Hello!

I'm a Ph.D. candidate in mathematics at Cornell University. My advisor is Justin Moore.
Mathematically, my interests are in logic and category theory. Recently, I've focused on sheaf-theoretic methods in set theory.
Non-mathematically, I love to sing, solve puzzles, and write board games.
My pronouns are he/him, and my last name is pronounced [ˈʃɑk.nɝ] (SHOCK-ner).

I'm originally from Charlotte, North Carolina. I graduated from the University of Chicago in June 2021 with a B.S. in mathematics, and completed my M.Sc. in computer science at Cornell in May 2024. I've been at Cornell since August 2021.

My CV is here.

What you can find here

This site is still very much in development, but here you'll find descriptions of my current research, teaching and outreach details, and some other fun odds and ends.

Contact information

My email is mjs623 at cornell dot edu.