Peter deFur

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Dr. Peter L. deFur is president of Environmental Stewardship Concepts and an Affiliate Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator in the Center for Environmental Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he conducts research on environmental health and ecological risk assessment.

He served a term on the National Research Council Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology (BEST) and has served on several NRC study committees. Peter is on the Virginia State Advisory Board to the Air Pollution Control Board and has served on federal advisory committees.

He received B.S. and M.A. degrees in Biology from the College of William and Mary, in Virginia, and a Ph.D. in Biology (1980) from the University of Calgary, Alberta. He was a postdoctoral fellow in neurophysiology in the Department of Medicine at the University of Calgary.

Peter held faculty positions at George Mason University and Southeastern Louisiana University before joining the staff of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) in Washington, DC. During his six years at EDF, he was involved in policy issues that include habitat preservation and quality, wetlands regulations, water quality analysis and risk assessment.

Peter has extensive experience in risk assessment and ecological risk assessment regulations, guidance and policy. He served on the NAS/NRC Risk Characterization Committee that released its report, Understanding Risk in June 1996. He served on numerous scientific reviews of EPA ecological and human health risk assessments, including the assessment for the WTI incinerator in Ohio and EPA’s Ecological Risk Assessment Guidelines. He has also served on three federal advisory committees for EPA’s Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program.

Peter presently serves as technical advisor to citizen organizations concerning the cleanup of contaminated sites at FUDS, CERCLA and RCRA sites.