Andrew is an environmental chemist whose work focuses on environmental analysis and monitoring of air, water, soil and sediments. He is also the Education Director for University Programs at BIOS. As lead scientist on both the BIOS Bermuda Environmental Quality Program and the Tudor-Hill Marine Atmospheric Observatory, he maintains multiple field stations that collect data on terrestrial and atmospheric contaminants, meteorological conditions and ambient air and water quality in Bermuda. Using these data, Andrew is working to understand more about the interface between the ocean and the atmosphere, and the implications for environmental and human health. His current research includes investigations into water vapor stable isotopes in the atmospheric marine boundary layer of the Atlantic Ocean, and links between air quality and human health in Bermuda.
He received his PhD from the University of Southampton in 1992, where he studied polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in seasonal snow cover. Andrew held postdoctoral positions at the National Water Research Institute in Canada and at the Universities of Reading and Lancaster in the UK. Prior to joining BIOS he was a research scientist at the NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, also in the UK.
Research Interests:
Environmental monitoring, sampling and analytical techniques, ambient air quality, atmospheric deposition and acid precipitation, persistent organic pollutants, long-range atmospheric transport of contaminants, risk assessment of heavy metals in local soil and drinking water.
Educational Background:
University of Southampton, Southampton, UK, 1992
-PhD in Environmental Chemistry
University College of North Wales, Bangor, UK, 1989
-Certificate in Advanced Analytical Techniques for Environmental Systems
University College of North Wales, Bangor, UK, 1988
-BSc Oceanography and Marine Biology
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Further Information:
Tudor Hill Marine Atmospheric Observatory
Selected Publications:
Aldhaif, A.M., et al. (2021). An aerosol climatology and implications for clouds at a remote marine site: case study over Bermuda. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126(9), e2020JD034038.
Dadashahazar, H., et al. (2021). Aerosol responses to precipitation along North American air trajectories arriving at Bermuda. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21(21), 16121-16141.
Marandino, C., et al. (2020). From Monodisciplinary via Multidisciplinary to an Interdisciplinary Approach Investigating Air-Sea Interactions - a SOLAS Initiative. Coastal Management, 48:4. https://doi.org/10.1080/08920753.2020.1773208
Benetti, M., et al. (2018). A framework to study mixing processes in the marine boundary layer using water vapor isotope measurements. Geophysical Research Letters 45:2524-2532, doi: 10.1002/2018GL077167
Benetti, M., et al. (2017). Stable isotopes in the atmospheric marine boundary layer water vapour over the Atlantic Ocean, 2012-2015. Scientific Data 4:160128, doi: 10.1038/sdata.2016.128
Berkelhammer, M., et al. (2016). Radiation and atmospheric circulation controls on carbonyl sulfide concentrations in the marine boundary layer. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 121, doi:10.1002/2016JD025437.
Altieri, K.E., et al. (2016). Marine biogenic source of atmospheric organic nitrogen in the subtropical North Atlantic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113:925-930, doi:10.1073/pnas.1516847113
Altieri, K.E., et al. (2014). Isotopic evidence for a marine ammonium source in rainwater at Bermuda. Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 28, doi:10.1002/2041GB004809.
Steen-Larsen, H.C., et al. (2014). Climatic controls on water vapor deuterium excess in the marine boundary layer of the North Atlantic based on 500 days of in situ continuous measurements. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 14: 7741-7756, doi:10.5194/acp-14-7741-2014.
Peters, A.J. and A.N.S. Siuda (2014). A review of observations of floating tar in the Sargasso Sea. Oceanography 27(1): 217-221, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2014.25.