In July of 2009 Loya was invited to Taiwan as part of an academic exchange. In his densely packed five-day excursion he went to Kending, exploring the coral topography and diving at one of the reefs. The first thing he said after completing his dive was, "Such diversity!"
羅亞在 2009 年 7 月受邀到台灣進行學術交流，5 天緊湊的行程中曾到墾丁近岸的珊瑚礁平台和深水域的獨立礁潛水，上岸後第一句話是「歧異度驚人！」