Eric Leif Peters

CONTACT INFORMATION

Department of Biological Sciences
Chicago State University
9501 S. Martin Luther King Drive
Chicago, IL 60628-1598, USA

Tel: (773)995-2421 or 995-2183
Fax: (773) 995-3759
Email: E-Peters@csu.edu
Website: fiercereptiles.org

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Energetics and nutrient metabolism of lower vertebrates. Radioecology and ecotoxicology, particularly physiological and ecological modeling of the fate and transport of inorganic contaminants and of contaminant effects on individuals and populations.

EDUCATION

Department of Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Ph.D. in Radioecology,with certification in ecology by the Program for Ecological Studies (now Colorado State University's Graduate Degree Program in Ecology), 1993.

Dissertation: Environmental influences on the kinetics of Group IA elements in ectotherms and their use in estimating field metabolic rates.

Co-advisors: Dr. F. Ward Whicker (Department of Radiological Health Sciences) and Dr. C. Richard Tracy (Department of Biology, now Professor of Ecology, Evolution & Conservation Biology and Director of the Biological Resources Research Center at the University of Nevada, Reno)

The University of Georgia, Athens, GA

M.S. in Zoology, 1986

Thesis: Radiocesium kinetics in the yellow-bellied turtle (Pseudemys scripta).

Advisor: Dr. I. Lehr Brisbin, Jr. (Savannah River Ecology Laboratory)

The University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

B.S. in Biology, 1982

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Professor of Biological Sciences, Chicago State University, Chicago, IL, 2010-present

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Chicago State University, Chicago, IL, 2001-2010

Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Chicago State University, Chicago, IL, 1996-2000

Non-majors courses:

Biological Sciences Survey II (BIO1080): an introductory biology course for non-majors with emphasis on zoology (19 sections: Fall 1996-2002).

Animals and Human Affairs (BIOL 2110): a biology course for non-majors emphasizing evolutionary, cultural, biomedical, and ecological interactions between humans and other animals (BIO 211: 1 section, Fall 2006).

200-level courses:

Populations, Communities, and Ecosystems (BIOL 2550): a required core undergraduate course in ecological principles (11 sections team-taught: Fall 2000-2003, 2006-12; 5 sections taught: Fall 2005, Spring 2008-09, 2011, 2013).

Biology of Animals (ZOOL 2040): an introductory zoology core course for undergraduates (20 sections: Spring 2001-2004, 2006-13, Fall 2005-12).

Upper-level undergraduate/graduate courses:

Biometrics (BIOL 4015/5015): an upper-level undergraduate and (required) graduate course in statistical analyses commonly used in biological research (8 sections: Spring 1998, 2000-2004, 2006-07).

Environmental Biology (BIOL 4730/5730): an undergraduate Honors and graduate course on the impacts of humans on the Earth (9 sections: Spring 1998-2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010; Fall 2003, 2011).

Comparative Animal Physiology (PSLY 4210/5210): an undergraduate Honors and graduate course on the adaptive physiology of animals in response to their environments (2 sections: Spring 1997, 2010. Independent study, Spring 2013).

Master's level course:

Methodology of Research (BIOL 5100): a Master's level course emphasizing writing and oral presentation of scientific research (4 sections: Fall 1996, 2001-2003).

Instructor, Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv (Kiev), September 1993

Over a three-week period (6 hours per day), taught ecology, statistics, radioecology, and ecological modeling principles.

Affiliate Faculty, Colorado State University Division of Continuing Education, 1989-92

Introduction to the Macintosh, Using Your Macintosh More Effectively, Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, Beginning HyperCard for the Macintosh, Advanced HyperCard for the Macintosh, and Macintosh Graphics Applications.

Directed Teacher, Department of Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, 1989

Radionuclide Kinetics.

Senior Teaching Assistant, Department of Zoology, The University of Georgia, 1985-86

Vertebrate Zoology. Supervised three other teaching assistants.

Instructor, Department of Zoology, The University of Georgia, 1985, 1986

Undergraduate Senior Seminar Series: Human Ecology (1986), Mimicry (1985).

Teaching Assistant, Department of Zoology, The University of Georgia, 1983-85

Human Physiology (1983-1985), Human Anatomy (1983).

Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, The University of Pittsburgh, 1982

Introductory Biology.

