Edward Davis Carter

Phone: (704) 819‑0708
Work Email: cartere2@queens.edu
Mailing Address: 3346 Eastwood Drive, Charlotte, NC 28205

Education

Ph.D. The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, August 2022
Major: Natural Resources (Wildlife Health Concentration)
> Dissertation: “Role of temperature, transmission pathways, and pathogen load in Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans epidemiology”
Committee: Matthew J. Gray, Debra L. Miller, Mark Q. Wilber, James Fordyce

M.S. The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, July 2018
Major: Wildlife and Fisheries Science (Wildlife Health Concentration)
> Thesis: “Implications of Drought and Ranavirus on an Amphibian Community in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park”
Advisor: Matthew J. Gray

B.S. Hampden-Sydney College, Biology, May 2015
Summa Cum Laude — Minor: German

Honors and Awards

  • Carolina Wildlands Foundation Research Grant — $3,500 (2025)
  • SEC Postdoctoral Emerging Scholar Recipient — $65,000 (2022–2023)
  • Tennessee Fellowship for Graduate Student Excellence — $108,000 (2018–2022)
  • Gamma Sigma Delta PhD Candidate Research Award (2022)
  • Graduate Student Senate Excellence in Teaching Award (2022)
  • Graduate Student Senate Excellence in Research Award (2022)
  • Dr. Frank‑Maschmann Outstanding Publication Award — $1,100 (2021)
  • Global Catalyst Student International Travel Grant — $1,500 (2020)
  • Graduate Student Senate Travel Award — $1,390 (2017, 2019)
  • Graduate Student Senate Excellence in Research Award (2018)
  • Gamma Sigma Delta Graduate Student Research Award (2018)
  • International Symposium of Ranaviruses Travel Award — $1,000 (2017)
  • R.T. Hewitt Biology Award (2015)
  • Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude (2015)

Current Position

Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
Queens University, Charlotte, NC (August 2024 – Present)

Past Professional Appointments

  • Postdoctoral Teaching and Mentoring Fellow, Salisbury University, MD (Aug 2023 – Jul 2024)
  • SEC Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (Aug 2022 – Jul 2023)

Research Experience

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Tennessee Center for Wildlife Health (Aug 2022 – Aug 2023)
Supervisor: Matthew J. Gray
- Supported by $2.75M NSF EEID grant (#2207922).
- Designed laboratory experiments on plant‑derived fungicides for Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal).
- Evaluated toxicity of plant fungicides on Notophthalmus viridescens.
- Performed diagnostic testing of amphibian pathogens in the U.S. pet trade.
- Collected microbiome samples to assess population‑level microbial variation.

Ph.D. Candidate

University of Tennessee Center for Wildlife Health (2018 – 2022)
Advisors: Matthew J. Gray & Debra L. Miller
- Supported by $2.5M NSF EEID grant (#1814520).
- Conducted lab challenges on temperature‑dependent Bsal susceptibility.
- Generated Bsal habitat suitability and risk maps using ArcGIS.
- Evaluated transmission probability and life‑stage susceptibility.
- Conducted multi‑stressor experiments with pathogens, herbicides, and sediment.

M.S. Research

University of Tennessee Center for Wildlife Health (2016 – 2018)
Advisor: Matthew J. Gray
- Evaluated effects of ranavirus mortality events on amphibian populations.
- Coordinated field studies within Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Research Technician

University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (2015 – 2016)
- Performed ranavirus and Bd susceptibility challenge experiments.
- Investigated biosecurity impacts on field disease outbreaks.

Teaching Experience

(Abbreviated – see full CV for detailed course list)

Queens University of Charlotte (2024–Present)
BIO 120 – Microbiology for Health Professions
BIO 345 – Conservation Biology
BIO 202 – Foundations of Ecology and Evolution
BIO 230 – Intro to GIS
BIO 314 – Topics in Conservation: Wildlife Health
BIO 300 – Writing for Biologists
CDA 340 – Analytical Models
QLC 140 – Sustainability

Salisbury University (2023–2024)
BIO 101 – Intro to Biology BIO 310 – Ecology Lab HONR 111 – Critical Thinking and Writing

University of Tennessee (2016–2023)
WFS 100 – Intro to Wildlife Science WFS 101 – Wildlife Health
WFS 433/533 – Amphibian Ecology and Conservation

Student Mentorship

  • Rogers Summer Research Mentor, Queens University (2024–Present)
  • Mentored 11 undergraduates in amphibian disease laboratory work.
  • Guided independent and high school research on salamander conservation.

Publications

(See full publication list in the downloadable PDF version.)

Selected Publications

  • DeMarchi J.A., Carter E.D., Gray M.J. et al. 2026. Functional Ecology 00, 1–14.
  • Sheley W.C., Wilber M.Q., Carter E.D. et al. 2025. Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science 3.
  • Funk A.T., Keoho C., Carter E.D. et al. 2025. Freshwater Biology 70(6): e70067.
  • Chen L.D., Carter E.D., Urban M.P. 2025. Communications Biology 8: 625.
  • Chowdhury M.M., Gray M.J., Carter E.D., et al. 2025. Ecological Modeling.
  • Carter E.D., DeMarchi J.D., Wilber M.Q., Miller D.L., & Gray M.J. 2024. Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science.

Download Full CV (PDF)

Select Presentations and Invited Lectures

  • Ranavirosis and Chytridiomycosis — University of Wyoming, Feb 2026 (Invited)
  • Amphibian Chytridiomycosis — Salisbury University, Nov 2023 (Invited)
  • Wildlife Disease Ecology: Untangling the Disease Triangle — EKU, Apr 2023 (Invited)
  • Bsal Transmission Probability Through Infection Progression — GARD Conference, 2022
  • Temperature‑Dependent Pathogenicity of Bsal — Zoological Society of London Symposium, 2019

Professional Training

  • Course ReDesign Workshop — Queens University (2024)
  • CIRTL‑FUEL Teaching Seminar — University of Tennessee (2021)
  • Inclusive Teaching & Assessment Modules — UTK Learning Center (2019‑2021)
  • Conservation Medicine One Health Workshop — University of Georgia (2018)
  • Scientific Computing for Biology Workshop — UTK (2018)

Professional Affiliations

  • Wildlife Disease Association
  • Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
  • Ecological Society of America
  • The Wildlife Society
  • Gamma Sigma Delta · Sigma Xi

Professional Service

  • Queens University — Campus Connect (2025–Present); Sustainability Committee Member; Sustainability Club Advisor
  • Salisbury University — Biological Sciences Committees; Student Research Conference Member; Centennial Steering Committee
  • UTK Graduate Student Senate — Treasurer & Fundraising Chair (2021–2022)
  • Global Amphibian & Reptile Disease Conference — Student Chair & Field Trip Organizer (2021–2022)
  • Reviewer for PeerJ, EcoHealth, Journal of Wildlife Diseases, Scientific Reports

Languages

  • English: Native
  • German: Intermediate Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing

Computer Skills

  • Programming: R
  • Applications: ArcGIS, ImageJ, Photoshop, JMP

References

Dr. Matthew J. Gray — Professor, Univ. of Tennessee
Phone: (865) 385‑0772 · Email: mgray11@utk.edu

Dr. Debra L. Miller — Professor, UT College of Veterinary Medicine
Phone: (865) 806‑7598 · Email: dmille42@utk.edu

Dr. Mark Q. Wilber — Assistant Professor, UT Institute of Agriculture
Phone: (505) 321‑5381 · Email: mwilber@utk.edu