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
• 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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