Toby Carter

Toby Carter is an Associate Professor and Course Leader for Ecology and Conservation in the School of Life Sciences at Anglia Ruskin University. He holds a BSc and PhD in Zoology from the University of Aberdeen. His roles include University Teaching Fellow and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He has held management roles in Learning and Teaching and led research groups in Applied Ecology and Behavioural Ecology.

• Education:
• BSc Zoology, University of Aberdeen
• PhD Zoology, University of Aberdeen
• Research Interests:
• Fish welfare in aquaculture
• Human-animal interactions in fisheries
• Technology-enhanced Learning and Teaching methodologies
• Teaching Areas:
• Animal and Environmental Biology modules (e.g., Quantitative Tools, Population Ecology)
• Ruskin Module 'Do Numbers Lie?' on Data Storytelling

His research supervision includes studies on honey bee impacts, fish welfare, invasive species, and Antarctic penguin foraging. Recent publications focus on marine mammal behavior and farmed fish welfare. Awards include the University Teaching Fellowship (2011) and Linnean Society Fellowship. He contributes to editorial roles for Nature in Cambridgeshire.