Peter D. R. Moeller Research Chemist National Ocean Service Charleston, SC M.S.,Ph.D., University of California-San Diego peter.moeller@noaa.gov
Research: Synthetic and natural marine products chemistry, mass spectrometry, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Our work is focused on marine natural product chemistry. Though not exclusive, our particular interests center on marine biotoxins originating from dinoflagellates. Structural chemistry is carried out on several mass spectrometers as well as a 500 MHz NMR. Chromatographic sciences also play a role in the isolation and purification of these compounds. We utilize a large array of techniques, such as HPLC, MPLC, low pressure, long column, centrifugal chromatographs, TLC, as well as other purification methodologies.
Publications Moeller, Peter D.R., Beauchesne, Kevin R., Huncik, Kevin H., Davis, Clay, Christopher, Steven, J., Riggs-Gelasco, Pamela, Gelasco, Andrew, Metal Complexes and Free Radical Toxins Produced by Pfiesteria piscicida., Environmental Science and Technology, 41(4); 1166-1172, 2007. Burns, J. M.; Schock, T. B.; Hsia, M. H.; Moeller, P. D. R.; Ferry, J. L., Photostability of Kainic Acid in Seawater, J. Agric. Food Chem.; 2007; 55(24); 9951-9955 Hsia, Michelle H., Morton, S.L., Smith, L.L., Beauchesne, K.R., Huncik, K.M., Moeller, P.D.R., Production of goniodomin A by the planktonic, chain-forming dinoflagellate Alexandrium monilatum (Howell) Balech isolated from the Gulf Coast of the United States, Harmful Algae, 2006, 290-299. Burkholder, J.M., A.S. Gordon, P.D. Moeller, J.M. Law, K.J. Coyne, A.J. Lewitus, J.S. Ramsdell, H.G. Marshall, N.J. Deamer, S.C. Cary, J.W. Kempton, S.L. Morton, & P.A. Rublee (2005) Demonstration of toxicity to fish and to mammalian cells by Pfiesteria species: Comparison of assay methods and multiple strains. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102: 3471-3476. Burkholder, J.M., J.S. Ramsdell, P.D.R. Moeller, A.S. Gordon, A.J. Lewitus, H.B. Glasgow, H.G. Marshall & S.L. Morton (2004) Status of Pfiesteria science, including tests of Pfiesteria shumwayae strain CCMP 2089 for ichthyotoxicity and toxin, pp. 50-52. Norman, R.S., P. Moeller, T.J. McDonald, and P.J. Morris. 2004. Effect of pyocyanin on a crude oil-degrading microbial community, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2004, p. 4004-4011. Morton, S.L., M.A. Faust E.A. Fairey and P.D.R Moeller. 2002. Morphology and toxicology of Prorocentrum arabenium sp. nov. (Dinophyceae), a toxic marine dinoflagellate from the Arabian Sea. Journal of Harmful Algae 4(1):393-400. Moeller, P.D.R., S.L. Morton, B.A. Mitchell, S.K., Sivertsen, E.R. Fairey, T.M. Mikulski, H. Glasgow Jr., N.J. Deamer-Melia, J.M. Burkholder, J.S. Ramsdell, 2001 Current Progress in isolation and characterization of toxins isolated from Pfiesteria piscicida. Environmental Health Perspectives 109 (S5) Melo, Ana Clara, Peter D. R. Moeller, Howard Glasgow, JoAnn M. Burkholder, John S. Ramsdell, Microfluorimetric Analysis of a Purinergic Receptor (P2X7) in GH4C1 Rat Pituitary Cells: Effects of a Bioactive Substance Produced by Pfiesteria piscicida, Environmental Health Perspectives, 109 (5S) Oct. 2001, pp731-737 Cambell, D.A., M.S. Kelly, M. Busman, C.J. Bolch, E. Wiggins, P.D.R. Moeller, S.L. Morton, P. Hess, and S.E. Shumway. 2001. Amnesic shellfish poisoning in the king scallop, Pecten maximus, from the west coast of Scotland. J. Shellfish Res. 20 (1) 75-84. Honors 1983 U.C. Regents Graduate Fellowship 1984 UCSD Teaching Assistant Award 1987 Australain International Fellowship 1990 NSERC International Fellowship 2000 Federal Employee of the Year’s Vice President’s Hammer Award