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* National Geographic Emerging Explorer, class of 2017

* National Geographic Learning / Cengage. Global middle school curriculum (2020, 2016)

* National Geographic Learning / Cengage. Keynote speaker (2016)

* National Geographic Kids. "Dinosaur Color" by Zac Petit. Interviewee (2014)

* 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)

* San Francisco Chronicle. "Chronicles in Education: Bones to Birds,

  The New Science of Dinosaurs." Contributor (2005)

 

Exhibits

* "Pokémon Fossil Museum" exhibit. Consultant (2021)

* "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

* 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

* USF Press Release. "22 USF Faculty Members Recognized with Outstanding Research Achievements Awards"

* “Using citizen science and AI to track deadly and invasive mosquitoes”

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Aedes aegypti: hi-res, web​

Aedes scapularis: hi-res, web

Aedes vittatus: hi-res, web

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* Carney et al 2020, Scientific Reports  pdf

"Evidence corroborates identity of isolated fossil feather as a

wing covert of Archaeopteryx"

 

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  • press releases: EurekAlert!, USF: "Dinosaur feather study debunked"

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* 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 technologies to fight mosquito-borne diseases”

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* Tampa Channel 10 TV coverage. “USF awarded major grant to help control spread of mosquito-borne diseases”

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* New Scientist. “The early bird” by Michael Marshall

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* National Geographic Magazine. Archaeopteryx research featured as two-page spread in the May 2018 issue (image)

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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"

 

* USF News. "USF scientist one of 14 world-changers named 2017 National Geographic Emerging Explorers" by Tina Meketa

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* National Geographic. "National Geographic Emerging Explorer Ryan Carney using X-rays and alligators to bring dinosaurs back to life" by Andrew Howley

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* USF Magazine. "Using virtual reality to learn more about dinosaurs"

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* Inside Higher Ed. "More than just cool?" by Nick Roll

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* The Science Times. "Paleontologist uses virtual reality to learn about the evolution of dinosaurs" by Zen Menahem

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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

  • press releases: EurekAlert!, Brown University: "Pigments, organelles persist in fossil feathers"

  • 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)

* Providence Journal. "'Nerd Nite' debut in Providence draws a curious crowd" by Carol Kozma

 

* Vice / Motherboard. "These are the dinosaurs paleontologists want to see in movies" by Becky Ferreira

* Lindgren et al 2014, Nature  pdf

* 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


* Archaeopteryx research featured in the book, My Beloved Brontosaurus by Brian Switek


* Archaeopteryx research featured in the book, Zombie Birds, Astronaut Fish, and Other Weird Animals by Becky Crew

 

* Discover Magazine. "Archaeopteryx: The embargoed tattoo" by Carl Zimmer

* Carney et al 2012, Nature Communications  pdf

* Vinther et al 2012, Palaeontology  pdf

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* Carney et al 2011, Emerging Infectious Diseases  pdf

* Carney et al 2008, Emerging Infectious Diseases  pdf

* San Francisco Chronicle. "West Nile warning system: Citizens' dead bird reports have helped control infected mosquitoes"

 

* San Francisco Chronicle. "West Nile could get worse, expert warns: Virus outbreak could turn into major epidemic"
 

* Smash Magazine. "Mastema" by Lauren Napier
 

* Government Health IT. "Surveillance case study: Mosquito coasts" by Dibya Sarkar

* USF Press Release. "USF researchers launch global dashboard to track invasive mosquitoes carrying deadly diseases"

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