Shane is a Ph.D. student at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University in the City of New York. He is co-advised by Jason Smerdon and Rhiannon Stephens in the Columbia History Department. Shane's research interests include using paleoclimate data and modeling to understand past climate as a means of contextualizing modern and future climate change.
Shane earned a B.A. in Atmospheric Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 2022. His senior honors thesis, advised by Whendee Silver, investigated soil carbon stocks after the addition of compost and silicate-bearing mineral amendments. He received the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s Hollings Scholarship, and worked at NOAA to analyze model projections of future climate and pollution across decadal and seasonal timescales. After graduating from UC Berkeley, Shane worked in environmental consulting as an air quality analyst before beginning graduate school.