About Me

Hello, my name is Shawn (Shouyi) Wang! I am a climate scientist focused on understanding climate variability and change across a range of timescales. My research interests broadly include physical oceanography, monsoon extremes, tropical dynamics, and paleoclimate. I received my Bachelors in Chemistry and Earth Sciences from Columbia University in 2018 and a PhD in Climate Science from the MIT-WHOI Joint Program in 2025. Outside of work, I enjoy playing racquet sports, biking, and rogue-like video games.

I am currently a CIRES Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Colorado - Boulder, working with Antonietta Capotondi, Kris Karnauskas, Sara Sanchez, and Jennifer Kay. My postdoc research explores how teleconnections between ocean basins shape tropical climate variability.

Starting in 2027, I will be an Assistant Curator/Professor of Climate Physics at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, NY. I am also a guest investigator at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and a visiting scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.