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  • 1999 - Doris M. Curtis Outstanding Woman in Science Award, The Geological Society of America

Overview

Carrie E. Schweitzer is affiliated with Kent State University at Stark in the United States. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable contributions in related subfields such as Ecology, Oceanography, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Schweitzer's work also intersects with Paleontology, reflecting a diverse range of scientific interests.

The scientist's research outputs focus heavily on crustacean biology and ecology, marine biology and ecology research, and marine and fisheries research. Additional topics include fish biology, ecology, and behavior, marine and environmental studies, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, as well as ichthyology and marine biology.

Frequent co-authors that appear alongside Schweitzer in publications include Rodney M. Feldmann, Hiroaki Karasawa, Rodney Feldman, Eduard V. Mychko, and Richard K. Bambach. These collaborations underscore Schweitzer's active participation within a network of researchers specializing in related fields.

Schweitzer has published extensively in several academic venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Treatise Online
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Journal of Paleontology
  • Journal of Crustacean Biology
  • Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Schweitzer illustrate their research interests clearly. Notable publications include:

  • "Revision of Cyclida (Pancrustacea, Multicrustacea), with five new genera," 2020, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen
  • "Selective extinction at the end-Cretaceous and appearance of the modern Decapoda," 2023, Journal of Crustacean Biology
  • "Treatise Online no. 151: Part R, Revised, Volume 1, Chapter 8T15: Systematic descriptions: Superfamily Portunoidea," 2021, Treatise Online

Additionally, Schweitzer has co-authored research not solely under their name, such as "A Mesozoic fossil lagerstätte from 250.8 million years ago shows a modern-type marine ecosystem," 2023, Science.

Throughout their career, Schweitzer has been recognized with the Doris M. Curtis Outstanding Woman in Science Award by The Geological Society of America in 1999.

Best Publications

  • A Classification of Living and Fossil Genera of Decapod Crustaceans

    Sammy De Grave;N. Dean Pentcheff;Shane T. Ahyong;Tin-Yam Chan

  • Systematic List of Fossil Decapod Crustacean Species

    Carrie E. Schweitzer;Rodney M. Feldmann;Alessandro Garassino;Hiroaki Karasawa

  • A comprehensive and integrative reconstruction of evolutionary history for Anomura (Crustacea: Decapoda).

    Heather D Bracken-Grissom;Maren E Cannon;Patricia Cabezas;Patricia Cabezas;Rodney M Feldmann

  • The emergence of lobsters: phylogenetic relationships, morphological evolution and divergence time comparisons of an ancient group (decapoda: achelata, astacidea, glypheidea, polychelida).

    Heather D. Bracken-Grissom;Shane T. Ahyong;Richard D. Wilkinson;Rodney M. Feldmann

  • Revision of Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815 (Decapoda: Brachyura) with Emphasis on the Fossil Genera and Families

    Hiroaki Karasawa;Carrie E. Schweitzer;Rodney M. Feldmann

  • Cretaceous and Eocene Decapod Crustaceans from Southern Vancouver Island British Columbia, Canada

    Carrie E. Schweitzer;Rodney M. Feldmann;John Fam;William A. Hessin

  • Phylogenetic Analysis and Revised Classification of Podotrematous Brachyura (Decapoda) Including Extinct and Extant Families

    Hiroaki Karasawa;Carrie E. Schweitzer;Rodney M. Feldmann

  • New Cretaceous and Tertiary decapod crustaceans from western North America

    C. E. Schweitzer

  • PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY OF SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE DECAPOD CRUSTACEA

    Rodney M. Feldmann;Carrie E. Schweitzer

  • Gondwanan Radiation of the Southern Hemisphere Crayfishes (Decapoda: Parastacidae): Evidence from Fossils and Molecules

    Alicia Toon;Marcos Pérez‐Losada;Carrie E. Schweitzer;Rodney M. Feldmann

  • NEW CRABS FROM THE EOCENE AND OLIGOCENE OF BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MEXICO AND AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EVOLUTIONARY AND PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS OF MEXICAN FOSSIL DECAPODS

    Carrie E. Schweitzer;Rodney M. Feldmann;Gerardo Gonzáles-Barba;Francisco J. Vega

  • Paleobiogeography of Cretaceous and Tertiary decapod crustaceans of the North Pacific Ocean

    Carrie E. Schweitzer

  • Re-evaluation of the Cancridae Latreille, 1802 (Decapoda: Brachyura) including three new genera and three new species

    Carrie E. Schweitzer;Rodney M. Feldmann

  • A Mesozoic fossil lagerstätte from 250.8 million years ago shows a modern-type marine ecosystem

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  • THE DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA) AS PREDATORS ON MOLLUSCA THROUGH GEOLOGIC TIME

    Carrie E. Schweitzer;Rodney M. Feldmann

  • The influence of reefs on the rise of Mesozoic marine crustaceans

    Adiël A. Klompmaker;Adiël A. Klompmaker;Carrie E. Schweitzer;Rodney M. Feldmann;Michał Kowalewski

  • Phylogeny and Systematics of Extant and Extinct Lobsters

    Hiroaki Karasawa;Carrie E. Schweitzer;Rodney M. Feldmann

  • NEW SPECIES OF CALAPPID CRABS FROM WESTERN NORTH AMERICA AND RECONSIDERATION OF THE CALAPPIDAE SENSU LATO

    Carrie E. Schweitzer;Rodney M. Feldmann

  • Correlation of Marine Beds Based on Sr- and Ar-date Determinations and Faunal Affinities across the Paleogene/Neogene Boundary in Southern Patagonia, Argentina

    Ana Maria Parras;Ana Maria Parras;Miguel Griffin;Miguel Griffin;Rodney Feldmann;Silvio Alberto Casadio;Silvio Alberto Casadio

  • NEW MIDDLE EOCENE DECAPODS (CRUSTACEA) FROM CHIAPAS, MÉXICO

    Francisco J. Vega;Timothy Cosma;Marco A. Coutiño;Rodney M. Feldmann

  • NEW FOSSIL PORTUNIDS FROM WASHINGTON, USA, AND ARGENTINA, AND A RE-EVALUATION OF GENERIC AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE PORTUNOIDEA RAFINESQUE, 1815 (DECAPODA: BRACHYURA)

    Carrie E. Schweitzer;Rodney M. Feldmann

  • DIFFERENTIATION OF THE FOSSIL HEXAPODIDAE MIERS, 1886 (DECAPODA: BRACHYURA) FROM SIMILAR FORMS

    Carrie E. Schweitzer;Rodney M. Feldmann

  • UTILITY OF PROXY CHARACTERS FOR CLASSIFICATION OF FOSSILS: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE FOSSIL XANTHOIDEA (CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA: BRACHYURA)

    Carrie E. Schweitzer

Frequent Co-Authors

Rodney M. Feldmann
Rodney M. Feldmann Kent State University
Keith A. Crandall
Keith A. Crandall George Washington University
Shane T. Ahyong
Shane T. Ahyong Australian Museum
Sergio A. Marenssi
Sergio A. Marenssi University of Buenos Aires
Tin-Yam Chan
Tin-Yam Chan National Taiwan Ocean University
Michael J. Benton
Michael J. Benton University of Bristol
Rafael Lemaitre
Rafael Lemaitre National Museum of Natural History
Darryl L. Felder
Darryl L. Felder University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Carlos Jaramillo
Carlos Jaramillo Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Michał Kowalewski
Michał Kowalewski Florida Museum of Natural History

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