Professor Peter V. Hobbs
Peter V. Hobbs is Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Director of the Cloud and Aerosol Research Group (CARG) at the University of Washington in Seattle. He received his B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, in 1960 and 1963, respectively.
In 1963 he joined the University of Washington faculty and founded the CARG. For many years the CARG has been the largest research group in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and is known worldwide for its pioneering research in many areas of meteorology.
Peter Hobbs' research interests range from the microscale, through the mesoscale, up to the global scale, and they cover both the physics and chemistry of the atmosphere. The common thread in his research are the ubiquitous roles played by aerosols, clouds and precipitation in the atmosphere. He is the author of over 250 peer-reviewed papers, the editor of three books, and the author of four books: Ice Physics (Oxford University Press, 1974), Atmospheric Science: An Introductory Survey, co-authored with J. M. Wallace (Academic Press, 1977), Basic Physical Chemistry for the Atmospheric Sciences (Cambridge University Press, 1995, 2000), and Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry (Cambridge University Press, 2000). He is now working on the 2nd edition of Atmospheric Science: An Introductory Survey with J. M. Wallace.
He enjoys reading "good" (and some "bad") books, jogging and golf; but his passion is opera (Wagner and Strauss-listening not singing). He is married and has three sons.
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1 September 2004
