Peter Thrower (born 1938) is a professor emeritus of materials science and engineering at Pennsylvania State University,1 and a former editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Carbon,2 a post he has held between 1982 and 2013. A special issue of Carbon was published in his honor in August 2012.3 He also edited the review journal Chemistry and Physics of Carbon from 1973 to 1998.4 He is a specialist on carbon in all its forms.
Thrower studied physics at the University of Cambridge. He then took up a position at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment (Harwell, UK) before moving to Pennsylvania State University, where he remained until he retired in 1998.4
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- Emeritus faculty listing Archived 2010-12-22 at the Wayback Machine, Materials Science & Engineering, Penn State University, retrieved 2011-02-18.
- Carbon editorial board, Elsevier, retrieved 2011-02-18.
- Festschrift dedicated to Peter A. Thrower, Editor-in-Chief, 1972 – 2012. sciencedirect.com
- Speaker biography from Carbon Journal Workshop on Carbon Materials for Energy Storage and Generation, retrieved 2011-02-18.