Appointment: 70% Teaching, 30% Research
Education:
B.S. Anthropology, University of Idaho, USA
M.Sc. Forensic Archaeology, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom
Ph.D. Biochemistry, James Cook University, Australia
Courses offered:
FORS 120 Introduction to Forensic Science
FORS 120L Introduction to Forensic Science Laboratory
FORS 485 Current Issues in Forensic Science
ENTO 896 Forensic Science and Criminal Investigation
Relevant Publications:
Huntington TE, Carter DO, Higley LG. in press. Testing multigenerational colonization of carrion by blow flies in the Great Plains. Great Plains Research.
Carter DO, Yellowlees D, Tibbett M. in press. Using ninhydrin to detect gravesoil. Journal of Forensic Sciences.
Carter DO, Yellowlees D, Tibbett M. 2007. Autoclaving can kill soil microbes yet enzymes can remain active. Pedobiologia 51:295-299.
Carter DO, Yellowlees D, Tibbett M. 2006. Cadaver decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems. Naturwissenschaften, 94:12-24.
Carter DO, Tibbett M. 2006. The decomposition of skeletal muscle tissue (Ovis aries) in a sandy loam soil incubated at different temperatures. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 38:1139-1145.
Tibbett M, Carter DO. 2004. Author's response. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 49:1135-1136.
Tibbett M, DO Carter, Haslam T, Major R, Haslam R. 2004. A laboratory incubation method for determining the rate of microbiological degradation of skeletal muscle tissue in soil. Journal of Forensic Sciences 49:560-565.
Tibbett M, Carter DO. 2003. Mushrooms and taphonomy: the fungi that mark woodland graves. Mycologist 17:21-26.
Carter DO, Tibbett M. 2003. Taphonomic mycota: fungi with forensic potential. Journal of Forensic Sciences 48:168-171.
