Laura Otto is an anthropologist and ethnographer currently based at the University of Würzburg, Germany. Her research centers on the nexus of cultural anthropology, environmental humanities, and science and technology studies. As a junior professor of the anthropology of the rural, she is particularly interested in rural spaces and economies, environmental anthropology, and multispecies ethnography. Her current research project AquaNaturesCultures—Still Water Economies in the Anthropocene is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) through the Emmy Noether Programme. Her research has evolved from the question of how coastal communities engage with newly arrived actors, be they human or nonhuman. While her PhD was focused on young refugees entering Malta, her more recent work revolves around the impact of Sargassum blooms in the Caribbean. She has published more than 20 peer-reviewed articles as well as several anthologies and book chapters, and her research has also been made available to a broader public through exhibitions, films, podcasts, and fiction.