Education:

• B.S., Sioux Falls College, Sioux Falls, SD; Biology, 1965
• M.S., Univ. of ND, Grand Forks; Fisheries Biology, 1967
• Ph.D., Univ. of ND, Grand Forks; Limnology, 1971

Previous Positions:

• ORD Regional Scientist, USEPA, Region 10, Seattle, WA, 1988-1990.
• Branch Chief, USEPA, Watershed Branch, 1987-1988.
• Branch Chief, USEPA, Hazardous Waste and Water Branch, 1983-1987.
• Team Leader, USEPA, Hazardous Materials Assessment Team, 1979-1983.
• Team Leader, USEPA, National Lake Restoration Research, 1974-1979.
• Research Aquatic Biologist, USEPA, National Eutrophication Research Program, 1972-1974.
• Project Director, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Houghton Lake Water Quality Project, 1971-1972.

Professional Societies:

• North American Lake Management Society (Board Dir. 1981-1983)
• Oregon Lakes Association
• Sigma Xi

Appointments/Honors:

• Affiliate Professor of Animal Science at Oregon State, 2008 - present.
• Guest Visiting Professor, Japanese Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo (October, 2005)
• EPA Bronze Medal for exceptional achievement in development of common monitoring approaches, 2001; for outstanding contributions to environmental protection, Region 10, 1990
• North American Lake Management Society Technical Excellence Award, 1990
• EPA Special Achievement Award, 1989
• EPA Technical Achievement Awards, 1974, 1985, 1988, 1989
• Recipient of three graduate fellowships: 2 at Univ. N. Dakota, 1 at Stanford Univ.
• Environment International Journal (Guest Editor) Vol. 7, No. 2, Special Issue: Management of Bottom Sediments Containing Toxic Substances, 1982

Selected Publications:

• Peterson, SA, NVC Ralston, PD Whanger, JE Oldfield, WD Mosher. 2009. Selenium and mercury interactions with emphasis on fish tissue. Environmental Bioindicators 4(4):318-334. WED-09-120
• Peterson, S.A., N.V.C. Ralston, D.V. Peck, J. Van Sickle, J.D. Robertson, V.L. Spate, and J.S. Morris. 2009. How Might Selenium Moderate the Toxic Effects of Mercury in Stream Fish of the Western U.S.? Environmental Science & Technology, 10.1021/es803203g,  WED-09-024
• Peterson, S., D. Peck, J. Van Sickle, and R. Hughes.  2007. Mercury Concentration in Frozen Whole-Fish Homogenates Is Insensitive to Holding Time. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 53, 411–417 doi: 10.1007/s00244-006-0237-6
• Peterson, S., J. Van Sickle, A. Herlihy, and R. Hughes. 2007. Mercury Concentration in Fish from Streams and Rivers Throughout the Western United States. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41, 58-65
• Peterson, S.A., J. Van Sickle, R.M. Hughes, J.A. Schacher, and S.F. Echols. 2005. A biopsy procedure for determining filet and predicting whole-fish mercury concentration. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 48(1):99-107.
• Cooke, G.D., E.B. Welch, S.A. Peterson, and S.A. Nichols. 2005. Restoration and management of lakes and reservoirs, 3rd Edition. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton 591 p.
• S. Peterson, J. Van Sickle, R. Hughes, J. Schacher, S. Echols.  2004. A Potentially Nonlethal Biopsy Procedure for Predicting Whole-Fish Mercury Concentration. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 46, 1–10 doi: 10.1007/s00244-004-0260-4
• Peterson, S.A., R.M. Hughes, A.T. Herlihy, K.L. Motter, and J.M. Robbins. 2002. Level and extent of mercury contamination in Oregon lotic fish. Environ. Tox. Chem. 21(10)2157-2164.
• Guntenspergen, G.R., S.A. Peterson, S.G. Leibowitz, and L.M. Cowardin. 2002. Indicators of wetland condition for the prairie pothole region of the United States. Environ. Mont. Assess. 78(3):229-252.
• Whittier, T., D.P. Larsen, S.A. Peterson, and T. Kincaid. 2002. A comparison of impoundments and natural drainage lakes in the Northeast USA. Hydrobiologia 470:157-171.
• Whittier, T., S.G. Paulsen, D.P. Larsen, S.A. Peterson, A. Herlihy, and P. Kaufmann. 2002. Indicators of ecological stress and their extent in the population of Northeastern Lakes: A regional scale assessment. Bioscience 52(3):235-247.
• Okada, M. and S.A. Peterson. 2000. Preface in Water Pollution Control Policy and Management: The Japanese Experience. M. Okada and S.A. Peterson, editors. 287 pp. Gyosei Publishers, Tokyo, Japan.
• Peterson, S.A., and N.S. Urquhart. 2000. Estimating Trophic State Proportions of a Regional Lake Population: Are Larger Samples Always Better? Environ. Monit. Assess. 62:71-89.
• Peterson, S.A., N.S. Urquhart, and E.B. Welch. 1999. Sample representativeness: a must for reliable regional lake condition estimates. Environ. Sci. & Tech. 33(10):1559-1565.
• Peterson, S.A., D.P. Larsen, S.G. Paulsen, and N.S. Urquhart. 1998. Regional lake trophic patterns in the northeastern United States: Three approaches. Environmental Management 22(5):789-801.
• Cowardin, L.M., and S.A. Peterson. 1997. Introduction (pages 1-9) in S.A. Peterson, L. Carpenter, G. Guntenspergen, and L.M. Cowardin, editors. Pilot Test of Wetland Condition Indicators in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States, EPA/620/R-97/002
• Peterson, S.A., R.M. Hughes, D.P. Larsen, S.G. Paulsen, and J.M. Omernik. 1995. Regional lake quality patterns: Their relationship to lake conservation and management decisions. Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management 1(3):163-167.
• Peterson, S.A., R.M. Hughes, D.P. Larsen, S.G. Paulsen, and J.M. Omernik. 1995. The significance of regional lake quality patterns to management/restoration of specific lakes. Proceedings of 6th International Conference on the Management of Lakes: Kasumigaura '95. Tsukuba, Japan.
• Peterson, S.A. 1994. The Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP): Its objectives, approach, and status relative to wetlands. Pages 181-195 in G. Aubrecht, G. Dick and C. Prentice, editors. Monitoring of ecological change in wetlands of Middle Europe. Proc. International Workshop, Linz, Austria, 1993. Joint Publication Numbers: Stapfia No. 31, Linz, Austria, and IWRB No. 30, Slimbridge, U.K.
• Cooke, G.D., E.B. Welch, S.A. Peterson, and P.R. Newroth. 1993. Restoration and management of lakes and reservoirs: 2nd Edition. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton. 548 p.
• Peterson, S.A., J.C. Greene, and W.E. Miller. 1990. Toxicological assessment of hazardous waste samples extracted with deionized water or sodium acetate (TCLP) leaching media. Pages 107-129 in D. Friedman, editor. Waste Testing and Quality Assurance: Vol. II. ASTM Press, Philadelphia.
• Cooke, G.D., E.B. Welch, S.A. Peterson, and P.R. Newroth. 1986. Lake and Reservoir Restoration. Butterworth Press, Boston.
• Miller, W.E., S.A. Peterson, J.C. Greene, and C.A. Callahan. 1985. Comparative toxicology of laboratory organisms for assessing hazardous waste sites. J. Environ. Qual. 14(4):569-574.
• Peterson, S.A. 1982. Lake restoration by sediment removal. Water Resources Bulletin 18:423-435.