RESEARCH/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor of Ecology and Environmental Science, Department of Biological Sciences, Chicago State University, Chicago, IL, 2001-present

Research Fellow (sabbatical leave), Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC, 2004-2005

Radiation Safety Officer, Chicago State University, Chicago, IL, 2001-present

Assistant Professor of Ecology and Environmental Science, Department of Biological Sciences, Chicago State University, Chicago, IL, 1996-2000

Assistant Research Ecologist, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC, 1993-1996

Research Associate of Dr. Michael C. Newman (Professor of Marine Science, Department of Environmental Sciences, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William and Mary). Investigated relationships between energy metabolism and contaminant kinetics of vertebrates. Completed studies of the kinetics of Rb, Cs, Hg, and Cd in channel catfish, on the potential production of poultry in radiologically contaminated areas, on the use of 86Rb turnover rates to estimate the metabolic rates of ectotherms, and on the effects of temperature on the 137Cs elimination by chronically-contaminated largemouth bass.

Technical Expert, International Atomic Energy Agency, 1993

Consultant on the environmental effects of radioactive contaminants.

Participant, Pond B Radionuclide Inventory and Cycling Workshops:

University of Georgia Marine Institute, Sapelo Island, GA, 22-25 March 1988 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 19-20 January 1987.

Symposia addressing radioecological research at the Pond B, a radiologically contaminated nuclear reactor cooling reservoir located on the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site.

Research Assistant, University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC, 1984

Field and laboratory assistant to Drs. April D. Whicker and F. Ward Whicker: A radionuclide inventory of Pond B of the Savannah River Site.

Research Assistant, University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC, 1983

Field and laboratory assistant to Dr. I. Lehr Brisbin, Jr. Movement patterns, home ranges and centers of activity of eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina) in a South Carolina hardwood forest.

Laboratory Assistant, Section of Amphibians and Reptiles, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA, 1975-80

Assisted in field research and curation, including: accessioning, collecting, preserving and archiving specimens, processing specimen loan requests, maintaining preserved/living specimens, and educational/community outreach.

ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS

Stoye Award, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 1990.

Best student paper, physiology and physiological ecology: Estimation of ectotherm metabolic rates using a radionuclide technique.

United States Department of Health Training Grant, 1988-89.

Graduate School Teaching Assistantship Supplement, University of Georgia, 1986-87.

University-wide competitive teaching award: doubled teaching assistantship stipend for one year.

Graduate Research Fellowship, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, 1985, 1986.

Competitive fellowship and research support.

Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, 1983.

Competitive fellowship.

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Castro, R., K. Scott, T. Jordan, B. Evans, J. Craig, E.L. Peters, and K. Swier. 2006. The ultrastructure of the parasitophorous vacuole formed by Leishmania major. Journal of Parasitology 92: 1162–1170.[download paper (PDF format)]
 
Peters, E.L., I.R. Schultz, and M.C. Newman. 1999. Rb and Cs kinetics and tissue distributions in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Ecotoxicology 8:287-300. [abstract][download paper (PDF format)
 
Paller, M.H., J.W. Littrell, and E.L. Peters. 1999. Ecological half-lives for 137Cs in fishes from the Savannah River Site. Health Physics 77:392-402. [download paper (PDF format)]
 
Peters, E.L., and M.C. Newman. 1999. 137Cs kinetics of chronically-contaminated largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides). Health Physics 76:260-268. [abstract]
 
Peters, E.L. 1996. Estimating the metabolic rates of goldfish (Carassius auratus) and southern toads (Bufo terrestris) from 86Rb turnover rates. Copeia1996:791-804. [abstract]
 
Schultz, I.R., E.L. Peters, and M.C. Newman. 1996. Toxicokinetics and disposition of inorganic mercury and cadmium in channel catfish after intravascular administration. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology140:39-50. [abstract]
 
Peters, E.L., and I.L. Brisbin, Jr. 1996. Environmental influences on the 137Cs kinetics of the yellow-bellied turtle (Trachemys scripta). Ecological Monographs 66:115-136.[download paper (PDF format)]
 
Peters, E.L., S.A. Ibrahim, C.R. Tracy, F.W. Whicker, and K.A. Nagy. 1995. Estimation of the metabolic rate of the desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) by a radionuclide technique. Physiological Zoology. 68:316-341. [abstract]
 
Lett, J.T., and E.L. Peters. 1992. Deoxyribonucleoprotein structure and radiation injury: cellular radiosensitivity is determined by LET[oo]-dependent DNA damage inhydrated deoxyribo-nucleoproteins and the extent of its repair. Advances in Space Research 12:51-58.
 
