
Dr. Ryan Carney

Books
• National Geographic Learning. Global middle school curriculum,
Impact: Flying High. Featured Explorer and contributor (2024, 2016)
• National Geographic Learning. Research and art profiled in high
school textbook World of Chemistry, 4th Edition by Zumdahl et al
2020, p.380-1 (circulation >20K). Amazon, Cengage
• National Geographic Learning. Research and art profiled in
Explorations booklet “Ryan Carney: Bringing Dinosaurs to Life"
(circulation >50K) and accompanying video (2020).
• Archaeopteryx research featured in My Beloved Brontosaurus by
Riley Black (2013)
• Archaeopteryx research featured in Zombie Birds, Astronaut Fish,
and Other Weird Animals by Becky Crew (2013)
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Magazines
• National Geographic Magazine. Archaeopteryx research featured in
Dinosaurs special issue (2025)
• Science & Vie. Archaeopteryx research featured in February 2024
issue. (circulation 281K).
• National Geographic Magazine. Archaeopteryx research featured in
Sep 2021 issue: “From a dino’s wing” by Michael Greshko. (circulation >10M)
• New Scientist. “The Early Bird” by Michael Marshall (circulation 125K) (2019). link
• National Geographic Magazine. Archaeopteryx research featured as
2-page spread in May 2018 issue (circulation >10M): image, article
• USF Magazine. “Using virtual reality to learn more about dinosaurs” (2017). link
* National Geographic Kids. Research featured in "Dinosaur Color" by Zac Petit. (circulation >4M) (2014)
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Miscellaneous
• Make-A-Wish. My lab hosted Sebastian, a 7-year-old who is battling brain cancer and wished to be a paleontologist in a lab for a day. We also created a personalized lab coat and a 3D-printed "Sebastianosaurus" skull for him. The experience was featured on four local TV stations as well as Good Morning America (2022): bit.ly/3m43XY5 + gma.abc/3Zs90zV
• National Geographic: one of five paleontologists on a "Reimagining Dinosaurs" panel on Facebook Live. Viewership: >140K. (2020)
• National Geographic Learning: two virtual "Masterclass" visits to elementary, middle, and high school students in 96 institutions
across 12 countries in Latin America. Viewership: 11K. (2020)
• National Geographic Emerging Explorer, class of 2017
• Visited 2nd grade classroom at Oakridge Elementary to teach students about dinosaurs and AR (2017). video
• National Geographic Learning / Cengage. Keynote speaker (2016)
• Volunteer. Florida Aquarium: National Fossil Day (2016); Yale Peabody Museum: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Days, Paleo-Knowledge
Bowl (2007–2010); California State Capital: Science Days (2007)
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Museum Exhibits
• Pokémon Fossil Museum. Consultant (2021). link, virtual tour
• "The Art of Archaeopteryx" traveling exhibit. Contributor, consultant (2015)
• Garden of the Gods Visitor Center. "Theiophytalia kerri." Consultant (2014)
• Lawrence Hall of Science. "Big Dinos Return." Contributor (2005)​
Television
• Interviewed about MosquitoDashboard.org and mosquito AI research by Good Morning America, ABC Action News, FOX 13,
Bay News 9, SNNTV, and WTSP in 2023, 2020
• WFLA (2022): “Meet the dinosaurs from ‘Jurassic World Dominion’”. video
• Digital Dinosaurs course featured by local news (2019, 2018, 2017)
• National Geographic Channel. "T. rex Autopsy." Consultant (2015)
• Discovery / Science Channel. "The Dinosaur Feather Mystery." Contributor (2004)
SCIENCE OUTREACH
PRESS
2025​
• USF. “AI and citizen science reveal potential first detection of invasive malaria mosquito in Madagascar,” by John Dudley.
• ABC News. “Mosquitoes found in Iceland for 1st time as temperatures in the region rise,” by Julia Jacobo.
• WUSF Radio, NPR affiliate. "Before you swat that mosquito this summer, take a picture of it" by Lily Belcher.
• Epium (UK). “University of South Florida professor Ryan Carney employs artificial intelligence and citizen science data to monitor mosquito threats globally.”
• USF. "Award-winning professor uses artificial intelligence to track world’s deadliest animal" by Georgia Jackson.
• The Crow's Nest. "USF researchers create AI-backed smart trap to identify disease-carrying mosquitoes" by Jasmin Parrado.
• Reuters. "Scientists use AI in the fight against mosquito-borne diseases" by Arrthy Thayaparan.
• Yahoo! Finance. "AI Weekly”.
• Video: The Manila Times (The Philippines). "How AI is joining the fight against mosquito-borne diseases".
