng Y, Hare CE, Leblanc K, Rose JM, Wilhelm SW, Rowe JM, DiTullio GR. 2009. Effects of increased pCO2 and temperature on the North Atlantic Spring Bloom. III. Dimethylsulfoniopropionate. Marine Ecology Progress Series 388:41-49.

Feng Y, Hare CE, Leblanc K, Rose JM, Zhang Y, DiTullio GR, Lee PA, Wilhelm SW, Rowe JM, Sun J, Nemcek N, Gueguen C, Passow U, Benner I, Brown C, Hutchins DA. 2009. Effects of increased pCO2 and temperature on the North Atlantic Spring Bloom. I. The phytoplankton community and biogeochemical response. Marine Ecology Progress Series 388:13-25.

Mikucki JA, Pearson A, Johnston DT, Turchyn AV, Farquhar J, Schrag DP, Anber AD, Priscu JC, Lee PA. 2009. A contemporary microbially-maintained subglacial ferrous ‘ocean’. Science 324:307-400.