David Crotty
Executive Director
CSHL Press
BIO
David Crotty is the Executive Director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. Founded in 1933, CSHL Press is an internationally renowned publisher of books, journals, and electronic media, and is a division of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, an innovator in life science research and the education of scientists, students, and the public. Previously, David was a Senior Consultant at Clarke & Esposito, a boutique management consulting firm focused on strategic issues related to professional and academic publishing and information services. David was the Editorial Director, Journals Policy for Oxford University Press. He oversaw journal policy across OUP’s journals program, drove technological innovation, and served as an information officer. David acquired and managed a suite of research society-owned journals with OUP, and before that was the Executive Editor for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, where he created and edited new science books and journals, along with serving as a journal Editor-in-Chief. He has served on the Board of Directors for the STM Association, the Society for Scholarly Publishing and CHOR, Inc., as well as The AAP-PSP Executive Council. David received his PhD in Genetics from Columbia University and did developmental neuroscience research at Caltech before moving from the bench to publishing.
COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY APPOINTMENTS
- Executive DirectorCold Spring Harbor Laboratory, CSHL Press, Cold Spring Harbor, United States2025
- Executive EditorCold Spring Harbor Laboratory, CSHL Press, Cold Spring Harbor, United States2006 - 2011
- Commissioning EditorCold Spring Harbor Laboratory, CSHL Press, Cold Spring Harbor, United States2001 - 2006
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Executive DirectorCold Spring Harbor Laboratory, CSHL Press, Cold Spring Harbor, United States2025
- Editorial Director, Journals PolicyOxford University Press, New York, NY, United States2015 - 2021
- Senior EditorOxford University Press, New York, NY, United States2011 - 2015
- Executive EditorCold Spring Harbor Laboratory, CSHL Press, Cold Spring Harbor, United States2006 - 2011
- Commissioning EditorCold Spring Harbor Laboratory, CSHL Press, Cold Spring Harbor, United States2001 - 2006
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Senior ConsultantClarke & Esposito, Washington D.C., United States2021
DEGREES
- B.S., BiologyTufts University, Medford, United States1983 - 1987
- M.A.Columbia University, New York, United States1988
- M. PhilColumbia University, New York, United States1990
- Ph.D., Genetics & DevelopmentColumbia University, New York, United States1994
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Postdoctoral Fellow (Biology)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States1994 - 2000
DESIGNATION
- Executive Director, CSHL Press