Dr. Fred Cichocki
is Assistant Director of Science and Education, and Curator
of Natural History. His eclectic interests run the gamut from
the morphology and evolutionary biology of vertebrates (especially
fishes), through evolutionary theory, theoretical phyletics,
ecosystem dynamics, mathematical biology, the philosophy of
science and education, the natural history of life and human
socio-cultural ecology, and beyond.
Fred received
his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan where he studied
the evolutionary history and
reproductive ecology of cichlid fishes at the University’s
renowned Museum of Zoology. Prior to that, he took B.S. and
M.S. degrees at the University of Miami. For more than 30
years Fred was a college professor at several colleges and
universities in the US and Canada. From 1997 to 2003, he participated
on Graves Museum-Florida Atlantic University Jurassic-Cretaceous
dinosaur, and Cretaceous & Eocene fish research expeditions
to Wyoming and Kansas. Fred’s current research involves
Jurassic dinosaur community structure, hadrosaur auditory
morphology, and the population dynamics of the Florida Scrub
Jay in Palm Beach County. He is experienced in professional
museum curatorial practice and exhibit design, museum-based
education & public outreach, including conducting classes,
lectures & field experiences. Moreover, since 1984 he
has been a foremost leader in the ecological preservation
movement in Southern Florida
