The ASLO LOREX program fosters international research collaborations through professional development training open to all ASLO student members. It provides competitive paid research exchanges opportunities for graduate students. This program is supported by NSF grant #1831075, 2019-2021. Professional development training occurs through webinars, web resources, and conference workshops. The research exchanges allow US-based graduate students to travel to one of seven international host institutions to conduct collaborative research in aquatic science. LOREX participants regularly blog about their experiences and lessons learned.
A Summer of Fieldwork in Northern Sweden
| LOREX
By Megan Berberich Last summer, I spent eight weeks in Umeå, Sweden through ASLO's LOREX program. My project took place in the Krycklan Catchment Study, where I investigated methane and carbon dioxide dynamics across boreal streams with varying catchment characteristics and dissolved organic carbon concentrations. I specifically focused on carbon gas dynamics in the hyporheic zone, which is the ...
Antrelle went off again – but this time to Sweden!
| LOREX | Umea
By Antrelle D. Clark Hi everyone, it's Antrelle again! By again, I mean yes, I have participated in the LOREX program before, so you might've seen my other blogs that focused on my exchange in Israel as part of the third cohort. Well, I'm back ("…and I'm better?" That's the saying right?) but this time, to Sweden! When I first ...
Oysters, oysters, everywhere!
| LOREX | Southern Cross Coffs Harbour
My name is Chelsea Fowler, and I'm a PhD student at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. With the LOREX program, I'm headed to Southern Cross University in Australia to work with Prof Kirsten Benkendorff, conducting a study on two populations of Sydney rock oyster that may have different stress tolerances. While the oyster species I study at ...
Minnows galore! Sampling for an invasive species in northern Sweden
| LOREX
by Manuel E. Coffill-Rivera Hej! My name is Manuel Coffill-Rivera, and I'm part of the 5th cohort of the LOREX program. For those who haven't seen my first LOREX blog (https://www.aslo.org/from-alabama-to-sweden/), my research project revolves around documenting the European/Eurasian minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) invasion in northern Sweden. Invasive species can cause detrimental socioeconomic and environmental effects on the areas they ...
Research in Cramped Quarters
| LOREX | Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry at Lismore
by James Westphalen The fieldwork for my collaboration with the Center for Coastal Biogeochemistry started out on June 18 and lasted until July 15. We started out from Manly, New South Wales, just outside of Brisbane, and sailed for 5 weeks up the coast to Cairns, in Queensland. The real challenge of this fieldwork was that we were entirely ...
LOREX ME Program Announced — Now Accepting Applications
| Announcements, LOREX
ASLO is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Limnology and Oceanography Research Exchange and Mentoring Experience (LOREX ME) Program! Building off the success of the Limnology and Research Exchange (LOREX) Program, LOREX ME provides paid research exchanges and training for graduate and undergraduate students as part of a new initiative funded by the National Science ...
The Glue that Holds Science Together
| LOREX | Abisko, Umea
by Ashlyn Foster Over the last few months, science has looked a bit less like lab coats and spreadsheets and a lot more like arts and crafts. The hot glue gun has become my best and most reliable companion as I have been hand-crafting incubation chambers in preparation for my international research project. My name is Ashlyn Foster and I ...
From Alabama to Sweden: Preparing to conduct research 4,500 miles away from home!
| LOREX | Abisko, Umea
Hey! My name is Manuel Coffill-Rivera, and I have the fortune of being part of the 5th cohort of the LOREX program! I am a third-year PhD candidate at the University of South Alabama pursuing a degree in marine sciences. My research interest encompasses various aspects of fisheries science, including biology, ecology, management, and climate-induced impacts, among others. Selection for ...
Thoughts on Preparing for Fieldwork in Abisko, Sweden
| LOREX | Abisko, Umea
Hello! I'm Sara Wang, a recent PhD graduate from Louisiana State University. While my dissertation (which I've just submitted) was on the trophic and foraging ecology of Peruvian seabirds, for LOREX I'll be pivoting to something completely new to me: allochthony in macrozoobenthos. For this, I'll be traveling to and staying at the Climate Impacts Research Station in Abisko, Sweden. ...
Fieldwork on the Great Barrier Reef
| LOREX | Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry at Lismore
My name is James Westphalen, and I've been lucky enough to have been accepted to the 5th cohort of the LOREX program. My home institution is Georgia Southern University, and I will be doing research with the Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry at Southern Cross University, in New South Wales, Australia. The research that I will be doing will actually be ...
Recent LOREX Articles
A Summer of Fieldwork in Northern Sweden
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Oysters, oysters, everywhere!
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Research in Cramped Quarters
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The Glue that Holds Science Together
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