• MSN. "Could AI help fight mosquito-borne diseases?" by Rédaction Africanews.
• USF Press Release: “Eleven USF faculty recognized with research achievement and innovation excellence awards”
• ABC News: “These US cities could see surge in disease-spreading pests this spring” by Julia Jacobo.
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2024
• USF: “Students connect to the past using present-day digital tools in ‘Digital Dinosaurs’ class” by Anna Mayor.
• USF Press Release: “USF using AI to help combat malaria in Africa” by Cassidy Delamarter.
• FOX 13 (Tampa, FL). “AI-powered smart mosquito trap developed at USF to help fight spread of malaria, save lives abroad” by Briona Arradondo.
• Bay News 9 (Tampa, FL). “USF researchers develop mosquito “smart trap”to help fight malaria” by Cait McVey.
• ABC Action News (Tampa, FL). “USF researchers use artificial intelligence to combat malaria in Africa” by Julie Salmone.
• The Wilson Center (Washington, DC). “Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes: an old problem, a new threat to malaria mitigation” by Ritika Sinha-Chaudhuri & Alison Parker.
• OnlyMyHealth (Uttar Pradesh, India). “World Mosquito Day 2024: How is AI helping in tackling mosquito-borne illnesses” by Rida Hijab.
2023
Globally, my mosquito AI research was covered by >50 news outlets, including:
• Good Morning America segment and ABC News article (national): “How scientists are tracking mosquitoes that could be carrying deadly diseases” by Julia Jacobo, Daniel Manzo, and Ginger Zee.
• ABC Action News segment and article (Tampa, FL). “USF researchers ask for public's help to track mosquito population in Tampa Bay” by Julie Salomone.
• EFE / Infobae (international, in Spanish). “An interactive "world map" of mosquitoes to help fight malaria” by Lorenzo Castro.
• USF News. “Mosquito watch: USF researchers urge use of global dashboard in light of recent malaria cases” by Cassidy Delamarter. Top story on the USF homepage June-July.
• FOX 13 (Tampa, FL). “USF scientists introduce mosquito tracking dashboard to help keep tabs on insects in Tampa Bay area” by Briona Arradondo.
• Spectrum Bay News 9 (Tampa, FL; Orlando, FL; Green Bay, WI). “USF scientists say smartphones can aid in mosquito research amid rise in local malaria cases” by Cait McVey.
• WTSP (Tampa, FL). “USF's global mosquito dashboard maps deadly species and malaria cases” by Adaure Achumba.
• SNNTV (Sarasota, FL). “Researchers develop new tool against malaria” by Sydney Roll.
• ABC 7 (Sarasota, FL). “USF researchers urge use of global dashboard in light of recent malaria cases”.
• KHQ-TV (Spokane, WA). “Citizen scientists encouraged to help track mosquitos with new interactive dashboard from team at USF” by Amanda Smith.
2022
• Carney et al 2022: Global Mosquito Observations Dashboard (mosquitodashboard.org) and Insects study, “Integrating global citizen science platforms to enable next-generation surveillance of invasive and vector mosquitoes” • USF Press Release: “USF researchers launch global dashboard to track invasive mosquitoes carrying deadly diseases” (featured on the homepage) • select articles: NSF (featured on the homepage), NASA, Phys.org (1,2), SINC • Altmetric: 99th percentile.
• Griffin et al 2022: Nature study, “The developing bird pelvis passes through ancestral dinosaurian conditions” • Yale Press Release • select articles: Phys.org, Inverse • Altmetric: 99th percentile.
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2021
• USF Press Release. "22 USF Faculty Members Recognized with Outstanding Research Achievements Awards"
• Tampa Channel 10: “This app is trying to track which mosquitoes in your area may be carrying diseases”
• USF Press Release. "USF researchers launch global dashboard to track invasive mosquitoes carrying deadly diseases"
OLDER PRESS
* “Using citizen science and AI to track deadly and invasive mosquitoes”
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press: USF, NASA Earth (IG), NASA/GLOBE, WSTP-TV, Wilson Center
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sign up to contribute to our larval AI research: form
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download citizen science posters:
* Carney et al 2020, Scientific Reports pdf
"Evidence corroborates identity of isolated fossil feather as a
wing covert of Archaeopteryx"
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articles: New York Times, National Geographic
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press releases: EurekAlert!, USF: "Dinosaur feather study debunked"

