Invertebrate Paleontology Graduate Education

Collecting invertebrate fossils in the Kansas chalk.
Collecting Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway fossils from the Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas.

The University of Kansas Paleontology graduate program is ranked number one in the country among public schools in the 2024 rankings from U.S. News & World Report. KU has a multi-disciplinary paleontology program, and grants Masters of Science (MS) and Doctorate (PhD) degrees with a research focus on fossil invertebrates. To learn more, visit the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology graduate programs page and see How to apply to KU Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Contact:

Bruce S. Lieberman, Curator
Email: blieber@ku.edu
Phone: +1-785-864-2741
Visit Dr. Lieberman's Ecology and Evolutionary Biology webpage.