Peter Schlosser is a German physicist, planetary scientist and academic administrator who currently serves as vice president and vice provost of Global Futures at Arizona State University.[1] He is also a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (2011), the American Geophysical Union (2011), the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (2016) and the World Academy of Art and Science (2023).

Peter Schlosser
Peter Schlosser on Earth Day, 2022
NationalityGerman
Alma materHeidelberg University - Master of Physics (1981), PhD in Physics (1985)
Scientific career
FieldsOceanography, Hydrology, Air/Sea Gas Exchange, Continental Paleoclimate, Arctic Change, Sustainable Development
InstitutionsArizona State University
Columbia University
Heidelberg University
University of Washington-Seattle

As vice president and vice provost, Schlosser oversees the research, academics and operations of the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory[2] and the College of Global Futures. He is also co-chair of The Earth League with Johan Rockström, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. His research and teaching now focuses on planetary systems and options for healthy global futures.[3]

Education

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Schlosser received a Master of Science in Physics from the University of Heidelberg in 1981, followed by a Doctor of Philosophy degree in physics from the same university in 1985.[4] He conducted his thesis work in physics under advisors Wolfgang Roether[5] and Karl Otto Munnich.[6]

Career

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Schlosser specializes in water movement and variability for both groundwater and oceans, and has contributed to hydrology and environmental physics since the 1980s.[7][8]

In 1988, Schlosser and his colleagues established the first theoretical model for using the combination of tritium and tritiogenic helium for shallow groundwater dating.[9] Schlosser's further work identifying isotopes and anthropogenic trace substances in groundwater,[10][11] the Arctic Ocean, and Weddell Seas led to insights about human impact across planetary systems.[12][13][14]

Field Research

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Schlosser has conducted research from the Arctic Ocean to the ice shelves of Antarctica. His field experience includes research conducted in the Atlantic Ocean (1979, 1981), Arctic Ocean (1987, 1991), Weddell Sea (1985, 1986), Southern Ocean (1990) and Hudson River (2001-2004).[15] He has acted as co-chair of five of four Arctic Observing Summits (2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020) and has been co-chair of the Science Steering Group, ISAC International Study of Arctic Change since 2010.[15]

Publications

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Schlosser has published hundreds of articles in the fields of oceanography, hydrology, and paleoclimatolgy, among others. His work has been cited more than 16,000 times.[16]

