A Commemoration for Emeritus Professor Peter Schwerdtfeger (1935-2013), Foundation Professor of Meteorology, will be held at 4pm on Monday 7 April in the SILC Building.

The founding Director of the Flinders Institute for Atmospheric and Marine Sciences, he was also founder, with Dr Jörg Hacker and Professor Neville Clark, of Airborne Research Australia, the national scientific research facility based at Parafield Airport. In the 1980s he qualified as a pilot.

In addition to research on the use of aircraft in atmospheric science and remote sensing, Professor Schwerdtfeger published in fields that included the effects of the environment and land use on climate, solar and atmospheric radiation, and glaciology.

A gifted amateur pianist and violinist, he also maintained a keen interest in astronomy and architecture.

He will be remembered as having significantly contributed to Flinders University and the wider community through his work in Meteorology, and for his long and distinguished career in Australian science.

Please meet at the SILC Building (Car Park 9) at 3.45pm for 4pm start on 7 April.

The commemoration will be followed by the 2014 Schultz Oration, The Groundwater Grand Challenge.