Rosie Moore in a modeling photo, shot by photographer Michael O'Malley, and handling an American alligator.Michael O'Malley; Rosie Moore Rosie Moore is a scientist who works with sharks and reptiles — and also does modeling on the side. Some days she's in the field watching crocodilians hatch, others she's doing a photoshoot underwater. When people who know her as a model discover she's a scientist, they respect her more, she said. This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Rosie Moore, a 26-year-old geoscientist and model based in Florida.