Nick Czaplewski, Ph.D.

Nick Czaplewski, Ph.D.

Nick works as a Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Zoology of the University of Oklahoma.

Nick received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biology at the University of Nebraska at Kearney and his Ph.D. in zoology at Northern Arizona University.

Nick’s research interests are in the systematics, paleontology, natural history, and biogeography of Cenozoic mammals in the western hemisphere, especially in the North American Southwest. He feels privileged to have been trained and mentored by many skilled persons close to the earth and nature in both professional and non-professional capacities. He actively works to “pass it forward” to youth and adults by teaching museum public programs, OU classes, and volunteering in ecological restoration, conservation projects, and field programs such as Native Explorers.

Nick lives in Norman with his wife Cheryl and their daughter Jessica.