Liz Peterson

Dr. Liz Peterson serves as a Visiting Assistant Professor in Mercer University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences since 2024, specializing in cardiac regeneration and immunological mechanisms using zebrafish models to investigate post-injury repair processes.

Her academic qualifications include:

• Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cardiology at Emory University School of Medicine
• Ph.D. in Biology (Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry concentration) from Georgia State University
• B.S. in Biological Sciences from the University of Georgia

Dr. Peterson's research centers on the immune system's role in cardiac regeneration, examining molecular transitions from inflammation to tissue repair with emphasis on leukocyte-epicardial interactions. She concurrently investigates ABC/SLC transporter functions and environmental dissemination of antibiotic resistance mechanisms across bacterial ecosystems. Her work bridges developmental biology, immunology, and microbial resistance studies through comparative model systems.

Publication analysis (2018-2024) reveals dominant focus on zebrafish cardiac regeneration involving ptx3a+/hapln1a+ cellular markers and immune mediators, with secondary emphasis on flavivirus resistance proteins and antibiotic resistance evolution. Her research trajectory demonstrates consistent integration of molecular characterization with functional regeneration studies across biological scales.

No scientific awards were documented in the source material.

While mentoring activities are implied through collaborative publications, specific student advisement records remain unreported. Research grant details are absent from the available information.

Her laboratory operations utilize zebrafish cardiac injury models to dissect epicardial-immune crosstalk, maintaining active collaborations with Emory University's cardiology research units and Georgia State University's molecular biology programs.