Charles “Pete” Peterson
Alumni Distinguished Professor, Emeritus
Dr. Peterson is an interdisciplinary conservation ecologist with expertise in both the traditional academic realm and in the policy-making world. He’s explored how sustaining and restoring natural habitats of protected shorelines such as coastal marsh and oyster reef. He retired in 2019.
Areas of Expertise/Research Interests:
*Conservation ecology
*Ecosystem services
*Ecological Injuries of oil spills
Service:
*Science advisory panel for the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Council
*Science Panel for the NC Coastal Resources Commission
*Pew Scholars in Marine Conservation
*Scientific Review Panel (chair) for Gulf Ecosystem Restoration Research