Professor Rebecca Lochmann, of the Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award in aquatic animal nutrition to Ghana for the fall 2025 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
While in Ghana, Lochmann will conduct research and teach using her experience in aquaculture nutrition and feeds development with faculty at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana. The activities will be conducted within the Department of Fisheries and Watershed Management, which performs innovative teaching, research and outreach activities to support the aquaculture industry.
According to the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Fulbright U.S. Scholars include faculty, researchers, administrators and professionals teaching or conducting research in affiliation with institutes abroad. Scholars engage in cutting-edge research and expand their professional networks, often continuing research collaborations started abroad and laying the groundwork for forging future partnerships between institutions.
Upon returning to their home institutions, they share their stories and often become active supporters of international exchange, inviting foreign scholars to campus and encourage colleagues and students to go abroad.
“I am honored to receive this award,” Lochmann said. “I would like to thank UAPB’s Dr. Pamela Moore who supported me in getting the award, as well as two alumni of the UAPB aquaculture/fisheries master’s degree program, Dr Regina Edziyie, department head for Fisheries and Watershed Management at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana, and Dr. Emmanuel Frimpong, professor, Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, at Virginia Tech University.”
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Lochmann said that Edziyie and Frimpong wrote letters of support for her. She will be working with Edziyie and her colleagues at KNUST. Frimpong is a Fulbright alum.
“I was pleased to learn of Dr. Lochmann’s selection as a Fulbright Scholar to conduct research and to teach using her experience in aquaculture nutrition and feeds development with faculty at KNUST,” said Moore, associate dean for global engagement at UAPB. “Beneficiaries will include fish producers in Ghana as well as faculty and staff at KNUST, one of Ghana’s leading institutions of higher learning.
“As we have other university partners in Ghana, there is also the opportunity for her to network and collaborate with those institutions as well. The benefits of her experience will not only contribute to research in the field but also to the quality of education, research and Extension provided by the Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries here at UAPB,” she said. “I hope that the relationships advanced will also lay the foundation and open doors to opportunities for UAPB students to participate in structured experiential learning opportunities conducted by our Ghana partners.”
Lochmann has been at UAPB since 1993. During that time, she has served in the Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries as a researcher, department chair and professor. She joins the rank of more than 400,000 who have been given the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research abroad through the Fulbright Program since 1946.
Fulbright is a program of the U.S. Department of State, with funding provided by the U.S. government. Participating governments and host institutions, corporations and foundations around the world also provide direct and indirect support to the program which has operated in over 160 countries worldwide.
Debbie Archer is an extension associate for communications at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences.