Brisbin, I.L. Jr., M.C. Newman, S.G. McDowell, and E.L. Peters 1990. Prediction of contaminant accumulation by free-living organisms: applications of a sigmoidal model. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry9:141-149.
 
Peters, E.L., and I.L. Brisbin, Jr. 1988. Radiocaesium elimination in the yellow-bellied turtle (Pseudemys scripta). Journal of Applied Ecology 25:461-471.[download paper (PDF format)].

SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS/BOOK CHAPTERS

Peters, E.L. 2009. Radiation and Ecological Risk (Vignette in Chapter 13: Risk Assessment of Contaminants). Pages 375-378 in Newman, M.C. Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology, 3rd Ed. CRC Press.

Brisbin, I.L., Jr., R.A. Kennamer, E.L. Peters, and D.J. Karapatakis. 2008. A long-term study of eastern box turtles (Terrapene c. carolina) in a suburban neighborhood: survival characteristics and interactions with humans and conspecifics. Pages 373-385 in J.C. Mitchell, R.E.J. Brown and B. Bartholomew (eds.), Urban Herpetology (Herpetological Conservation, Volume 3). Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. Salt Lake City, UT. [download paper (PDF format)]

Paller, M.H., J.W. Littrell, and E.L. Peters. 2002. Ecological half-lives of 137Cs in fishes. Pages 85-92 in Proceedings of the 12th Biennial RPSD Topical Meeting, April 14-18, 2002. Santa Fe, NM. American Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, IL.[download paper (PDF format)]

Mauger, D., T. Bell, and E.L. Peters. 2000, Distribution and habitat of the two-lined salamander, Eurycea cirrigera, in Will County, Illinois: implications for inventory and monitoring. Pages 168-174 in H. Kaiser, G.S. Casper, and N. Bernstein (eds.), Proceedings of the Midwest Declining Amphibians Task Force. Joint Meeting of the Great Lakes & Central Division Working Groups of the Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force, Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI. 21-22 March 1998. [download paper (PDF format)]

Peters, E.L., I.L. Brisbin, Jr., and R.A. Kennamer. 1995. Alternative agriculture as an option to environmental remediation: the production of poultry in radioactively contaminated regions. Pages 523-537 in Proceedings of the International Symposium on Environmental Impact of Radioactive Releases. International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria. 8-12 May 1995.

Esque, T.C., and E.L. Peters. 1994. Ingestion of bones, stones, and soil by desert tortoises. Pages 105-111 In R.B. Bury and D.J. Germano (eds.), Biology of North American Tortoises. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Biological Survey, Fish and Wildlife Service Research No. 13. Washington, D.C.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Peters, E.L., and I.L. Brisbin, Jr. 1989. Radiocesium kinetics in the yellow-bellied turtle (Pseudemys scripta). p. 517 In Proceedings of the Southeastern Workshop on Aquatic Ecological Effects of Power Generation. Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL. 3-5 December 1986. Report No. 124 (abstract only).

Brisbin, I.L., Jr., and E.L. Peters. 1987. Field studies of contaminant uptake by organisms in aquatic and terrestrial environments. Association of Southeastern Biologists Bulletin 34:79-80.

Peters, E.L., and C.J. McCoy, Jr. 1978. Geographic distribution: Bufo alvarius. Herpetological Review 9:107.

COMPUTER SOFTWARE

BIBLIO: A Reference Database and Bibliography Generator for the Apple MacintoshTM. 1988. Heizer Software.

ExamGenerator: A Exam Question Database and Processor for the Apple MacintoshTM. 1988. Heizer Software

MASTERS THESES

Carol J.M. Flaute. 2007. Effects of mercury uptake on fluctuating asymmetry and behavior in the terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare. The University of Georgia, Athens (Initiated research project).
 
Kathleen A. Degnan.2007. Evaluating changes in Chicago-area avian diversity using the Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count data. Chicago State University (Thesis advisor). [abstract]
 
Maria Boyle.2005. Genetic distinctiveness of a peripheral Illinois population of the southern two-lined salamander (Eurycea cirrigera). Chicago State University (Thesis advisor). [abstract]
 
Shawn R. Cirton.1999. Phototaxis, metal concentrations, and fluctuating asymmetry in isopods from metropolitan Chicago, Illinois. Chicago State University (Thesis advisor). [abstract]
 
David R. Nestle. 1997. Elimination of radiocesium from bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) after acute and chronic exposure. Michigan State University (Initiated research project).

