Peter has undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications in environmental health and a doctorate in education. Prior to his current lead role in developing research programs at Batchelor Institute, Peter worked as a senior lecturer and coordinator of environmental health programs at the Institute and at University of Western Sydney; as a consultant to the United Nations in Fiji and Cambodia; as a manager of a national research and development programs for Indigenous Australian environmental health practitioners; and as an environmental health officer for local and state government authorities in NSW.