Emma Morgan is from Silver Spring, Maryland, and received a B.S. in Biology and Environmental Studies from St. Mary’s College of Maryland. After graduate school. Emma wants to pursue a career in Coastal Ecology to explore big questions about climate change.

Emma is working on a project to examine the impacts of proposed sediment diversions in the Mississippi River in order to curb land loss. Using an existing food web model for coastal Louisiana, she aims to use citizen science data and stable isotope analysis to improve model precision.