Aaron Koning

Freshwater ecologist and conservation scientist who prefers winter fieldwork in Southeast Asia. @NatGeo explorer, postdoctoral fellow at U. Nevada, Reno

[Aaron Koning @akoning]

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

[Freshwater Science @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: https://t.co/Cbu4E2gx6q

[Rob Heathcote @rjpheathcote]

Super excited to announce that I'll be moving over to @OxfordBiology in December to start a Royal Society URF on a dream topic!

[Rob Heathcote @rjpheathcote]

One of best parts of this project is being able to continue/start some amazing collaborations with @jTroscianko @ChrisCooney101 @CollectiveBRL @akoning

[Morgan Piczak @morganpiczak]

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: https://t.co/6vFc3UrHDn

[Steve Lockett @stevenlockett]

@akoning @TPalamanga @BenthosNews 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

[Aaron Koning @akoning]

@hildug @BenthosNews @unevadareno Thanks, @hildug! Incredible honor.

[Aaron Koning @akoning]

High water collection complete! @UNRScience Wonders of the Mekong

[Luke Loken @LokenLuke]

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

[Luke Loken @LokenLuke]

Our safe return to Chong Khneas #FLAMebodia

[Aaron Koning @akoning]

@hildug @ZipperSam @AGU_H3S @AGUCatchHydro @LoganJaySwenson Really well done vignette for implementation as I remember, too.

[Aaron Koning @akoning]

@hildug @ZipperSam @AGU_H3S @AGUCatchHydro @LoganJaySwenson Use the riverdist package in R, Sam. Works like a charm!

[Aaron Koning @akoning]

@TRVanDeelen @fishconserve Going to miss you, too, Tim. Pretty bummed, but hope to be back next year!

[Aaron Koning @akoning]

@n8ture_al Remember when we saw one of these paddling today? Great spending time on the Pete Marquette with you.

[Aaron Koning @akoning]

@eco_scollins @EStanLimnology I miss that muskrat! Swimming out under the clear ice in late spring. Professor Stanley coming in to work on a Sunday with her collegiate squash jacket on. The good old days!

[Aaron Koning @akoning]

@MahseerTrust @fishconserve @WWF_FreeRivers This project has been rumored for years, original design would have inundated the entire Ngao River valley and 10-15 villages. All to fill a drying hydro reservoir in a different watershed.

[Aaron Koning @akoning]

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 https://t.co/cGAzP8RuGr

[Aaron Koning @akoning]

@TRVanDeelen If Mendota was actually that warm in December, I may have considered doing fieldwork in Wisconsin!

[Aaron Koning @akoning]

@TRVanDeelen Climate change and species invasions are really hitting Mendota pretty hard!

[Aaron Koning @akoning]

@KerryHynes13 Thanks for reaching out! Big finding: conservation by communities can have big benefits for freshwater biodiversity! So let’s take action in our communities! Favorite study species: Neolissochilus stracheyi.

[Aaron Koning @akoning]

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 https://t.co/rNItmFLonA

[Aaron Koning @akoning]

Getting ready for our trip across #tonlesap to meet community fisheries conservation groups. #iofferedmorelifejackets https://t.co/VzSCjg7p6S