* Atlas Obscura. "How a black-feathered dino inspired a series of nerdy cocktails" by Isaac Schultz
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* USF Press Release. “USF researchers develop new technologiesto fight mosquito-borne diseases”
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* Tampa 10 TV coverage. “USF awarded major grant to help control spread of mosquito-borne diseases”
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* Bay News 9 TV coverage. “USF professor brings dinosaurs ‘back to life’” by Katie Jones
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* Comments in National Geographic: 1, 2, 3, 4
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* National Geographic. "Fourteen world-changers named 2017 National Geographic Emerging Explorers"
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* Inside Higher Ed. "More than just cool?" by Nick Roll
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* Comment in: National Geographic. "How mosquitoes use stealth to steal your blood" by Elaina Zachos
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* PNAS. "News Feature: Prehistoric animals, in living color" by Amber Dance
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* Comment in: Christian Science Monitor. “How a 10-million-year-old snake helps bring extinct animals into full color" by Eva Botkin-Kowacki
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* Lindgren et al 2015, Scientific Reports pdf
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press releases: EurekAlert!, Brown University: "Pigments, organelles persist in fossil feathers"
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articles: Forbes, IFLScience!, NBC News, redOrbit, Science Update radio / AAAS, Tech Times, Vice / Motherboard, Der Standard (Austria), Yahoo! News (Canada), Gazeta Wyborcza (Poland), VladTime (Russia), Europa Press (Spain)

* Lindgren et al 2014, Nature pdf
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press release: EurekAlert!: "Fossil pigments reveal the colors of ancient sea monsters"
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articles: BBC, Brown Daily Herald, Brown University, CBS News, Discovery News, National Geographic, Phys.org, redOrbit, Science / AAAS, The Scientist, Laborwelt (Germany), Spiegel Online (Germany), Le Scienze (Italy)

* Nature. "Rival species recast significance of ‘first bird’" by Ewen Callaway
* National Geographic. "Feathered fossils give scaly dinosaurs a makeover" by Dan Vergano
* Carney et al 2014, JVP press release: Society for Vertebrate Paleontology: "Taking a deeper look at 'ancient wing'"
articles: Vice / Motherboard, Science World Report, Science 2.0., Biosphere
* LiveScience. "True color of dinosaur feathers debated" by Megan Gannon
* COSMOS (Australia). "The ever-changing land of the dinosaurs" by Becky Crew
* Journal Sentinel. "Study finds new shades in proto-bird's feathers" by Jennifer Laaser
* Chemistry World / Royal Society of Chemistry (UK). "Colouring in the dinosaur book" by Emma Stoye
* Discover Magazine. "Archaeopteryx: The embargoed tattoo" by Carl Zimmer
* Carney et al 2012, Nature Communications pdf
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press releases: EurekAlert!, Brown: "Winged dinosaur Archaeopteryx dressed for flight"
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articles: The New York Times, Nature, Science / AAAS, National Geographic, Brown Daily Herald, ScienceNews, Huffington Post, Medill Reports, WSU, COSMOS (Australia), Die Presse (Austria), Futura-Sciences (France), Hindustan Times (India), NRC (Netherlands), NWT Magazine (Netherlands), Scientias (Netherlands), Kennislink (Netherlands), La Razon (Spain), metrics, radio: National Geographic Weekend Radio
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video: National Geographic / Brown University see also VIDEOS page

* Vinther et al 2012, Palaeontology pdf
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press release: UT Austin: "CT scan and 3-D print help scientists reconstruct an ancient mollusk"
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articles: National Geographic, Daily Mail, redOrbit, Sci-News, Science, Space & Robots
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* Carney et al 2011, Emerging Infectious Diseases pdf
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press release: Brown University: "Software predicted virus risk in California epidemic" by David Orenstein
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articles: Medical Xpress, redOrbit, UPI
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see animation of risk model on VIDEOS page and DYCAST.org


* Smash Magazine. "Mastema" by Lauren Napier
* Government Health IT. "Surveillance case study: Mosquito coasts" by Dibya Sarkar
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* San Francisco Chronicle. "Chronicles in Education: Bones to Birds, The New Science of Dinosaurs." Contributor.


