Peter Brewer

Tel. : 520-621-0753
Email: p.brewer@ltrr.arizona.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. - Bioinformatics - University of Reading, 2003.
  • M.Sc. - Geoarchaeology - University of Reading, 2000.
  • B.Sc. (Hons.) - Botany - University of Reading, 1999.

Previous Positions

Research Interests

  • The application of informatics in the fields of biology and archaeology, specifically the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and databases.
  • The adoption of data standards and interoperability within the biological and archaeological communities including the Tree Ring Data Standard (TRiDaS).
  • Modeling the effect of palaeo and future climate change on the distribution of species.

Software Releases

  • Tellervo - Dendro data measurement, management and curation application
  • TRiCYCLE - Universal dendro data converter
  • TRiDaS - Tree Ring Data Standard
  • OpenModeller - Species distribution modelling application
  • QGIS - Open source GIS application
  • Corina - Cornell Tree Ring Analysis