Larsson named Director of Redpath Museum

Professor Hans Larsson has been appointed Director of the Redpath Museum for a five-year term that began on June 1. Larsson took over for Professor David M. Green, who has been at the helm of the Museum for the past decade.
Hans Larsson, a specialist in Vertebrate Paleontology, is the new Director of the Redpath Museum.
Hans Larsson, a specialist in Vertebrate Paleontology, is the new Director of the Redpath Museum.

As announced yesterday, Professor Hans Larsson has been appointed Director of the Redpath Museum for a five-year term that began on June 1. Larsson took over for Professor David M. Green, who has been at the helm of the Museum for the past decade. Green will continue his active program of research and teaching in Herpetology and Conservation Biology at the Museum.

A specialist in Vertebrate Paleontology, Larsson has been a member of the Museum’s faculty since 2003. He says he’s excited to take on the new challenges of integrating new appointees into academic life and furthering the Museum’s unique mission at the university.

“The Redpath Museum is at the foundation of McGill’s origins. For over 130 years, the Museum has supported natural history research and outreach,” Larsson told the McGill Reporter. “These are exciting times for the Museum as it continues climbing higher in its expanding research directions and outreach programs. I am completely excited to help guide and promote expansions in these themes to make the Redpath Museum a central pride of McGill and Montreal.”

Read other McGill Reporter articles about Hans Larsson:

Walking fish reveal how our ancestors evolved onto land

Early birds

Helping make a young cancer patient a palaeontologist for a day

A toothy grin only a palaeontologist could love

Historic fossil find in the Arctic

Digging dinosaurs for credit