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Data: what every young scientist should know.

Stony Brook University Southampton, Southampton, NY, October 2009. [download presentation slides (in PDF format)]

Stable isotopes provide evidence for the biomagnification of radiocesium in a contaminated aquatic environment.

Using Stable Isotopes in Ecotoxicology, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 26th Annual Meeting Baltimore, MD, November 2005. (E.L. Peters, C.H. Jagoe, J.M. Unrine, C.S. Romanek, Y. Rosales, R. Batts, and H.A. Brant). [download presentation slides (in PDF format)]

Radiocesium kinetics in organisms, populations, and ecosystems.

Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC, January 2005..

Frogs.

Bontemps Elementary School, Chicago, IL, May 2004.

Environmental impacts of agriculture and the “zooremediation” of contaminated lands.

Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, January 2003.

Effects of elevated metal concentrations in terrestrial isopods from Lake Calumet and metropolitan Chicago, Illinois.

Calumet Research Summit, Olive-Harvey College, Chicago, IL, May 2000.

Air Pollution.
Fluctuating asymmetry in terrestrial isopods as an indicator of hazardous metal exposure.

University of North Carolina-Asheville, Asheville, NC, February 2000.

Genetically-engineered foods considered in light of the overall ecological impacts of food production.

Brave New Botany: Conference on Genetic Engineering (GE), Hyde Park Cooperative Society, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, April 1999.

Physiological behavior of cesium-137 and other radioisotopes in animals and their use in estimating field metabolic rates.

University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, June 1997.

Environmental influences on the kinetics of 137Cs in aquatic animals

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, April 1997.

Environmental influences on the kinetics of 137Cs and other alkali metals

University of New Haven, New Haven, CT, May 1996.

Environmental influences on the behavior of alkali metals in aquatic animals

Chowan College, Murfreesboro, NC, April 1996.

Alternative agriculture as an option to environmental remediation

Taras Shevchenko University, Kyiv, Ukraine, May 1995.

Environmental influences on the 137Cs kinetics of the yellow-bellied turtle (Trachemys scripta)

The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, February 1995.

Introduction to radioecology

Morris College, Sumter, SC, November 1994.

Influences of ecological processes on the kinetics of radioactive materials

Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, November 1994.

Environmental influences on the 137Cs kinetics of the yellow-bellied turtle (Trachemys scripta)

Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, October 1994.

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Short Course, November 1993

The Principles of Radioecology: Studying the Fate and Effects of Radioactive Contaminants in the Environment(with I.L. Brisbin, Jr., C.E. Dallas, T.G. Hinton and C.H. Jagoe).

Radioecological research at the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site

Taras Shevchenko (Kyiv) University, Kyiv, Ukraine, September 1993.

Radionuclide kinetics in ectotherms and their use in estimating field metabolic rates

University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC, May 1992.

CONTRIBUTED PAPERS

Evaluating Changes in Chicago-Area Bird Diversity Using the Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count Data

Ecological Society of America, 94th Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, 2010. (K.A. Degnan, E.L. Peters, T.J. Bell, and D.P.V. Potluri). [download presentation slides]

Genetic distinctiveness and population size trends of a peripheral metapopulation of the southern two-lined salamander (Eurycea cirrigera) in Will County, Illinois

Ecological Society of America, 94th Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, 2010. (M. Boyle, E.L. Peters, T.J. Bell, and O. Tsyusko). [download presentation slides]

A protocol for an undergraduate ecology laboratory on water quality impacts utilizing sealed microcosms

Ecological Society of America, 87th Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, 2002. (E.L. Peters and T.J. Bell). [download presentation slides (in PDF format)]

Ecological half-life of cesium in fish from the SRS

Workshop on Natural Remediation Processes, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC, 2001 (Paller, M.H., J.W. Littrell, and E.L. Peters).

Distribution and habitat of the two-lined salamander, Eurycea cirrigera, in Will County, Illinois: implications for inventory and monitoring

Midwest Declining Amphibians Task Force: Joint Meeting of the Great Lakes & Central Division Working Groups of the Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force, Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI, 21-22 March 1999 (D. Mauger, T. Bell, and E.L. Peters).

