For full CV, please email lrowsey 'at' unb.ca
EDUCATION
PhD Biology, University of New Brunswick Saint John
September 2017 – present
BSc Biology (Marine and Freshwater Science), University of Texas at Austin
September 2013 – December 2016
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Guelph
September 2025 – present
Graduate Research Assistant, University of New Brunswick Saint John
September 2017 – present
Contract Academic Instructor, University of New Brunswick Saint John
January 2021 – April 2025
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of New Brunswick Saint John
September 2017 – December 2020, January 2024 – April 2024
Marine Science Instructor and Captain, Sail Caribbean (British Virgin Islands)
May – August 2016, May – August 2017
Research Technician, University of Texas Marine Science Institute
January – May 2017
Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Texas Marine Science Institute
January – May 2016
PUBLICATIONS
PREPRINTS
SELECTED AWARDS & FUNDING (of 20 total)
William S. Hoar Best Student Talk Award Finalist
Canadian Society of Zoologists; May 2024
School of Graduate Studies Travel Grant
University of New Brunswick Saint John; March 2019, June 2022, June 2023, August 2024
Inside Out Workshop (1 of 10 funded ECR attendees)
The Company of Biologists, June 2023
Editor’s Choice of the Month (also shortlist for Outstanding Paper of the Year)
Journal of Experimental Biology, April 2022
JEB Travelling Fellowship
The Company of Biologists, April 2022
UNB Associated Alumnae Travel Award
University of New Brunswick, March 2019
Social Innovation Scholarship
New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, September 2017
Best Oral Presentation and Travel Award
University of Texas Marine Science Institute, May 2016
TEACHING
Training
Diploma in University Teaching – Summer 2020
Instructor
Introduction to Marine Science (lecture, Winter 2022 & 2025)
Marine Ecology (lecture, Fall 2024)
Animal Physiology (lab, Fall 2021 & 2023)
Fish Biology (lab, Winter 2021; lecture and lab, Winter 2023)
Functional Ecology of Coastal Fishes (field course, Fall 2022)
Invited Guest Lecturer
October 2025 – Ecological Modelling (UNBSJ)
November 2019 – Introductory Ecology (UNBSJ)
April 2019 – Introduction to Marine Science (UNBSJ)
October 2017 – Animal Physiology (UNBSJ)
Teaching Assistant
Introduction to Microbiology (Winter 2024)
Applications in Biology, Part 2 (Winter 2018 & 2019 & 2024)
Functional Ecology of Coastal Fishes (Fall 2018 & 2020)
Introduction to Marine Science (Winter 2020)
Physiology of Marine Vertebrates (Winter 2018 & 2020)
Animal Physiology (Fall 2017 & 2019)
Biology of Vertebrates (Fall 2019)
Fish Biology (Winter 2019)
Biological Principles, Part 1 (Fall 2017 & 2018)
Introduction to Oceanography (Fall 2016)
MENTORSHIP
Katherine Reevey, NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awardee – May 2024 to August 2024
Annie Trembley, Undergraduate Research Assistant & BSc Honours Student – May 2021 to April 2023
Brianna Forbes, Independent Studies Student – January to August 2020
Melina Watson, BSc Honours Student – September 2019 to April 2020
Mia Francis, Undergraduate Research Assistant – October 2018 to July 2019
Tyler Savoy, BSc Honours Student – September 2018 to April 2019
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (of 22 total)
Do thermal constraints on physiological performance explain the use of winter dormancy among fishes?
Canadian Society of Zoologists Meeting, May 2024. Moncton, NB. William S. Hoar Best Student Talk Award Finalist.
Thermal constraints on growth and digestive physiology of a winter-dormant fish
Inside Out: New Frontiers in the Comparative Physiology of the Vertebrate Gut, June 2023. Kent, UK.
The significance of variation in the C-start response among fishes with differing overwintering strategies
Canadian Society of Zoologists Meeting, May 2023. Saskatoon, SK.
Fasting in winter-dormant fish is a behavioural response rather than a consequence of constraints of cold on digestion and growth
Society of Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, July 2022. Montpellier, France.
Do thermal constraints on physiological performance drive winter dormancy in fish?
Society of Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, July 2019. Seville, Spain.
Behavioural thermoregulation and metabolic recovery after exhaustive exercise in brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
Canadian Society of Zoologists Meeting, May 2019. Windsor, ON.
Oil exposure negatively affects prey capture ability of larval red drum
Atlantic Regional Comparative Physiology Workshop, October 2017. Saint Andrews, NB.
Effects of sub-lethal oil exposure on predator-prey dynamics in a larval marine fish
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting, January 2017. New Orleans, LA.
