Adam Cieplinski is a freshwater ecologist and parasitologist with over 12 years of expertise in science, teaching, science communication and designing interactive exhibitions.
He currently works at the Natural History Museum in London in the Wellcome Trust-founded Schistosome and Snail Resource (SSR) project in the Schistosomiasis Group. Adam leads the Natural History Museum’s tropical Snail Laboratory, where he is involved or leads many of the snail and parasites laboratory-based experiments. The major aim of the SSR project is to generate live material, based on the blood fluke – Schistosoma life cycle and making it freely available for the schistosomiasis research community.
Before joining the Natural History Museum, Adam obtained his teaching qualifications from Kingston University (UK) and worked as a Project Coordinator and Interactive Gallery Supervisor in the Copernicus Science Centre in Poland. Adam earned his PhD in Freshwater Ecology from Innsbruck University (Austria) and the Edmund Mach Foundation (Italy) working on ecology and evolution of rotifer Keratella cochlearis in alpine lakes. He completed his MSc in Environmental Protection at the University of Warsaw (Poland) working on climate change-induced zooplankton migrations in temperate lakes.
Adam’s extensive experience in teaching and designing exhibitions, combined with his science background, have been instrumental in shaping his multifaceted approach to leading the NHM Snail Facility, promoting the SSR project and leading many collaborations.
Adam participated in many popular science TV programmes, events, and outreach activities.
Current research projects: Schistosomes and snails compatibility; Investigating snail behaviour using AI; Digitising historical rotifer collection; Schisto Shells – digitising snail shell collection using μCT technology; Shell morphometric analysis; Using μCT and 3D printing for creating museum exhibits.