2018 Fall Poster Session

Water@UW-Madison hosted its 3rd annual Fall Poster Session on October 16, 2018 in the Sunset Lounge, Memorial Union. This free event showcases research, art, and activities about water in the UW-Madison community and provides an opportunity for water researchers on campus and in the community to connect over posters, beer, and refreshments. This year, we moved to a smaller venue (the Sunset Lounge) just outside of Shannon Hall in order to capitalize on community interest in a public talk that same evening by Dan Egan, author of the Go Big Read pick for 2018-2019, “The Death and Life of the Great Lakes”. In light of the change in venue and potential audience, Water@UW-Madison encouraged presenters to submit group posters that conveyed the scope of their water research to a broader community audience. Presenters responded enthusiastically and this year’s poster session represented 17 departments and programs in just 20 poster spaces. As the line for Dan Egan’s talk began to form and wrap past Water@UW-Madison posters in the hallway, presenters were able to engage many community members in conversation about their research. Feedback from 18 presenters representing 13 posters indicates that nearly all presenters talked with community members at this year’s poster session and felt it was a rewarding to have this connection to the public. Presenters also reported that they had valuable conversations with their fellow water researchers, a perennial highlight of the poster session. Another new addition to the poster session this year was an announcement of the winners of our first Water@UW-Madison Water Research Image Contest. The images and projects associated with all entries to this contest are featured in our growing Water@UW-Madison Story Map.

Featured Posters

1. Evaluating water quality in the Yahara Watershed under changes in land cover, land management, and climate | Tracy Campbell, Dr. Chris Kucharik, and Dr. Eric Booth | Departments of Agronomy and Civil & Environmental Engineering
2. Hydroclimate Extremes Research Group | Dr. Daniel Wright, Dr. Zhe Li, Guo Yu, Chris Bosma, Sam Hartke, Yihan Li | Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
3. Safe operating space for walleye | Holly Embke and Dr. Jake Vander Vanden | Center for Limnology
4. Environmental Biogeochemistry at UW-Madison | Sarah Balgooyen, Emma L. Trainer, Marissa Kneer, Madeleine Mathews, Lily Schacht, Sarah Dance, Morgan Sanger, Amy Plechacek, Marie Dematatis, and Dr. Matthew Ginder-Vogel | Environmental Chemistry and Technology Program and Departments of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Geological Engineering
5. Potential climate change impacts to groundwater flow and stream temperature in the Marengo River | Anna Fehling | Department of Geological Engineering
6. The Waubesa Wetlands Watershed: Assessing land use change and promoting community engagement | Némesis Ortiz-Declet, Rachel Johnson, Steph Herbst, Courtney Botelho, Lianna Johnson, Kyle Pepp, and Mitch Buthod | Water Resources Management, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
7. Antibody development and serologic test validation in juvenile northern pike (Esox lucius) experimentally infected with viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus | Whitney A. Thiel, Dr. Kathy L. Toohey-Kurth, Dr. Tony L. Goldberg | School of Veterinary Medicine
8. Degradation of organic contaminants in natural and engineered aquatic systems | Devon Manley Bulman, Sarah Balgooyen, Emma Leverich Trainer, Stephanie M. Berg, Reid Milstead, Amber White, and Dr. Christina K. Remucal | Environmental Chemistry and Technology Program and Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
9. Hydroecology Research Group | Dominick Ciruzzi, Carolyn Voter, Arthur Ryzak, William Avery, Dr. Eric Booth, and Dr. Steve Loheide | Departments of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Geological Engineering and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
10. North Central Region Water Network: Creating impact through networks | Rebecca Power and Anne Nardi | North Central Region Water Network, UW-Extension
11. UW-Madison’s Aquatic Sciences Center: Opportunities for researchers and students | Abigail Cook and Molly Daniels | UW-Madison Aquatic Sciences Center
12. Water Systems and Society Research Group | Sarah Alexander, Donghoon Lee, Colin Mcguire, and Dr. Paul Block | Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
13. Microbiomes of freshwater lakes and engineered wastewater systems | Elizabeth McDaniel, Amber White, and Dr. Katherine (Trina) McMahon | Microbiology Doctoral Training Program, Environmental Chemistry and Technology Program, and Departments of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Bacteriology
14. New life cycle impact assessment model for freshwater eutrophication | Dr. Robert P. Anex and Edgardo Ortiz-Reyes | Department of Biological Systems Engineering
15. Tackling Wisconsin and Great Lakes science and policy challenges through new state fellowship opportunities | Yi Liu, Elizabeth Tristano, Stephanie DeVries, and Francisco Guerrero-Bolaño | University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute, Wisconsin Water Resources Institute, Wisconsin Coastal Management Program, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey
16. NADP sample processing at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene: Conventional strategies and new approaches | Kirsten Widmayer and Chris Worley | Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
17. Examining Hg stable isotopes in the Fox River of northeastern Wisconsin and future directions | Tylor Rosera | Environmental Chemistry and Technology Program
18. The North Temperate Lakes Long Term Ecological Research | Dr. Noah Lottig and Dr. Emily Stanley | North Temperate Lakes LTER
19. Invasion ecology in the North Temperate Lakes | Michael J. Spear, Dr. Jake R. Walsh , and Dr. M. Jake Vander Zanden | Center for Limnology