SERVICE & LEADERSHIP
UNB Biology Contract Academic Evaluation Committee
Graduate student member, October 2020 – present
UNB Biology Graduate Academic Unit
Graduate Student Representative, September 2019 – January 2025
Science Atlantic Aquaculture and Fisheries and Biology Conference
Volunteer, March 2023
Canadian Society of Zoologists (CSZ)
Student Councilor, May 2019 – May 2021
UNBSJ Faculty of Science, Applied Science, and Engineering
Contract Academic Employee & graduate student member, September 2022 – April 2023
UNB BIOL 6000 Evaluation Committee
Graduate Student Member, September 2019 – April 2021
UNB Union of Graduate Student Workers – PSAC Local 60550
Chief Steward, November 2018 – July 2020
UNB Saint John Graduate Student Association
Biological Sciences Department Representative, February 2018 – 2019
Atlantic Regional Comparative Physiology Workshop
Session Chair, October 2018
REVIEWER FOR
Animal Ecology
Journal of Experimental Biology
Ecology and Evolution
Conservation Physiology
Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology
SCIENCE COMMUNICATION & OUTREACH
Millidgeville North Middle School
Guest speaker, June 2025
Simmonds High School
Guest speaker, March 2025
Canadian Society of Zoologists Blog
Editor & Social Media Lead, Spring 2021 – Fall 2021
Harbour View High School
Volunteer educator, Spring 2021
Skype a Scientist
Volunteer scientist, Spring 2019 – Spring 2020
Letters to a Pre-Scientist
Volunteer scientist pen-pal, Fall 2019 – Spring 2020
New Brunswick Science Fair
Volunteer science fair judge, Spring 2019
Hammond River Angling Association
Educator, Fall 2018 – Fall 2019
SHAD Network
Volunteer educator, Fall 2017 – Spring 2019
Port Aransas High School
Volunteer science fair judge, Spring 2017
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP
Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Canadian Society of Zoologists
Society of Experimental Biology
Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology
CERTIFICATIONS
PhD Biology, University of New Brunswick Saint John
September 2017 – present
BSc Biology (Marine and Freshwater Science), University of Texas at Austin
September 2013 – December 2016
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Guelph
September 2025 – present
Graduate Research Assistant, University of New Brunswick Saint John
September 2017 – present
Contract Academic Instructor, University of New Brunswick Saint John
January 2021 – April 2025
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of New Brunswick Saint John
September 2017 – December 2020, January 2024 – April 2024
Marine Science Instructor and Captain, Sail Caribbean (British Virgin Islands)
May – August 2016, May – August 2017
Research Technician, University of Texas Marine Science Institute
January – May 2017
Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Texas Marine Science Institute
January – May 2016
PUBLICATIONS
- Reeve, C, ZA Zrini, CJ Bihun, LE Rowsey, MK Murphy, B Speers-Roesch, JW Brownscombe, SJ Cooke, GD Raby (submitted). Bioenergetics of fish in cold freshwaters.
- Brownscombe, JW, P Bzonek, K Smith, LE Rowsey, DAR Drake (accepted). Ecological energetics of an imperilled fish: physiological metrics, experimental protocols, and implications for population recovery. Journal of Fish Biology.
