Ray Carthy

Raymond Carthy - Assistant Unit Leader, Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Dr. Carthy joined the Florida Unit in 1996 after receiving a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Florida. His previous employment included work at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History and volunteer and consulting work for marine conservation NGOs. Dr. Carthy's research centers on the ecology of threatened and endangered species, and his interests involve reproductive ecology and physiology of coastal and wetland herpetofauna, with a focus on marine and freshwater turtles. Current projects include examining effects of climate change and habitat degradation on nesting and in-water marine turtle species. He is also involved in research on threatened upland species and in conservation management-oriented studies. Dr. Carthy is the Program Director of the University of Florida Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Research Program (UFUASRP), a multi-disciplinary endeavor studying the use of UAS for wildlife and habitat surveys and other natural resource conservation applications. In addition to teaching herpetology classes centered on ecology and conservation of marine chelonids, Dr. Carthy has taught courses on bioethics and critical thinking.