FACULTY RESEARCH EXPERTISE
PhD University of Rhode Island, Biological Oceanography
MS University of South Florida, Marine Science
BS Furman University, Biology
Research Focus: Pathobiology
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Dr. Peters’ expertise includes marine biology, coral reef ecology, aquatic toxicology, comparative histopathology, and quality assurance. Following postdoctoral research at the Smithsonian Institution on coral taxonomy and invertebrate diseases, she worked at Tetra Tech, Inc., an environmental consulting company. She began teaching at GMU as an adjunct in 1999, joining the faculty in 2008. She is teaching courses in histology and histotechniques at the undergraduate and graduate level, and environmental biology for non-biology graduate students in the environmental science and policy program. With Dr. Robert Jonas, she teaches an off-campus course through Mote Marine Laboratory on diseases of corals and other reef organisms, and also provides training in the histology and histopathology of corals. Dr. Peters collaborates with Drs. Jonas and Gillevet on understanding the molecular and microbiological aspects of disease processes through the study of cell and tissue alterations as a bridge to understanding population, community, and ecosystem consequences. She works with graduate students on diverse pathobiology research topics and manages the Histology Laboratory, training undergraduate and graduate students in the use of histological tools for their ecological and biomedical research.