Alternative agriculture as an option to environmental remediation: the production of poultry in radioactively contaminated regions

International Symposium on Environmental Impact of Radioactive Releases. International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, 1995(E.L. Peters, I.L. Brisbin, Jr., and R.A. Kennamer). 

Click to read a New Scientist article about our research (and where this cartoon appeared: obviously, we're talkin' serious scientific reportage here!)

Click to read an Associated Press article about our research. 

The Vertebrate World: an ecological atlas of the vertebrate animals

American Institute of Biological Sciences and Ecological Society of America, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 1994 (computer software demonstration).

137Cs and 90Sr uptake in the yellow-bellied turtle (Trachemys scripta): environmental influences on the radionuclide kinetics of an ectotherm

International Conference on Nuclear Methods in the Environment, Kyiv, Ukraine, September 1993.

Estimation of ectotherm metabolic rates using a radionuclide technique

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 1990.

A conceptual model of calcium budgets of desert tortoise populations

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 1990 (E.L. Peters, and T.C. Esque).

Click to read a Discover article about this research

Calcium as a potential limiting nutrient in desert tortoise populations

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 1990 (T.C. Esque, andE.L. Peters).

Rates of passage for fiber in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

Ecological Society of America, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1989 (K.A. Hammond, B.A. Wunder, and E.L. Peters).

Field studies of contaminant uptake by organisms in aquatic and terrestrial environments

Association of Southeastern Biologists, Athens, GA, 1987 (I.L. Brisbin, Jr. and E.L. Peters).

Radiocesium kinetics in the yellow-bellied turtle (Pseudemys scripta)

Southeastern Workshop on Aquatic Ecological Effects of Power Generation. Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, 1986. (E.L. Peters, and I.L. Brisbin, Jr.)

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Element concentrations and fluctuating asymmetry in a terrestrial isopod (Armadillidium vulgare) in metropolitan Chicago parklands.

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 26th Annual Meeting Baltimore, MD, 2005. (E.L. Peters, B. Kaufmann-Daszczuk, H.A. Brant, C.H. Jagoe, and R. Richter).[download poster (in PDF format)]

Tissue distributions of mercury in American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) from the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana.

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 26th Annual Meeting Baltimore, MD, 2005. (L.M. Haray, C.H. Jagoe, E.L. Peters, H.A. Brant, S.B. Castleberry, R.M. Elsey, T.C. Glenn, C.S. Romanek and I.L. Brisbin, Jr.), [download poster (in PDF format)]

Geographic variation in mercury concentrations and C and N stable isotope ratios in American alligators.

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 26th Annual Meeting Baltimore, MD, 2005. (L.M. Haray, C.H. Jagoe, E.L. Peters, H.A. Brant, S.B. Castleberry, R.M. Elsey, T.C. Glenn, C.S. Romanek and I.L. Brisbin, Jr.), [download poster (in PDF format)]

Non-lethal samples predict soft tissue mercury concentrations for two wading bird species.

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 26th Annual Meeting Baltimore, MD, 2005. (H.A. Brant, A. L. Bryan, E.L. Peters, C.H. Jagoe, N.T. Garvin, and W.L. Stephens, Jr.). [download poster (in PDF format)]

Effects of accumulation of hazardous metals on terrestrial isopods (Armadillidium vulgare) in urban environments.

Ecological Society of America, 86th Annual Meeting, Madison, WI, 2001. (E.L. Peters, C.H. Jagoe, and T.J. Bell).

Ecological half-life of 137Cs in largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) in a contaminated nuclear reactor cooling reservoir: Pond B of the Savannah River Site.

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 19th Annual Meeting Charlotte, NC, 1998.

Fluctuating asymmetry in terrestrial isopods as a potential indicator of hazardous metal exposure.

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 19th Annual Meeting Charlotte, NC, 1998.

137Cs elimination by chronically-contaminated largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides).

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 19th Annual Meeting Charlotte, NC, 1998. (E.L. Peters and M.C. Newman).

Rubidium and cesium kinetics and tissue distributions in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus).

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 19th Annual Meeting Charlotte, NC, 1998. (E.L. Peters, I.R. Schultz, and M.C. Newman).

Fluctuating asymmetry in terrestrial isopods as a potential indicator of heavy metal exposure

Joint Annual Meeting, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Midwest Regional Chapter and Society for Risk Analysis, Chicago Chapter, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, 1998. (E.L. Peters, S. Cirton, and G. Winters).