- Raby, GD, R Morgan, AH Andreassen, E Stewart, J De Bonville, E Hoots, L Kuchenmüller, M Metz, LE Rowsey, L Green, R Griffin, S Martin, H Bauer Reid, R Ern, E Asheim, ZL Cowan, RHJ Leeuwis, T Blewett, B Speers-Roesch, TD Clark, SA Binning, J Sundin, and F Jutfelt (2025). Measuring critical thermal maximum in aquatic ectotherms: a practical guide. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. link
- Blewett, TA, KL Ackerly, J Sundin, TD Clark, LE Rowsey, RA Griffin, M Metz, L Kuchenmüller, RHJ Leeuwis, M Levet, S Martin, B Speers-Roesch, F Jutfelt, and S Joudan (2025). Unintended Consequences of Aquatic Enrichment in Experimental Biology. Environmental Science & Technology, 59(17): 8301-8307. link
- Trembley, A, LE Rowsey, and B Speers-Roesch (2024). Is the diel cycle of routine metabolic rate in mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) affected by near-infrared lighting used for visualizing behaviour of fishes at night? Journal of Fish Biology, 105(6): 1843-1849. link
- Cowan, Z-L, L Green, TD Clark, TA Blewett, J De Bonville, T Gagnon, E Hoots, L Kuchenmüller, RHJ Leeuwis, J Navajas Acedo, LE Rowsey, H Scheuffele, M Skeeles, L Silva-Garay, F Jutfeit, and SA Binning (2024). Global change and premature hatching of aquatic embryos. Global Change Biology, 30(9): e17488. link
- Rowsey, LE, JD Kieffer, and B Speers-Roesch (2024). Temperature-dependent exercise recovery is not associated with behavioral thermoregulation in a salmonid fish. Journal of Thermal Biology, 123(1): 103888. link
- Rowsey, LE, C Reeve, T Savoy, and B Speers-Roesch (2024). Thermal constraints on exercise and metabolic performance do not explain the use of dormancy as an overwintering strategy in the cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus). Journal of Experimental Biology, 227(1): jeb246741. link
- Norin, T, LE Rowsey, TM Houslay, C Reeve, and B Speers-Roesch (2024). Among-individual variation in thermal plasticity of fish metabolic rates causes profound variation in temperature-specific trait repeatability, but does not co-vary with behavioural plasticity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 379(1896): 20220488. link
- Reeve, C, LE Rowsey, and B Speers-Roesch (2022). Inactivity and the passive slowing effect of cold on resting metabolism as the primary drivers of energy savings in overwintering fishes. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225(8): jeb243407. Featured in Inside JEB. JEB Editor's Choice of the Month. link
- Khursigara, AJ, LE Rowsey, JL Johansen, and AJ Esbaugh (2021). Behavioral changes in a coastal marine fish lead to increased predation risk following oil exposure. Environmental Science & Technology, 55(12): 8119-8127. link
- Jutfelt, F, T Norin, ER Åsheim, LE Rowsey, AH Andreassen, R Morgan, TD Clark, and B Speers-Roesch (2021). The aerobic scope protection hypothesis: a mechanism explaining reduced growth of ectotherms in warming environments? Functional Ecology, 35(1): 1397-1407. link
- Rowsey, LE, JL Johansen, AJ Khursigara, and AJ Esbaugh (2019). Oil exposure impairs predator-prey dynamics in larval red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). Marine and Freshwater Research, 71(1): 99-106. link
PREPRINTS
- Raby, GD, R Morgan, AH Andreassen, E Stewart, J De Bonville, E Hoots, L Kuchenmüller, M Metz, LE Rowsey, L Green, R Griffin, S Martin, H Bauer Reid, R Ern, E Asheim, ZL Cowan, RHJ Leeuwis, T Blewett, B Speers-Roesch, TD Clark, SA Binning, J Sundin, and F Jutfelt (2025). Measuring critical thermal maximum in aquatic ectotherms: a practical guide. EcoEvoRxiv. link
- Rowsey, LE, JD Kieffer, and B Speers-Roesch (2023). Brook Char (Salvelinus Fontinalis) Show Temperature-Dependent Exercise Recovery Yet Do Not Exhibit Behavioral Thermoregulation Following Exercise. SSRN. link
- Jutfelt, F, T Norin, ER Åsheim, LE Rowsey, AH Andreassen, R Morgan, TD Clark, and B Speers-Roesch (2020). The Aerobic Scope Protection Hypothesis: A Mechanism Explaining Reduced Growth of Ectotherms in Warming Environments? EcoEvoRxiv. link
SELECTED AWARDS & FUNDING (of 20 total)
William S. Hoar Best Student Talk Award Finalist
Canadian Society of Zoologists; May 2024
School of Graduate Studies Travel Grant
University of New Brunswick Saint John; March 2019, June 2022, June 2023, August 2024
Inside Out Workshop (1 of 10 funded ECR attendees)
The Company of Biologists, June 2023
Editor’s Choice of the Month (also shortlist for Outstanding Paper of the Year)
Journal of Experimental Biology, April 2022
JEB Travelling Fellowship
The Company of Biologists, April 2022
UNB Associated Alumnae Travel Award
University of New Brunswick, March 2019
Social Innovation Scholarship
New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, September 2017
Best Oral Presentation and Travel Award
University of Texas Marine Science Institute, May 2016
TEACHING
Training
Diploma in University Teaching – Summer 2020
Instructor
Introduction to Marine Science (lecture, Winter 2022 & 2025)
Marine Ecology (lecture, Fall 2024)
Animal Physiology (lab, Fall 2021 & 2023)
Fish Biology (lab, Winter 2021; lecture and lab, Winter 2023)
Functional Ecology of Coastal Fishes (field course, Fall 2022)
Invited Guest Lecturer
October 2025 – Ecological Modelling (UNBSJ)
November 2019 – Introductory Ecology (UNBSJ)
April 2019 – Introduction to Marine Science (UNBSJ)
October 2017 – Animal Physiology (UNBSJ)
Teaching Assistant
Introduction to Microbiology (Winter 2024)
Applications in Biology, Part 2 (Winter 2018 & 2019 & 2024)
Functional Ecology of Coastal Fishes (Fall 2018 & 2020)
Introduction to Marine Science (Winter 2020)
Physiology of Marine Vertebrates (Winter 2018 & 2020)
Animal Physiology (Fall 2017 & 2019)
Biology of Vertebrates (Fall 2019)
Fish Biology (Winter 2019)
Biological Principles, Part 1 (Fall 2017 & 2018)
Introduction to Oceanography (Fall 2016)
MENTORSHIP
Katherine Reevey, NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awardee – May 2024 to August 2024
Annie Trembley, Undergraduate Research Assistant & BSc Honours Student – May 2021 to April 2023
Brianna Forbes, Independent Studies Student – January to August 2020
Melina Watson, BSc Honours Student – September 2019 to April 2020
Mia Francis, Undergraduate Research Assistant – October 2018 to July 2019
Tyler Savoy, BSc Honours Student – September 2018 to April 2019
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (of 22 total)
Do thermal constraints on physiological performance explain the use of winter dormancy among fishes?
