Shannon Gabrielle Valley is an American climate scientist and policy advisor. She is based at Georgia Tech, where she studies the climate history of planet Earth. She worked as a liaison between the White House and NASA Headquarters for the Obama administration. In 2020 Valley was appointed to Joe Biden's NASA transition team.
Shannon Valley | |
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 Valley moderates a 2013 NASA panel discussion | |
| Born | Shannon Gabrielle Valley |
| Alma mater | Northwestern University Georgia Tech |
| Known for | Climate science Science policy |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Georgia Tech |
| Thesis | Atlantic meridional overturning circulation variability since the last glaciation: Insights from a novel multiproxy approach (2019) |
Education and early career
editValley spent her childhood in St. Louis and Houston.[1] She attended public high school, where she first discovered science through introductory courses. She eventually worked toward a bachelor's degree in political science at Northwestern University.[1][2] After graduating, Valley joined the Obama administration.[1] She took part in Camp Obama, a gathering for organisers working on the 2008 campaign.[3] She spent five years working between scientists at NASA Headquarters and the United States Congress. She enjoyed meeting the scientists, but became frustrated that she was not doing her own research. The impact of Hurricane Katrina on her Houston community inspired her to want to contribute more herself. Having decided that she wanted more formal training to become a scientist, Valley started to complete night courses in advanced mathematics.[1] Valley was awarded a National Science Foundation graduate research fellowship (NSF-GRFP), and joined Georgia Tech as a graduate student, where she worked under the supervision of Jean Lynch-Stieglitz.[4]
Research and career
editAfter earning her doctorate, Valley was appointed as a postdoctoral researcher in paleoceanography.[5] In 2020 Valley was appointed to Joe Biden's NASA transition team, who serve to advise the president-elect in preparation for the inauguration.[6]
Selected publications
edit- Lynch-Stieglitz, Jean; Valley, Shannon G.; Schmidt, Matthew W. (2019-01-15). "Temperature-dependent ocean–atmosphere equilibration of carbon isotopes in surface and intermediate waters over the deglaciation". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 506: 466–475. Bibcode:2019E&PSL.506..466L. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2018.11.024. ISSN 0012-821X. S2CID 134613184.
- Valley, Shannon G.; Lynch-Stieglitz, Jean; Marchitto, Thomas M. (2019-10-01). "Intermediate water circulation changes in the Florida Straits from a 35 ka record of Mg/Li-derived temperature and Cd/Ca-derived seawater cadmium". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 523: 115692. Bibcode:2019E&PSL.52315692V. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2019.06.032. ISSN 0012-821X.
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Shannon Valley: Ph.D. in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | College of Sciences | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA". cos.gatech.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ^ "Ocean Science & Engineering | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA". ocean.gatech.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
- ^ Liddell-Westefeld, Chris (2020-01-07). They Said This Day Would Never Come: Chasing the Dream on Obama's Improbable Campaign. PublicAffairs. ISBN 978-1-5417-3062-5.
- ^ "Jean Lynch-Stieglitz CV" (PDF). Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "The Polar Lab | NOVA Labs | PBS". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
- ^ November 2020, Mike Wall 11 (11 November 2020). "President-elect Biden names 8-person NASA transition team". Space.com. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
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