Esther Arvilla Harrison Hopkins (born September 18, 1926) is a female African American chemist and environmental attorney.
Hopkins is best known for her career as a biophysicist and research chemist at American Cyanamid along with research in the Polaroid Corp Emulsion Coating and Analysis Laboratory.
She also pursued a career working as an attorney with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) following her time as a chemist.