Steve Caplan, PhD

Forthcoming Spring 2027

October's Ashes

Scientist, author, and professor of biochemistry and molecular biology.

Soncata Press announcement for October's Ashes

About

Steve Caplan, Ph.D., is a professor and vice chair of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the author of four novels, as well as the nonfiction book Today's Curiosity is Tomorrow's Cure (Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, 2022). His fiction explores the intersection of science, morality, and human emotion, and was a quarterfinalist for the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. A U.S.-born Canadian and Israeli, he draws on his cross-cultural experience, academic career, and military background to infuse his novels with moral depth, authenticity, and emotional insight. His essays on science, politics, and society have appeared in The Guardian, and he has authored over one hundred scientific papers. He serves as the director of the Fundamental Training Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology T32 NIH-funded training grant, is the Research Program Coordinator for the Nebraska INBRE grant, and his own research is funded by the National Institute for General Medical Sciences. He has served on a regular National Institutes of Health grant review panel for four years, and he serves on both the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Public Affairs Advisory Committee, the Federation for American Societies of Experimental Biology Science Policy Committee. He has also been invited to serve on the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Board of Scientific Counsellors.