Peter Simon Liss

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

FRS (born 27 October 1942) is a British environmental scientist, and professorial fellow, at the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a Public university, public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus university, campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and twenty-six schools of ...

Background

Liss studied at

Durham University Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate university, collegiate public university, public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament (UK), Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by r ...

, earning a BSc. He then completed a PhD at the

University of Wales The University of Wales () is a confederal university based in Cardiff, Wales. Founded by royal charter in 1893 as a federal university with three constituent colleges – Aberystwyth, Bangor and Cardiff – the university was the first universit ...

Career

His research group is a part of the Laboratory for Global Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry (LGMAC). He is a member of the Solar Radiation Working Group. He was awarded the Challenger Society Medal in 2000 and the John Jeyes Medal of the

Royal Society of Chemistry The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a learned society and professional association in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemistry, chemical sciences". It was formed in 1980 from the amalgamation of the Chemical Society, the ...

in 2003/04.

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External links

*https://royalsociety.org/people/peter-liss-11824/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20120415140750/http://www.vmine.net/scienceinparliament/9%20Feb%20Marine%20Engineering%20meeting%20notice%20revised270110.pdf *http://www.nio.org/index/option/com_newsdisplay/task/view/tid/4/sid/23/nid/77 1942 births Living people Alumni of University College, Durham Academics of the University of East Anglia Fellows of the Royal Society Commanders of the Order of the British Empire British scientists British environmental scientists {{UK-scientist-stub