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Dr Anne Palmer

Pfizer Postdoctoral Research Fellow

BSc, BAntSc Hons, PhD (Tas)

Anne Palmer

Contact Details

Contact Campus Sandy Bay Campus
Building Chemistry Building
Room Reference 416
Telephone +61 3 6226 2176
Fax +61 3 6226 2858
Email Anne.Palmer@utas.edu.au

Publications

  • S Powell, AS Palmer, G Johnstone, I Snape, JS Stark, MJ Riddle. Benthic mats in Antarctica: Biophysical coupling of sea-bed hypoxia and sediment communities. Polar Biol. 35 (2012) 107-116.
  • AS Palmer, I Snape, AT Townsend, JS Stark, C Samson, MJ Riddle. Sediment profile characterisation at contaminated and reference locations in the Windmill Islands, East Antarctica. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 60 (2010) 1541-1549.
  • AT Townsend, I Snape, AS Palmer, AJ Seen. Lead isotopic signatures in Antarctic marine sediment cores: A comparison between 1 M HCL partial extraction and HF total digestion pre-treatments for discerning anthropogenic inputs. Sci. Total Environ. 408 (2009) 382-389.
  • BL Larner, AS Palmer, AJ Seen, AT Townsend. A comparison of an optimised sequential extraction procedure and dilute acid leaching of elements in anoxic sediments, including the effects of oxidation on sediment metal partitioning. Anal. Chim. Acta. 608 (2008) 147-157.
  • BL Larner, AJ Seen, AS Palmer, I Snape. A study of metal and metalloid contaminant availability in Antarctic marine sediments. Chemosphere. 67 (2008) 1967-1974.

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Achievements

I graduated from the University of Tasmania with a BSc (1996), BAntSt Hons (1997) and a PhD in 2002. I then spent 2 years at the Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland as an NCCR-Climate research fellow where I was involved in the chemical analysis and interpretation of ice cores from Switzerland.

Research Interests

My interests are in the field of environmental chemistry in two main areas. (i) Quantifying the bioavailability of trace metals in the environment. Water runoff from Antarctic waste sites has the potential to input high concentrations of normally trace metals (e.g. Pb, Zn and Cu) into the coastal marine environment. This in turn may lead to adverse impacts on the biota in these sensitive regions. (ii) The chemical analysis and interpretation of ice cores from around the world. These records provide important insight into past climate variability and how humans have influenced the Earth’s climate.

Research Areas

Analytical and Environmental Chemistry

Alternative Contact Details

Australian Antarctic Division
Frank Wild Building G106
Tel: +61 3 6232 3168
Fax: +61 3 6232 3158
Anne.Palmer@aad.gov.au