Emily Roseno

Emily Roseno is a Laboratory Technician at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies in the Coastal Conservation and Restoration Laboratory. She completed her B.S. in Biology from the University of Wyoming. Although Emily grew up in the mountainous and great plains regions of Wyoming, she was always drawn to the ocean and knew from a young age that she wanted to study its different organisms and ecosystems. As an undergraduate student, Emily worked as a research assistant on a study focused on plant-insect interactions in modern leaves that would help calibrate the fossil record. Her first experience working in an aquatic environment was as a fisheries research technician at her university where she collected and processed small-bodied native fish in Wyoming to help determine how abiotic factors affected their growth and body condition. She then went on to spend two field seasons monitoring, managing, and collecting data from sea turtle nests. She has also had the opportunity to work with crocodiles, alligators, native and invasive snake species, invasive tegus, and a variety of terrestrial and aquatic turtle species.

Outside of work, Emily enjoys reading, hiking, snake cruising, and being out on the water. She has lived in five states in the last five years and loves getting to explore new areas everywhere she goes.