Peter D. Wentzell
Professor

Related information
Email: peter.wentzell@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-3708
Mailing Address:
Department of Chemistry
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6274 Coburg Road
P.O. Box 15000
Halifax NS B3H 4R2
Research Topics:- Analytical chemistry
- Chemometrics
- Spectroscopy
- Bioinformatics
- Multivariate data analysis
- Machine Learning
- Signal processing
Education
- BSc, ×ćĒņͶע app
- PhD, Michigan State University
- PDF, University of British Columbia
Research interests
The extraction of information from the massive amounts of data produced by todayās chemical and biological experiments is an ongoing challenge.Ā The multidisciplinary research in my group develops and applies statistical, mathematical and computer-based tools to address this problem.
Selected awards and honours
- EAS Award for Outstanding Achievements in Chemometrics, 2015
- Journal of Chemometrics Kowalski Prize, 2014
- Faculty of Science Killam Professor, 2009-2014
- ×ćĒņͶע app Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award, 2011
- Faculty of Science Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2010
Selected publications
- āImproved Modeling of Multivariate Measurement Errors based on the Wishart Distributionā, P.D. Wentzell*, C.S. Cleary, M. Kompany-Zareh (Anal. Chim. Acta, 2017, 959, 1-14).
- āGeneralized Error-dependent Prediction Uncertainty in Multivariate Calibrationā, F. Allegrini, P.D. Wentzell*Ā and A. Olivieri*Ā (Anal. Chim. Acta 2016 903, 51-60).
- āRegularized Projection Pursuit for Data with a Small Sample-to-Variable Ratioā, S. Hou and P.D. Wentzell*Ā (Metabolomics, 2014, 10, 589-606).
- āMeasurement Errors in Multivariate Chemical Dataā, P.D. Wentzell*Ā (J. Braz. Chem. Soc., 2014, 25, 183-196).
- āExploratory Data Analysis with Noisy Measurements.ā P. D. Wentzell*Ā and S. Hou (J. Chemometr., 2012, 26, 264-281).
- āFast and Simple Methods for the Optimization of Kurtosis as a Projection Pursuit Index.ā S. Hou and Peter D. Wentzell*Ā (Anal. Chim. Acta, 2011, 704, 1-15).