Carrie Schweitzer
Earth Sciences
Professor
Campus:
Kent
Office Hours:
By appointment; Stark Campus Office: 023G Science & Nursing, Phone: (330) 244-3303 (on any campus call ext. 5-3303).
Kent Campus Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 8:00 - 11:00 am.
Contact Information
Email:
Phone:
330-244-3303
Fax:
330-672-7949
Personal Website:
Biography
I have conducted field work and museum work in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. I conduct research at the Kent Campus and teach introductory geology courses at the Kent State University Campus at Stark, in North Canton, Ohio.
I have concentrated on the areas of the taxonomy, systematics, and evolution of the fossil decapod crustaceans, the shrimp, lobsters, and crabs. I have worked particularly on the Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Eocene groups, but my work has spanned the full range of the decapod Crustacea. I have also worked on the paleobiogeography and paleoecology of these animals. I have worked on decapod faunas from North America, the Caribbean, Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, Asia and eastern Europe.
Education
Ph.D. Applied Geology, Kent State University, 2000
M.S. Geology, Kent State University, 1996
B.A. Biology, Hiram College, 1993
M.S. Geology, Kent State University, 1996
B.A. Biology, Hiram College, 1993
Expertise
Decapods
Crustacea
Invertebrate Paleontology
Evolution
Taxonomy
Geology
Publications
- Yost, S.L., Feldmann, R.M., and Schweitzer, C.E. 2023. New Anomura (Decapoda) from the Kambuhel Formation, Austria. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A, 124: 149-166
- Miller, J.B., Schweitzer, C.E., and Feldmann, R.M. 2023. New Decapoda (Brachyura) from the Paleocene Kambuhel Formation in Austria. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A, 124: 125-148
- Schweitzer, C.E., and Feldmann, R.M. 2023. Selective extinction at the end Cretaceous and appearance of the modern Decapoda. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 43: 1-16.
- Dai, X., Davies, J.H.F.L., Yuan, Z., Brayard, A., Ovtcharova, M., Xu, G., Li, X., Smith, C.P.A., Schweitzer, C.E., et al. 2023. The oldest Mesozoic fossil Lagerstatte disclosing rapid rise of modern-type marine ecosystem. Science, 379: 567-572
- Schweitzer, C.E., Feldmann, R.M., and Casadio, S. 2022. Revision of Decapoda (Glypheidea Axiidea) from the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous of Argentina. Annals of Carnegie Museum 87:291-307
- Hartzell, S., Schweitzer, C.E., and Feldmann, R.M. 2022 Extinction and survival of raninoid crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Raninoida) from the Early Cretaceous to the present. Journal of Crustacean Biology, XX.
- Hu, S., Feldmann, R.M., Schweitzer, C.E., et al. 2022. A new horseshoe crab from the Permian-Triassic transition of South China: xiphosurids as key components of post-extinction trophic webs. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 602:111178
- Mychko, E.V., Alekseev, A.S., Zaytseva, E.L., Schweitzer, C.E., and Feldmann, R.M. 2022. New finding of Cyclida (Crustacea) from Mississippian and not-cyclidan from Permian of Russia. Neues Jahrbuch fur Gelogie und Palaontologie Abhandlungen, 305: 75 - 85
- Jones, A. R., C. E. Schweitzer, and R. M. Feldmann. 2022. Sexual dimorphism and rare intersex individuals in Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Dakoticancer Rathbun, 1917 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Dakoticancroida). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 42: 1-13
- Feldmann, R. M., & C. E. Schweitzer. 2022. Unique occurrence of the Miocene Trichopeltarion greggi Dell, 1969 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Trichopeltariidae): potential documentation of maternal care. Journal of Crustacean Biology,42: 1-7
Affiliations
Awards/Achievements
- Fellow, Paleontological Society, 2018
- President’s Faculty Excellence Award, Spring 2017
- Fellow, Geological Society of America, May 2016
- Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award, Kent State University, 2013
- AWG (Association of Women Geologists) Distinguished Lecturer, 2011-2015
