Edward Lo | University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences

Edward Lo

Lyman T. Johnson Postdoctoral Fellow

Edward is a LTJ postdoctoral fellow (2023-24) in the Appalachian Center working on the inclusion of traditional ecological knowledge to study sedimentary records of environmental change in Kentucky. He is from Acworth, GA and attended Louisiana State University for his BS in environmental geology and completed his MS and PhD in geological sciences at UK. He was originally a biochemistry major but switched to geoscience after discovering the excitement of studying landscape evolution. Some of the notable places he has visited for geological work are Big Bend National Park, Mammoth Cave National Park, Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Golden Gate Canyon State Park, and the Pantanal Matogrossense National Park (Brazil).

Contact Information

edward.lo@uky.edu

641 S Limestone

(859) 218-6928

Education

PhD Geology, University of Kentucky (2023)
MS Geology, University of Kentucky (2017)
BS Geology, Louisiana State University (2013)

Research Interests

Modern sedimentary processes
Quaternary studies
tropical wetlands
Community Engagement

Affiliations

Appalachian Center
Geological Society of America
American Geophysical Union
American Institute of Professional Geologists
Sigma Gamma Epsilon
Appalachian Studies Association

Graduate Training

PhD completed at UK with support of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) and the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). For his MS degree and now his PhD, his research was focused on understanding sedimentary processes in the world's largest wetland and the impacts of these processes on ecosystem services. His research interests are broadly in sedimentology, wetlands, and geomorphology, especially in the tropics.

Selected Publications

Selected Publications:

Lo, E.L., McGlue, M.M., Matocha, C.J., Silva, A., Rasbold, G.G., Kuerten, S., Louzada, R.O., & Haller, K.C. Pantanal Basin river muds from source to sink: compositional changes in a tropical back-bulge depozone. Sedimentologika, in preparation.

Lo, E.L., Silva, A., Kuerten, S., Louzada, R.O., Rasbold, G.G., & McGlue, M.M. Source-to-sink controls on modern fluvial sands in the Pantanal back-bulge basin (Brazil). Sedimentologika, 1(1): 1-18 (2023).

Lo, E.L., Yeager, K.M., Bergier, I., Domingos-Luz, L., Silva, A., & McGlue, M.M. Sediment infill of tropical floodplain lakes: rates, controls, and implications for ecosystem services. Frontiers in Earth Science 10: 1-14 (2022).

Lo, E.L., McGlue, M.M., Silva, A., Bergier, I., Yeager, K.M., Macedo, H.A., Swallom, M. & Assine, M.L. Fluvio-lacustrine sedimentary processes and landforms on the distal Paraguay fluvial megafan (Brazil). Geomorphology 342: 163-175 (2019).

Lo, E.L., Silva, A., Bergier, I., McGlue, M.M., Silva, B.L.P., Silva, A.P.S., Pereira, L.E., Macedo, H.A., Assine, M.L. & Silva, E.R.S. Spatiotemporal evolution of the margins of Lake Uberaba, Pantanal floodplain (Brazil). Geografia 42 (3): 159-173 (2017).

Lo, E.L., Bentley, S.J. & Xu, K. Experimental study of cohesive sediment consolidation and resuspension identifies approaches for coastal restoration: Lake Lery, Louisiana. Geo-Mar. Lett. 34 (6): 499-509 (2014).