Scientist, educator, researcher. I tweet about science, the environment, and especially freshwater with an emphasis on large lakes. he/him/his

Duluth, MN
Joined May 2009
We appreciate the shout out but ticket demand exceeded our expectations and the event is already full. One hundred thirty attendees will join 30-ish practicing scientists next week at the first annual Freshwater Discovery Day!
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Bob Sterner retweeted
Just finished deploying the primary mooring for our "Lake Superior Ecological Observatory", a multi-model platform that will provide an unprecedented view of a deep lake in winter. Thanks to @RealGLOS for supporting this work! @UMNDuluth @UmdLLO
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Bob Sterner retweeted
LLO is excited to be rolling out Freshwater Discovery Day, a full day of events on and off the water where you can learn about Earth’s largest lakes from some of the experts. tickets.umn.edu/UMTE/Online/… Come join us on July 31!
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LLO is excited to be rolling out Freshwater Discovery Day, a full day of events on and off the water where you can learn about Earth’s largest lakes from some of the experts. tickets.umn.edu/UMTE/Online/… Come join us on July 31!
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Alia would be an outstanding student rep to the ASLO Board. Give her your vote!
Calling all winter enthusiasts! @BioLimLab PhD student Alia Benedict is currently running for ASLO student board. Her platform focuses on winter, student networks, and community science. Check out her statement (and vote!) here: aslo.org/election-2024/
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In a week I'll be joining two of my colleagues in a webinar to talk about our current project comparing cyanobacterial blooms in three bloom-prone regions of the Great Lakes. ohioseagrant.osu.edu/news/ca… @GBullerjahn
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Are any of my Twitter pals also on Bluesky? I just signed up as bobsterner.bsky.social. I need some accounts to follow there! O
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Recent grads looking for a limnology job take note: biolimno.weebly.com/opportun…
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I'm grateful to my friends @DrLimnology and @jbcotner for organizing a Tribute Session on my behalf at the upcoming @aslo_org meeting in June in Madison. What a way to go out. My advice to anyone is to find yourself some smart and generous colleagues. You won't be sorry!
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Retirement is coming. I gave my last class lecture today. Gave my first one in 1988, 35 years ago. Today was General Ecology and the topic was Global Ecology. I chose to look at how the Earth has changed since I first started lecturing. A series of Tweets --
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It will be mainly their job now to add to the list of positive changes and subtract from the list of negative ones.
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In closing, here I am around 1990, cruising on Joe Pool Lake in Texas. That's one of my undergraduate research assistants with me. What a privilege this job has been. I'm still on the job for another semester but the teaching part for me has come to an end.
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