Research Data Services Lead and Director of the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota (DRUM)
University of Minnesota Libraries
University of Minnesota

Years Active: 2023 -

Shannon Farrell is the Research Data Services Lead and Director of DRUM in the University of Minnesota Libraries. Shannon leads the University Libraries’ Research Data Services Team, which is a group that is focused on campus-wide education and consultation around data management and data sharing. She is also the Director of the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota (DRUM) where she also serves as a scientific data curator.

Shannon received her BS in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior from the University of Minnesota, a MS in Environmental Studies from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland and her MS in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Before becoming a librarian, she spent over a decade working on large-scale, data intensive research projects related to ecology, animal behavior, molecular biology, systematics, entomology, sustainable agriculture, genetically modified organisms, wildlife conservation, water quality, and invasive species.

Pronouns: she/her

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