My name would be Professor Hemlock
As a professor, I would definitely study shinies. Why are they so rare? What changes their color scheme? Are regular Pokémon capable of changing into shinies? I would probably start by studying their genetics and such, and see if alleles have anything to do with their physical color. Quite possibly if a certain gene or allele is transferred over, a regular Pokémon's color scheme could change. Stuff like that. After all, there isn't an explanation as to why or how a Pokémon could be shiny. So why not be the first to answer that?