Rate My Professor Dee Carter

Carter's research centers on fungal pathogens, with a focus on novel treatment strategies involving synergising agents and products derived from natural sources such as antimicrobial honeys from Australian native bees and honeypot ants. Her interests encompass medically important fungi like Cryptococcus, Aspergillus species, dermatophytes, antifungal agents, lactoferrin, and drug synergies. She leads the Carter Lab investigating fungal evolution, antimicrobial resistance, and applications like fungal degradation of plastics. With 226 publications, her work has garnered over 12,600 citations and an h-index of 61. Key publications include "A photosynthetic alveolate closely related to apicomplexan parasites" (Nature, 2008), "Molecular markers reveal cryptic sex in the human pathogen Coccidioides immitis" (PNAS, 1996), "Phylogeography of the fungal pathogen Histoplasma capsulatum" (Molecular Ecology, 2003), "Climate change and the emergence of fungal pathogens" (PLoS Pathogens, 2021), and recent studies on jarrah honey's inhibition of dermatophyte fungi (Pathogens, 2021) and honeypot ant honey's unique antimicrobial activity (PeerJ, 2023).