Shalane is the Assistant Field Operations Manager for two NEON Domains: D18 (Arctic Tundra) and D19 (Boreal Forest, or 'Taiga'), both of which are supported from the Domain Facility in Fairbanks, Alaska. Shalane comes to NEON after having worked for the University of Alaska Fairbanks providing ecological research coordination. She received her B.S. (2010) from the University of Virginia, and a subsequent A.A.S from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2019.