Welcome!

My name is Lauren Rowsey and I am a PhD candidate at the University of New Brunswick Saint John under the supervision of Dr. Ben Speers-Roesch. I completed my BSc at the University of Texas at Austin where I carried out research with Dr. Andrew Esbaugh on how oil exposure impacts the physiology and behavior of larval fish. For my PhD thesis, I am investigating whether limitations on physiological performance explain winter dormancy in fishes. When I’m not doing research and freezing fish, you can find me either on a sailboat or scuba diving! 

What's new?

May 17, 2019
The BSR Lab attended another fantastic CSZ-SCZ meeting in beautiful Windsor, Ontario. I presented both my thesis research and some work I completed on brook trout. Met some great new sci friends, chatted with old ones, and came back with lots of research ideas! See you next year in Saskatoon! 
March 21, 2019
UNB Saint John's Department of Biological Sciences hosted Dr. Julia Baum for the first ever graduate student invited seminar series! Great conversations were had by all on climate change, coral reefs, and gender bias in academia. 
January 8, 2019
I presented two of my current projects at the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) annual meeting in Tampa, FL. Fantastic conference and excellent research presented!