{"id":170,"date":"2018-09-18T12:51:52","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T19:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/ecology\/?page_id=170"},"modified":"2026-03-27T10:46:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T17:46:31","slug":"alexander-fremier","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/ecology\/alexander-fremier\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Fremier"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"breadcrumbs\" typeof=\"BreadcrumbList\" vocab=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/\">\r\n\t<!-- Breadcrumb NavXT 7.2.0 -->\n<span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Labs Network Sites.\" href=\"https:\/\/wsuwp.labs.wsu.edu\" class=\"main-home\" ><span property=\"name\">Labs Network Sites<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span> &gt; <span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Riverine [Ecosystem] Ecology Lab (REEL).\" href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/ecology\" class=\"home\" aria-current=\"page\"><span property=\"name\">Riverine [Ecosystem] Ecology Lab (REEL)<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"2\"><\/span><\/div><header class=\"wsu-article-header \">\r\n\t<h1 class=\"wsu-article-header__title\">\r\n\t\tA bit about me&#8230;\t<\/h1>\r\n\t\t<\/header>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"396\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/856\/2021\/09\/IMG_9120-396x396.jpeg\" alt=\"Alexander Fremier.\" class=\"wp-image-784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/856\/2021\/09\/IMG_9120-396x396.jpeg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/856\/2021\/09\/IMG_9120-792x792.jpeg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/856\/2021\/09\/IMG_9120-198x198.jpeg 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/856\/2021\/09\/IMG_9120-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/856\/2021\/09\/IMG_9120-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/856\/2021\/09\/IMG_9120-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/856\/2021\/09\/IMG_9120-990x990.jpeg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/856\/2021\/09\/IMG_9120-1188x1188.jpeg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A day on the near Amazon, Bel\u00e9m do Par\u00e1<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>My research is motivated by a desire to understand feedback mechanisms in the coupled abiotic and biotic environment. Although, I am a classically trained ecologist I have always paired the biological and physical sciences, in particular, coupling ecological and geomorphic processes to better understand ecosystem transformation. My research program explores how abiotic processes structure ecosystems, how organisms alter the abiotic process, and how the linked systems alter landscape trajectories \u2013 from immediate to geological timescales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I specialize in river-floodplain systems. Because of their dynamic behavior over relatively short time periods and tight coupling of biota and physical processes, these systems are highly tractable to study bio-physical interactions. They are vital to human well-being and livelihoods worldwide as they include a vital set of ecosystem services (aka. natural capital). My current research program has exploited these areas and these issues to study both applied and basic pursuits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2019 (Fall) Fulbright Scholar \u2013 Bel\u00e9m, Brazil. I was a Fulbright Scholar in Brazil studying microplastics in food webs of the Amazon River. I was based at the Universidade Federal do Par\u00e1 &#8211; N\u00facleo de Ecologia Aqu\u00e1tica e Pesca da Amaz\u00f4nia. I worked directly with undergraduates and graduates in Brazil and the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact Info:<br><\/strong><a href=\"mailto:alex.fremier@wsu.edu\">alex.fremier@wsu.edu<\/a><br>School of the Environment, Washington State University<br>Office: 356 PACCAR Environmental Technology Building<br>2001 Grimes Way Pullman, WA 99164 USA +01 509 335-8689<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ripariman\">Twitter<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=oXmeAFsAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Google Scholar<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Alexander_Fremier\">Research Gate<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/environment.wsu.edu\/\">SOE Website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My research is motivated by a desire to understand feedback mechanisms in the coupled abiotic and biotic environment. 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