Peter Brewer (Visiting Scholar)
Tel. (Lab): 607-255-8650
Email: p.brewer@cornell.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
- Species 2000 and Catalogue of Life Systems Manager, 2005-2007.
- BiodiversityWorld (BDWorld) - UK eScience Research Project, 2003-2005.
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
Selected Publications
Under maintenance