Freshwater ecologist and conservation scientist who prefers winter fieldwork in Southeast Asia. @NatGeo explorer, postdoctoral fellow at U. Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV
Joined April 2009
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Truly honored to have been nominated and selected to receive this award. So many individuals to thank, but most of all the communities of Mae Ngao who taught me so much about their river and how they protect it. @BenthosNews
Congrats to Dr. Aaron Koning (@unevadareno), who received the Hynes Award for New Investigators from @BenthosNews President Dr. Steven Thomas today at #2023SFS/#FreshwaterDownUnder! Learn more about Dr. Koning's nomination here: freshwater-science.org/award…
ALT Two men in front of a blue background, one is receiving an award
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Super excited to announce that I'll be moving over to @OxfordBiology in December to start a Royal Society URF on a dream topic!
Congratulations to @rjpheathcote, currently at @BristolBioSci, who has been awarded a @royalsociety University Research Fellowship!
Rob will be joining us later this year, focusing on antipredator colouration in aggregating prey 👇
bit.ly/3Pvk38j
ALT School of fish swimming with light shining off fish scales
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One of best parts of this project is being able to continue/start some amazing collaborations with @jTroscianko @ChrisCooney101 @CollectiveBRL @akoning
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Very excited about this one! Check out the pre-print for my fourth thesis chapter: we provide response options to #BendTheCurve for imperilled #FreshwaterBiodiversity around the globe through habitat protection and restoration.
Full link here: doi.org/10.1139/er-2023-0034
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Congratulations Aaron from the @MahseerTrust team. Let us hope this award helps to keep the focus on a threatened #river & the people & fish (plus other aquatic lives) who depend upon it.
#RiversFishPeople
#SEAsia
@Shoal_Org
High water collection complete! @UNRScience Wonders of the Mekong
Successful 10 day voyage across the flooded Tonle Sap. Great crew and great data! High variation in metabolic gases, turbidity, and nutrients among habitats. Flooded areas very important for ecosystem energetics. #FLAMebodia
A very sad read on the damming of the river where I’ve spent years with communities and studying their incredible local conservation success. A 70 m dam will fundamentally disrupt the people and place. @fishconserve @WWF_FreeRivers thethirdpole.net/en/liveliho…
This is my new buddy Tahree. He’s good with a paddle and at pulling in fishing nets out on the Great Lake. #tonlesap #cambodia🇰🇭 @ ខេត្តពោធិសាត់-Pursat Province instagram.com/p/CWs5hmCPgks/…
Getting ready for our trip across #tonlesap to meet community fisheries conservation groups. #iofferedmorelifejackets instagram.com/p/CWqYkE7vFel/…
Join me @LaurierBiology’s Zoominar next week to hear about area-based protections for freshwaters! And at the very least take a look at this poster! Incredible, @thelonglab!
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What a poster! Absolutely beautiful.
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"networks of small, community-based reserves can offer a model for protecting biodiversity & augmenting fisheries as the world’s rivers face unprecedented pressures."
-@akoning in @nature_org’s inspiring Biodiversity Action Guide & case studies: nature.ly/3fkbY4S
#NatureNow
Excited for the opportunity to share past and ongoing research with @LaurierBiology! Thanks for the invitation.
Our department (@LaurierBiology) is honoured to host our Biology Seminar Speakers this year! Thank you very much to our speakers for accepting our invitations.
More details will follow. Please check this link for updates: students.wlu.ca/programs/sci…
@LaurierSci @LaurierResearch
Another great piece by @stefanlovgren! apple.news/AJYiAC1BcT4CQNYuZ…
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Also, remember to follow @third_pole and sign up for the newsletter at the bottom of the article for more stories on the Salween. And more cool maps.
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This was difficult. Originally, this was about Shan State solar panels. Then, everything changed. Thanks to Kyaw Ye Lynn, @BociagaRobert, and @marcjaffee_. Also to @sstrangio, @akoning, and more for their knowledge and guidance on #Myanmar. #Myanmarcoup.
thethirdpole.net/en/energy/c…
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So, I kind of love how in a single week conservation scientist and author, Jeff Opperman @jjopperman, wrote pieces featuring fish reserve research by @akoning and music by @taylorswift13!
forbes.com/sites/jeffopperma…
nytimes.com/2021/03/12/opini…
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Absolutely 👇And @akoning's great research also features in joint report by @Shoal_Org, @WWF and 14 other global conservation groups that is out tomorrow....Worlds #ForgottenFishes
“Just make a reserve, you’ll get more fish!” 🐟 🐠
Take a read of our interview with @akoning, discussing his groundbreaking research into #freshwater no-take reserves in Thailand's Salween river basin ❌ 🎣
shoalconservation.org/freshw… #ecosystem #conservation