Honors

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Memberships

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References

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  1. ^ "Peter Schlosser". Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory™. Arizona State University. Archived from the original on 2023-07-08. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  2. ^ Delgado, Anton L. (2020-09-14). "'Medical school for the Earth': New ASU lab to focus sustainable solutions for the future". The Arizona Republic. Archived from the original on 2023-07-07. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  3. ^ Schlosser, Peter (2022-12-05). "After COP27, all signs point to world blowing past the 1.5 degrees global warming limit". Salon. Archived from the original on 2023-10-03. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  4. ^ Thiele, Gerhard; Roether, Wolfgang; Schlosser, Peter; Kuntz, Reinhard; Siedler, Gerold; Stramma, Lothar (1986-05-01). "Baroclinic Flow and Transient-Tracer Fields in the Canary–Cape Verde Basin". Journal of Physical Oceanography. 16 (5): 814–826. Bibcode:1986JPO....16..814T. doi:10.1175/1520-0485(1986)016<0814:BFATTF>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0022-3670.
  5. ^ "In Memoriam: On the death of Wolfgang Roether". Universitat Bremen. Archived from the original on 2023-04-01. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  6. ^ Kromer, Bernd; Levin, Ingeborg; Lindauer, Susanne; Jähne, Bernd; Münnich, Matthias; Platt, Ulrich; Schlosser, Peter (2022). "KARL OTTO MÜNNICH (1925–2003): IN MEMORIAM". Radiocarbon. 64 (3): 445–449. Bibcode:2022Radcb..64..445K. doi:10.1017/RDC.2021.38. hdl:20.500.11850/547529. ISSN 0033-8222. S2CID 236280228.
  7. ^ Aggarwal, Pradeep K. (2012). Benchmark Papers in Hydrology: Isotope Hydrology. Oxfordshire, UK: International Association of Hydrological Sciences Press. p. 358. ISBN 978-1-907161-29-2.
  8. ^ "Professor Peter Schlosser Elected to the German National Academy of Sciences". Columbia Engineering. 2017-01-31. Archived from the original on 2023-02-17. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  9. ^ Schlosser, Peter; Stute, Martin; Dörr, Helmut; Sonntag, Christian; Münnich, Karl Otto (1988). "Tritium/3He dating of shallow groundwater". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 89 (3–4): 353–362. Bibcode:1988E&PSL..89..353S. doi:10.1016/0012-821x(88)90122-7. ISSN 0012-821X. Archived from the original on 2023-10-05. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  10. ^ Ekwurzel, Brenda; Schlosser, Peter; Smethie, William M.; Plummer, L. Niel; Busenberg, Eurybiades; Michel, Robert L.; Weppernig, Ralf; Stute, Martin (1994). "Dating of shallow groundwater: Comparison of the transient tracers 3H/3He, chlorofluorocarbons, and 85Kr". Water Resources Research. 30 (6): 1693–1708. Bibcode:1994WRR....30.1693E. doi:10.1029/94WR00156. Archived from the original on 2023-07-05. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  11. ^ Clark, Jordan F.; Stute, Martin; Schlosser, Peter; Drenkard, Stefan; Bonani, Georges (1997). "A tracer study of the Floridan Aquifer in southeastern Georgia: Implications for groundwater flow and paleoclimate". Water Resources Research. 33 (2): 281–289. Bibcode:1997WRR....33..281C. doi:10.1029/96WR03017. S2CID 128972514.
  12. ^ Schlosser, Peter; Bayer, Reinhold; Foldvik, Arne; Gammelsrød, Tor; Rohardt, Gerd; Münnich, Karl Otto (1990). "Oxygen 18 and helium as tracers of ice shelf water and water/ice interaction in the Weddell Sea". Journal of Geophysical Research. 95 (C3): 3253. Bibcode:1990JGR....95.3253S. doi:10.1029/JC095iC03p03253. Archived from the original on 2023-07-05. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  13. ^ Schlosser, Peter; Bullister, John L.; Bayer, Reinhold (1991). "Studies of deep water formation and circulation in the Weddell Sea using natural and anthropogenic tracers". Marine Chemistry. 35 (1–4): 97–122. Bibcode:1991MarCh..35...97S. doi:10.1016/s0304-4203(09)90011-1. ISSN 0304-4203.
  14. ^ Schlosser, Peter; Swift, James H.; Lewis, Diana; Pfirman, Stephanie L. (1995). "The role of the large-scale Arctic Ocean circulation in the transport of contaminants". Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 42 (6): 1341–1367. Bibcode:1995DSRII..42.1341S. doi:10.1016/0967-0645(95)00045-3. ISSN 0967-0645.
  15. ^ a b "Curriculum Vitae". 2022-10-21. Archived from the original on 2022-12-21. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  16. ^ "Peter Schlosser". Google Scholar. Archived from the original on 2022-12-21. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  17. ^ "NIVERSITATEA CRESTINA "DIMITRIE CANTEMIR" A DECERNAT TITLUL DE DOCTOR HONORIS CAUSA d-lui Profesor universitar dr. PETER SCHLOSSER, VICE PRESEDINTE si PRORECTOR al Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory al Universitatii de Stat din Arizona". Universitatae Crestina "Dimitrie Cantemir". 2021-09-02. Archived from the original on 2023-08-29. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  18. ^ "List of Members". Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina. Archived from the original on 2022-12-21. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  19. ^ AAAS Fellows, https://www.aaas.org/news/aaas-members-elected-fellows Archived 2021-11-20 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ "AAAS Members Elected as Fellows". American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2011-01-11. Archived from the original on 2021-11-20. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  21. ^ "Peter Schlosser". American Geophysical Union. Archived from the original on 2022-12-21. Retrieved 2023-10-05.