Education
PhD, University of Western Australia
MSc, Victoria University of Wellington
BSc, Victoria University of Wellington
Areas of Expertise
Sustainability Science / Conservation Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology / Biogeography
Infectious Disease Ecology
Honors, Awards, and Achievements
RESEARCH
• Barry L. Munday Recognition Award. Wildlife Disease Association, Australasia, 2022
• Soft Matter Most Popular papers, 2021. Yang et al. 2021. Intestines of non-uniform stiffness mold the corners of wombat feces, 2021
• Ig Nobel Prize in Physics. For studying how, and why, wombats make cube-shaped poo, 2019
• Harry Smith Prize in Molecular Ecology, 2018. Fountain-Jones et al. 2017. Urban landscapes can slow virus gene flow and evolution in a fragmentation-sensitive carnivore. Molecular Ecology. 26:6487-6498.
• University of Tasmania Dean’s Award for Outstanding Research Performance (Level A/B). Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, 2016
TEACHING
• University of Tasmania Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education Commendation for student satisfaction in Teaching, 2023
• University of Tasmania Provost Commendation for student satisfaction in Teaching, KPZ306 Conservation Physiology and Disease Ecology, 2019
• University of Tasmania Teaching Merit Certificate. Learning and Teaching Committee. KPZ211 Population and Community Ecology, 2017
• University of Tasmania Teaching Merit Certificate. Learning and Teaching Committee. KZA161 Biology of Animals, 2014
Affiliations
Professor, Odum School of Ecology
Associate Director, Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases
Adjunct Researcher, University of Tasmania
Affiliate Faculty, University of Sydney
Associate Editor, Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Courses Taught
ECOL1000: Ecological Basis of Environmental Issues
ECOL3500: Field Methods in Animal Ecology
ECOL8990: Modeling Infectious Diseases
Research Interests
Ecology
Disease Ecology
Disease Control
Conservation
Selected Publications
Carver, S., Stannard, G. L., Martin, A. M. 2024. The distinctive biology and characteristics of the bare-nosed wombat (Vombatus ursinus). Annual Review of Animal Biosciences. 12:135-160.
Carver, S., Lewin, Z. M., Burgess, L. G., Wilkinson, V., Whitehead, J., Driessen, M. M. 2023. Density independent decline from an environmentally transmitted parasite. Biology Letters. 19: 20230169.
Carver, S., Peters, A., Richards, S. 2022. Model Integrated Disease Management to facilitate effective translatable solutions for wildlife disease issues. Journal of Applied Ecology. 59:2902-2910.
Fountain-Jones, N. M., Kraberger, S., Gagne, R., Gilbertson, M. L. J., Trumbo, D. R., Charleston, M., Salerno, P., Funk, W. C., Crooks, K., Logan, K., Alldredge, M., Dellicour, S., Baele, G., Didelot, X., VandeWoude, S., Carver, S., Craft, M. E. 2022. Hunting alters viral transmission and evolution in a large carnivore. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 6:174-182.
Martin, A. M., Richards, S. A., Fraser, T. A., Polkinghorne, A., Burridge, C. P., Carver, S. 2019. Population-scale treatment informs solutions for control of environmentally transmitted wildlife disease. Journal of Applied Ecology. 56:2363-2375.
