Sydney Shaw
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4701 W Thunderbird Rd ASU West - CLCC 284 Glendale, AZ 85306
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Mail code: 8204Campus: Tempe
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Student Information
Graduate StudentCoastal and Marine Science and Management
Rob Walton Col Global Futures
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.
- B.S. Environmental and Ocean Sciences, University of San Diego 2024
- B.A. History, Texas A&M University 2015
- 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
- Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Project (CAP-LTER)
- Ball Biogeochemistry Lab at Arizona State University West Valley Campus
Biogeochemistry and soil ecology of hot and cold desert ecosystems, particularly the Sonoran Desert and Antarctic Peninsula
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.
Service to the Department Award, University of San Diego Department of Environmental and Ocean Sciences, San Diego, CA (2024)
Ecological Society of America
- 2015-2020: US Navy, Aviation Intelligence Officer (active duty)
- 2021-2024: University of San Diego, Student Positions (multiple)
- 2022-2025: US Navy Reserve, Intelligence Officer
- 2024: Ninyo & Moore, Staff Environmental Scientist
- 2024-Present: Arizona State University, Research Specialist
- 2025-Present: Independent Contractor, Environmental Consulting Report Writer
2023-2024: Ocean Connectors, Volunteer Whale Watching Embarked Naturalist
- Environmental Consulting (2024-Present)
- EPA Certified Lead Inspector (2024-2027)
- Naval Intelligence Officer (2015-2020, 2022-2025)
- Staff Environmental Scientist (2024)
- Environmental Consulting Report Writer (2025-Present)