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Dr Robert W. Carter
Head Speaker/Scientist, Creation Ministries International (USA)
Education
- 2003 University of Miami, Ph.D. Marine Biology and Fisheries.
- 1992 Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S. Applied Biology, Co-Op, with high honor.
Professional Experience
- 2004–2005 Environmental Consultant (T.Y. Lin International/H.J. Ross)
- Water quality monitoring—Miami River dredging project
- Impact mitigation—Key West Harbor Dredging project
- 1996–2003 Doctoral Dissertation Work (University Of Miami)
- Designed and performed experiments in marine ecology and genetic engineering
- Helped develop new protocol for the rapid cloning of cnidarian fluorescent protein
genes
- Successfully cloned green and red fluorescent proteins from hard and soft corals
- Helped create transgenic zebrafish with up-mutated fluorescent proteins
- Worked with various PCR (e.g., long-distance, linker-mediated, and inverse), gene
expression and Southern blot techniques
- Studied vector design and cloning techniques
- 2001-2004 Coral Aquaculturist (University Of Miami Experimental Hatchery)
- Designed and built aquaculture facility for scientific study of Caribbean corals
- Developed advanced water quality monitoring and alarm system
- 1992-1996 High School Science Teacher (Darlington School)
- Taught AP biology, chemistry, physics, and electronics
- Extracurricular activities included Head Coach of the Darlington Swimming and Diving
Team, head of “Adventure Darlington” summer school high adventure program.
Major awards and recognition
- 2000 UM MFBS Center grant for cloning and sequencing of novel GFPs: $4800
- 1999 Institute for Marine Science Fellowship: $25,000
- 1996–1999 Maytag Fellowship: $39,000
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1996 S.T.A.R. Teacher for Darlington School and the city of Rome, Georgia
- 1990/1991 President, Beta Alpha chapter of Theta Xi Fraternity, Georgia Tech
Publications, Patents, and Products
- Carter RW, Schmale MS, and Gibbs PDL (2004) Cloning of anthozoan fluorescent protein
genes. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C 138:259–270.
- Carter RW (2003) Cnidarian Fluorescent Proteins. PhD Dissertation. University of
Miami.
- Gibbs PDL, Carter RW, and Schmale MC (2007) Fluorescent Proteins from Aquatic Species.
US Patent #7,291,711. One fluorescent protein from this patent has been licensed
to Promega, Inc. It is being sold under the trade name “Monster Green.”
- Manica A, Carter RW (2000) Morphological and fluorescence analysis of the Montastraea
annularis species complex in Florida. Marine Biology 137:899–906.
- Carter RW (2007) Mitochondrial diversity within modern human populations. Nucleic
Acids Research 35(9):3039–3045.
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