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Jeremy Shakun is an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Boston College. He serves as Director of Undergraduate Studies and leads a research group focused on paleoclimatology, glaciers, and geochemistry. His work integrates field studies, geochemical analyses, and climate modeling to understand past climate changes and ice sheet dynamics. Shakun holds a B.A. from Middlebury College, an M.S. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a Ph.D. from Oregon State University.
His research addresses fundamental questions about climate sensitivity, ice sheet-climate linkages, and model validation through paleo-data. Projects span Arctic to tropical regions, using cosmogenic nuclide dating, speleothem records, and sediment analysis. Current graduate students include Calen Rubin (Ph.D. candidate on North American ice sheet history) and Lauren Gustafson (M.S. on Laurentide Ice Sheet meltwater dynamics).
Past students have explored topics like Laurentide Ice Sheet history via cosmogenic nuclides (Danielle LeBlanc, Ph.D.), tropical Andes glacier retreat (Drew Gorin, M.S.), and Arctic speleothem chronology (Celeste Gambino, M.S.).
Shakun's recent publications emphasize unprecedented tropical glacier retreat, interglacial climate patterns in subarctic Canada, and global temperature reconstructions over millions of years. His work bridges geological records with modern climate science to inform understanding of today's environmental changes.
