Peter J. Wood, BSc (ANU), PhD (Flinders University)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program

Email: peter.j.wood[at]anu.edu.au

Biographical Statement

Peter is a mathematician with a PhD in mathematics from Flinders University. He is researching several mathematical problems related to climate change mitigation policy. Other mathematical interests include wavelet theory, operator algebras, and computational topology. Peter maintains the Climate Dilemma Blog on climate policy.

Research Interests

Applying game theory to the problem of achieving cooperation in international climate change negotiations. Policy questions associated with emissions from land use, and carbon pricing instrument choice.

Key Publications

• Wavelets and Hilbert Modules. Journal of Fourier Analysis and Applications 10(6): 573–598, 2004.
• (with J. Ajani) Submission to the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Green Paper August 2008.

Career Highlights

As Postdoctoral Fellow, between 2007 and 2009, working on the topology of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional images at the ANU Department of Applied Mathematics