Toxicokinetics and disposition of inorganic mercury and cadmium in channel catfish after intravascular administration

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (Second SETAC World Congress), Vancouver, BC, Canada, 1995. (I.R.Schultz, M.C. Newman, and E.L. Peters).

Toxicokinetics and disposition of mercuric chloride and methyl mercury in channel catfish after intravascular injection

International Congress of Toxicology-VII, Seattle, WA, 1995 (I.R. Schultz, M.C. Newman, and E.L. Peters).

Environmental effects on energy metabolism and 86Rb elimination rates of goldfish (Carassius auratus)

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Denver, CO, 30 October-3 November 1994.

Effects of accumulation of hazardous metals on terrestrial isopods (Armadillidium vulgare) in urban environments.

Ecological Society of America, 86th Annual Meeting Madison, WI, 2001. (E.L. Peters, C.H. Jagoe, and T.J. Bell).

DEPARTMENTAL SEMINARS

Monitoring and predicting the mercury levels of apex predators in aquatic ecosystems.

Department of Biological Sciences, Chicago State University, February 2006.

Herper and professor: the far side of the world.

Department of Biological Sciences, Chicago State University, April 2004.

Radioactive cesium in organisms, populations, and ecosystems.

Department of Biological Sciences, Chicago State University, September 2002.

The 411 on Century 21.

Department of Biological Sciences, Chicago State University, April 2002.

Ecological half-lives for 137Cs in fishes from the Savannah River Site.

Department of Biological Sciences, Chicago State University, January 2000.

Bioindicators of toxicant effects.

Environmental Impact Assessment Seminar Series, Department of Biological Sciences, Chicago State University, October 1998, October 1999.

Fluctuating asymmetry in terrestrial isopods as a potential indicator of heavy metal exposure.

Department of Biological Sciences, Chicago State University, April 1998.

Environmental influences on the kinetics of 137Cs in aquatic animals.

Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, July 1996.

How to make scientific presentations.

Summer Student Research Program, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, June 1996.

Alternative agriculture as an option to environmental remediation: the production of poultry in radioactively contaminated regions.

Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, April 1995.

Presentations by Supervised Students.

Evaluating changes in Chicago-area avian diversity using the Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count data.

Kathleen A. Degnan, April 2007 (M.S. thesis defense),

Genetic distinctiveness of a peripheral Illinois population of the southern two-lined salamander (Eurycea cirrigera).

Maria Boyle, April 2005 (M.S. thesis defense).

Hg uptake and effects in terrestrial isopods: a preliminary study.

Second annual graduate student symposium, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC, March 2005. (C.J. Myers-Flaute, E.L. Peters, A.R. Hayes, H.A. Brant, S.J. Harper).

Population Estimates of the southern two-lined salamander (Eurycea cirrigera) in Kankakee River State Park.

Maria Boyle, Chicago State University, September 2003 (independent study research).

Biomagnification of radiocesium in Pond B.

Yoana Rosales, September 2003 (summer undergraduate research fellowship at the University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Laboratory).

Phytoremediation of metals and organics near Indian Ridge Marsh in the Hegewisch neighborhood of Chicago.

Yoana Rosales, September 2002 (internship with the USDA Forest Service).

The relationship between 137Cs concentration and trophic level in an aquatic community.

Raymond A. Batts, September 2002 (summer undergraduate research fellowship at the University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Laboratory).

Responsibilities of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in the Chicago Metropolitan Area.

Kristy Mielcarek, September2002 (internship with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service).

Phototaxis, metal concentrations, and fluctuating asymmetry in isopods from metropolitan Chicago, Illinois.

Shawn R. Cirton, November 1999 (thesis defense).

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Member: Scientific Advisory Panel, Thorn Creek Woods Nature Preserve.

Section Editor: Canadian Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences.

Scientific reviewer: Heinemann Library/Raintree Publishers for six children’s books in their Green Alert! series: Our Warming Planet, Polluted Waters, Polluted Air, Spreading Deserts, Threatened Habitats, and Vanishing Forests. Also reviewed The Secret World of Frogs and Toads.

Journal Referee: Copeia, Ecological Applications, Ecology, Environmental Technology, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Health Physics, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Ecological Society of America

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

American Association for the Advancement of Science

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Trustee: Glenwood-Lynwood Public Library District, 2007-present (Secretary 2009-present).

 

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