Canadian Society of Zoologists Meeting, May 2024. Moncton, NB. William S. Hoar Best Student Talk Award Finalist.
Thermal constraints on growth and digestive physiology of a winter-dormant fish
Inside Out: New Frontiers in the Comparative Physiology of the Vertebrate Gut, June 2023. Kent, UK.
The significance of variation in the C-start response among fishes with differing overwintering strategies
Canadian Society of Zoologists Meeting, May 2023. Saskatoon, SK.
Fasting in winter-dormant fish is a behavioural response rather than a consequence of constraints of cold on digestion and growth
Society of Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, July 2022. Montpellier, France.
Do thermal constraints on physiological performance drive winter dormancy in fish?
Society of Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, July 2019. Seville, Spain.
Behavioural thermoregulation and metabolic recovery after exhaustive exercise in brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
Canadian Society of Zoologists Meeting, May 2019. Windsor, ON.
Oil exposure negatively affects prey capture ability of larval red drum
Atlantic Regional Comparative Physiology Workshop, October 2017. Saint Andrews, NB.
Effects of sub-lethal oil exposure on predator-prey dynamics in a larval marine fish
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting, January 2017. New Orleans, LA.
SERVICE & LEADERSHIP
UNB Biology Contract Academic Evaluation Committee
Graduate student member, October 2020 – present
UNB Biology Graduate Academic Unit
Graduate Student Representative, September 2019 – January 2025
Science Atlantic Aquaculture and Fisheries and Biology Conference
Volunteer, March 2023
Canadian Society of Zoologists (CSZ)
Student Councilor, May 2019 – May 2021
UNBSJ Faculty of Science, Applied Science, and Engineering
Contract Academic Employee & graduate student member, September 2022 – April 2023
UNB BIOL 6000 Evaluation Committee
Graduate Student Member, September 2019 – April 2021
UNB Union of Graduate Student Workers – PSAC Local 60550
Chief Steward, November 2018 – July 2020
UNB Saint John Graduate Student Association
Biological Sciences Department Representative, February 2018 – 2019
Atlantic Regional Comparative Physiology Workshop
Session Chair, October 2018
REVIEWER FOR
Animal Ecology
Journal of Experimental Biology
Ecology and Evolution
Conservation Physiology
Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology
SCIENCE COMMUNICATION & OUTREACH
Millidgeville North Middle School
Guest speaker, June 2025
Simmonds High School
Guest speaker, March 2025
Canadian Society of Zoologists Blog
Editor & Social Media Lead, Spring 2021 – Fall 2021
Harbour View High School
Volunteer educator, Spring 2021
Skype a Scientist
Volunteer scientist, Spring 2019 – Spring 2020
Letters to a Pre-Scientist
Volunteer scientist pen-pal, Fall 2019 – Spring 2020
New Brunswick Science Fair
Volunteer science fair judge, Spring 2019
Hammond River Angling Association
Educator, Fall 2018 – Fall 2019
SHAD Network
Volunteer educator, Fall 2017 – Spring 2019
Port Aransas High School
Volunteer science fair judge, Spring 2017
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP
Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Canadian Society of Zoologists
Society of Experimental Biology
Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology
CERTIFICATIONS
- Wilderness First Aid (2026)
- PADI Rescue Diver (2018)