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January 26, 2021
Ian Owens, a distinguished evolutionary biologist and currently the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s deputy director, has been named the next executive director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Owens will take the helm of the 106-year-old institution on July 1. He will also hold an appointment as professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS).
Ian Owens
Owens will succeed John Fitzpatrick, who has led the Cornell Lab since 1995.
Originally from Yorkshire, England, Owens has previously been director at the Natural History Museum in London and a professor at Imperial College London.
The Macaulay Library is the world’s premier scientific archive of natural history audio, video, and photographs. Although the Macaulay Library’s history is rooted in birds, the collection includes amphibians, fishes, and mammals, and the collection preserves recordings of each species’ behavior and natural history. Our mission is to facilitate the ability of others to collect and preserve such recordings and to actively promote the use of these recordings for diverse purposes spanning scientific research, education, conservation, and the arts.
Access to audio and video recordings in the archive is available for research, educational, and commercial use. If you would like to contribute to the archive, you can submit your bird recordings and photos via the eBird/Macaulay Library media upload tool. Recordists with videos or non-bird recordings can contact us to discuss the possible archival of their material. New recordists can receive training at our annual sound recording