Dr Paul Greenwood

CRC WQT Deputy Program Manager - Measurement

BSc (Hons) (Melbourne), PhD (NSW)
Field of interest: Analytical characteristics of naturally occurring organic compounds

Contact Details

Centre for Applied Organic Geochemistry
Curtin University of Technology
GPO Box U1987
Perth WA 6845
Building 304 - 214B
Phone +61 (0) 8 9266 4434
Fax +61 (0) 8 9266 3547
Email P.Greenwood@curtin.edu.au

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Research Projects

• Development and application of organic mass spectrometry and other analytical protocols for the characterisation of naturally occurring organic material.
• The nature and consequences of Natural Organic Matter (NOM) in source and treated waters.
• The occurrence, nature and diagenesis of organic biomarker compounds in environmental and sedimentary settings.
  

Key Publications

Greenwood, P.F., Arouri, K.R., Logan, G.A. and Summons, R.E. (2003) Abundance and geochemical significance of C2n dialkylalkanes and highly branched C3n alkanes in diverse Meso- and Neoproterozoic sediments. Organic Geochemistry (In press).

Greenwood, P.F. and Summons, R.E. (2003) GC-MS detection and sigificance of crocetane and pentamethylicosane in sediments and crude oils. Organic Geochemistry 34, 1211-1222.

Armitage, S., Saywell, S., Roux, C., Lennard, C. and Greenwood, P.F. (2001) Forensic Applications of Laser micropyrolysis GC-MS. Journal of Forensic Science 46, 1043-1052.

Greenwood, P.F., Al-Arouri, K. and George, S.C. (2000) Tricyclic terpenoid composition of Tasmanites kerogen as determined by pyrolysis GC-MS. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 64, 1249-1263.

Greenwood, P.F., George, S.C. and Hall, K. (1998) Applications of Laser Micropyrolysis Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. Organic Geochemistry 29, 1075-1089.