Peter R. Griffiths
Curriculum Vitae
| Name: | Peter R. Griffiths |
| Current Address: | Department of Chemistry |
| University of Idaho | |
| Moscow, ID 83844 | |
| Telephone Number: | (208) 885-5807 (O) |
| (208) 883-3025 (H) | |
| Fax: | (208)-885-6173 |
| Education: | B.A. (1964), Oxford University, England |
| D. Phil. (1967), Oxford University | |
| Postdoctoral Training: | University of Maryland (1967-1969) |
| Subsequent Employment: | |
| 1969-1970 | Product Specialist, FT-IR Spectrometers, Digilab, Inc., Cambridge, MA |
| 1970-1972 | Manager, Analytical Services, Sadtler Research Laboratories, Inc., Philadelphia, PA |
| 1972-1975 | Assistant Professor, Ohio University, Athens, OH |
| 1975-1978 | Associate Professor, Ohio University, Athens, OH |
| 1978-1980 | Professor, Ohio University, Athens, OH |
| 1980-1982 | Distinguished Professor, Ohio University, Athens, OH |
| 1982-1989 | Professor, University of California, Riverside, CA |
| 1989-1997 | Professor and Chairman, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID |
| 1997-2002 | Professor, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID |
| 2000-2001 | Interim Associate Vice-President for Research, University of Idaho |
| 2002-2006 | Professor and Chairman, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID |
| 2006-2008 | Professor, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID |
| 2008- | Professor Emeritus, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID |
Honors and Awards:
Research Interests:1975: Coblentz Award in Molecular Spectroscopy
1978: Distinguished Professor, Ohio University
1985: Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh Award
1995: New York SAS Gold Medal in Spectroscopy
1995: Fritz Prëgl Medal of Austrian Society for Analytical Chemistry
1995: University of Idaho Award for Excellence in Research or Creative Activity
2001: Honorary Membership, Society for Applied Spectroscopy
2003: Bomem Michelson Award in Molecular Spectroscopy
2004: Gerald S. Birth Award for Outstanding Work in Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
2006: Distinguished Faculty Award, University of Idaho College of Science
2006: Alexander von Humboldt Senior Research Fellowship
2008: Erskine Fellow, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Analytical chemistry; Fourier transform infrared and Raman spectrometry; chemometrics; gas, liquid and supercritical fluid chromatography; hyphenated techniques; novel approaches for spectroscopic data processing; surface enhanced vibrational spectroscopy; open-path FT-IR spectrometry; remote sensing; diffuse reflection spectrometry.
Editorial Boards
Applied Spectroscopy (Associate Editor, 1981-2009, Editor-in-Chief, 2009-)
Spectrochimica Acta
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (Germany)
Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis (China)
Journal of Analytical Sciences (Japan) (1995-2005)
Analytical Chemistry (1987 - 1989)
Energy and Fuels (1988 - 1991)
Professional Societies:
American Chemical Society
Society for Applied Spectroscopy (President, 1994)
Coblentz Society
Council for Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
National Academy of Sciences Committee for “Testing and Evaluation of Standoff Chemical Agent Detectors (SCADs),” Report produced February, 2003.
National Academy of Sciences Committee for “Monitoring at Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities”, Report produced September, 2005.
U.S. Department of Defense, Blue Ribbon Panel, Active and Passive Standoff Detection Program at Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center, December, 2006.
U. S. Pharmacopeia, General Chapters Expert Committee, 2006-2010.
This page was last updated on April 9, 2010