Background
Peters, Esther Caroline was born on May 9, 1952 in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of Otto Emmanuel and Winifred Ellen (Bahan) Peters.
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Esther Caroline Peters
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Esther Caroline Peters, American Aquatic toxicologist, pathobiologist, consultant. Recipient National Research Svc. postdoctoral training fellowship National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1987-1991. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science; member American Fisheries Society, International Society Reef Studies, Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Society Invertebrate Pathology.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Furman University, 1974. Master of Science, University South Florida, 1978. Doctor of Philosophy, University Rhode Island, 1984.
Career
Research assistant, Environmental Research Laboratory, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Narragansett, Rhode Island, 1980-1981;
graduate research assistant, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, 1981-1984;
associate biologist, JRB Associations, Narragansett, 1984-1985;
postdoctoral fellow, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum Natural History, Washington, 1985-1986;
resident research associate, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum Natural History, Washington, 1986-1989;
research fellow, Registry Tumors in Lower Animals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, 1987-1991;
senior scientist, Tetra Tech, Inc., Fairfax, Virginia, 1991-1998;
principal scientist, Tetra Tech, Inc., Fairfax, Virginia, since 1998. Science advisory panel Project Reefkeeper, American Littoral Society, Miami, Florida, since 1988. Courtesy assistant professor Department Marine Science, U. South Florida, St. Petersburg, 1987-1996, courtesy associate professor Dept Marine Science, since 1996.
Adjunct scientist Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida, since 1997. Consultant The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia, 1991.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science (council delegate biological science division since 2001). Member: National Society Histotechnology, National Shellfisheries Association, Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, International Society Reef Studies, American Fisheries Society.
Connections
Married Harry Brinton McCarty Junior, May 27, 1984. Children: Rachel Elizabeth McCarty, William Brinton McCarty.
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Nationality
American