Amanda Carter

Amanda Carter serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Northern Arizona University. Her research profile indicates active scholarly engagement with 24 publications spanning 2013-2024, an h-index of 13, and 438 citations according to Scopus metrics. She maintains an active research program with recent outputs including a 2024 book chapter on reptile sex determination.

Dr. Carter's research centers on thermal biology and sex determination mechanisms, with fingerprint analysis revealing dominant focus areas: Sex Determination (100%), Sex Ratio (88%), Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination (79%), and Trachemys scripta biology (79%). Her work examines how climate variation affects developmental processes in reptiles and insects, particularly investigating temperature fluctuations, heat waves, and mean temperature shifts. Key model organisms include red-eared slider turtles (Trachemys scripta) and dung beetles (Onthophagus taurus, Phanaeus vindex).

Her publication trends show increasing interdisciplinary impact, with 2024's book chapter synthesizing reptile reproductive biology, 2022 editorial on Anthropocene sex ratios, and multiple 2020-2021 studies on insect thermal plasticity. Research outputs demonstrate strong ecological relevance, evidenced by media coverage including 15 news outlets, 4 X posts, 1 Facebook page, and 32 Mendeley readers for key publications.

No formal scientific awards are documented in the provided materials. Her advising activities show no listed students in the available records. Current research appears focused on climate change impacts on developmental plasticity across life stages, with recent work exploring metabolic tradeoffs in beetle pupae and thermal sensitivity in reptile sex determination systems.