Natalia Rybczynski

Natalia Rybczynski
Nationality Canadian
Fields paleontology
Institutions Canadian Museum of Nature
Alma mater Duke University

Natalia Rybczynski, Ph.D., is a Canadian paleobiologist, professor and researcher.

She is a research scientist with the Canadian Museum of Nature and holds a professorship at Carleton University in Ottawa. Her doctorate was obtained at Duke University and her main interests are evolutionary functional morphology, particularly at the polar climes.[1]

Rybczynski is notable for having discovered a previously unknown carnivorous arctic mammal, a proto-seal, which represents a "missing link" between land-dwelling mammals and modern day ocean-going seals. Puijila darwini was discovered in 2007 on Devon Island in the Canadian arctic. Discovery of this specimen was announced in the journal Nature in April 2009. She has also contributed to the understanding of the biomechanics of Suminia, a primitive mammal thought to exhibit early evidence of teeth and jaw structure specialized for chewing.[2] Her discovery of a fossil tibia of a High Arctic camel was featured in a November 2015 TED talk given by Radiolab producer Latif Nasser.[3]

She is the niece of writer and architect Witold Rybczynski.

Selected publications

References

  1. "Natalia Rybczynski at the Canadian Museum of Nature". Canadian Museum of Nature. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  2. "Rybczynski". Carleton University. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  3. "You have no idea where camels really come from". Retrieved 15 April 2016.

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