Sydney Shaw

Research Specialist,

GF CAP LTER Leadership

[email protected]

4701 W Thunderbird Rd ASU West - CLCC 284 Glendale, AZ 85306
Mail code: 8204

Campus: Tempe
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Student Information

Graduate Student
Coastal and Marine Science and Management
Rob Walton Col Global Futures

Long Bio

Sydney is a Research Specialist with the CAP-LTER program and works with Dr. Becky Ball in her lab studying the impacts of urbanization on the Sonoran Desert and ecological succession on the Antarctic Peninsula through the lenses of soil ecology and biogeochemistry.

As a queer and trans scientist, Sydney is passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusivity in science as well as enabling queer-, trans-, racial-, trauma-, and neurodiverse-informed approaches to learning and working in academia and other scientific fields.

Education

B.S. Environmental and Ocean Sciences, University of San Diego 2024
B.A. History, Texas A&M University 2015

Curriculum Vitae

Research Website URL

https://sites.google.com/asu.edu/bball/people?authuser=0

Research Interests

Coastal Ecology and Ecosystem Management
Elasmobranch and Cetacean Movement and Behavioral Ecology
Marine Ecosystem Responses to Global Change
Remote Sensing Applications in Marine Ecology
Restoration and Conservation Ecology
Sustainable Fisheries and Bycatch Reduction

Research Group

Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Project (CAP-LTER)
Ball Biogeochemistry Lab at Arizona State University West Valley Campus

Research Activity

Biogeochemistry and soil ecology of hot and cold desert ecosystems, particularly the Sonoran Desert and Antarctic Peninsula

Presentations

Comparison of a Constructed and an Adjacent Natural Tidal Marsh in San Diego, California as a Habitat for the California Killifish (Fundulus parvipinnis), University of San Diego Environmental and Ocean Sciences Senior Seminar, 2024.

Honors / Awards

Service to the Department Award, University of San Diego Department of Environmental and Ocean Sciences, San Diego, CA (2024)

Professional Associations

Ecological Society of America

Work History