Emily Bishop

A bit about me

I graduated from the honors program at the University of Rhode Island in 2015 with a B.S. in Marine Biology and a minor in Chemistry. As an undergrad I studied the ecology of marine macroalgae, and spent a summer in Washington to develop a protocol for volunteers to survey kelp from kayaks. Following graduation, I returned to Washington and studied Pigeon Guillemots (Cepphus columba) with the Guillemot Research Group on Whidbey Island before settling on the Olympic Peninsula. After a year with the Washington Conservation Corps as an Education and Outreach Assistant at the North Olympic Salmon Coalition, I then spent several years working as an independent contractor with local and state government agencies under my business Westward Ecology. The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe was my primary client, and as a biologist in their Habitat Research and Monitoring Program I was a core member of the Hood Canal Bridge Assessment Team organized by Long Live the Kings to examine the impact of a floating bridge on juvenile salmon migration in the Hood Canal. As a PhD candidate the University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, I assessed the impacts of human modifications on nearshore marine habitats and fish ecology.

Education

University of Washington | Seattle, WA

  • PhD in Aquatic and Fishery Sciences | 2026

University of Rhode Island | Kingston, RI

  • BS in Marine Biology | 2015

Experience

Westward Ecology | Owner/Marine Ecologist | November 2016 - Present

Field Biologist | Point No Point Treaty Council | September 2016 - March 2017

Education and Outreach Assistant | North Olympic Salmon Coalition | October 2015 - September 2016

Emily Bishop

A bit about me

I graduated from the honors program at the University of Rhode Island in 2015 with a B.S. in Marine Biology and a minor in Chemistry. As an undergrad I studied the ecology of marine macroalgae, and spent a summer in Washington to develop a protocol for volunteers to survey kelp from kayaks. Following graduation, I returned to Washington and studied Pigeon Guillemots (Cepphus columba) with the Guillemot Research Group on Whidbey Island before settling on the Olympic Peninsula. After a year with the Washington Conservation Corps as an Education and Outreach Assistant at the North Olympic Salmon Coalition, I then spent several years working as an independent contractor with local and state government agencies under my business Westward Ecology. The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe was my primary client, and as a biologist in their Habitat Research and Monitoring Program I was a core member of the Hood Canal Bridge Assessment Team organized by Long Live the Kings to examine the impact of a floating bridge on juvenile salmon migration in the Hood Canal. As a PhD candidate the University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, I assessed the impacts of human modifications on nearshore marine habitats and fish ecology.

Education

University of Washington | Seattle, WA

  • PhD in Aquatic and Fishery Sciences | 2026

University of Rhode Island | Kingston, RI

  • BS in Marine Biology | 2015

Experience

Westward Ecology | Owner/Marine Ecologist | November 2016 - Present

Field Biologist | Point No Point Treaty Council | September 2016 - March 2017

Education and Outreach Assistant | North Olympic Salmon Coalition | October 2015 - September 2016