Carrie Schweitzer
Earth Sciences
Professor
Campus:
Kent
Office Hours:
By appointment; Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 8:00 - 11:00 am.
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 and paleontology courses.
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
Crustacea
Invertebrate Paleontology
Evolution
Taxonomy
Geology
Publications
- Vohs, A., R. M. Feldmann, and C. E. Schweitzer. 2023. A new Late Carboniferous shrimp-like crustacean from the Gwin Coal Seam, Alabama, USA. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum, 50: 69-75
- Feldmann, R. M., C. E. Schweitzer, and S. Casadío. 2023. Oligocene and Miocene Decapoda (Crustacea: Axiidea, Anomura, Brachyura) from southern Argentina. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 88: 91-114
- Mychko, E. V. C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, and A. S. Schmakov. 2023. The first report of Necrocarcinus (Crustacea: Brachyura: Raninoida) from the Cenomanian of Central Russia. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen, 309:31-42
- Tang, H. Y., E. V. Mychko, R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer, Hasrizal Shaari, & Masatoshi Sone. 2023. Validation of Malayacyclus Tang et al., a cyclidan crustacean from the Early Carboniferous of Terengganu, Malaysia. Zootaxa, 5318: 439-440
- Schweitzer, C. E., William Santana, Allysson Pinheiro, & R. M. Feldmann. 2023. Validation of Bahiacaris† Schweitzer, Santana, Pinheiro & Feldmann (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea) from the Cretaceous (Aptian) of Brazil. Zootaxa, 5318:299-300
- Feldmann, R. M. & C. E. Schweitzer. 2023. Discovery of the holotype of Palaeopetrochirus enigmus Bishop, 1991, presumed to be lost. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum, 50: 47-49.
- Bogan, Brooke A., Martindale, Rowan C., Feldmann, Rodney M., Schweitzer, Carrie E., and Muscente, A. Drew. 2023. Morphological insights into the lobster genus Uncina Quenstedt, 1851 based on new material from the Ya Ha Tinda Konservat-Lagerstätte, Canada
- 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
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
