2024 Spring Symposium Agenda

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Speakers    (2pm) Title
Chancellor Dr. Jennifer Mnookin Introductory Remarks
Dr. Steve Carpenter Introductory Remarks
William “Nąąwącekǧize” Quackenbush Keynote Address
Lightning Block 1    (3:15 pm)
Adam Freihoefer Water Quantity Challenges in Water-rich Wisconsin
Paul Stoy Estimating evapotranspiration from geostationary satellites in near-real time: the ALIVE framework
Dan Phaneuf The Social Cost of Nutrient Water Pollution
Michael Cardiff Insights from the first comprehensive survey of rural water practices and perspectives
Laura Bates Deep Diving into a Watershed’s True Colors: Using Biological Sensitivity to Common Environmental Pollutants to Help Diagnose the WHY in Stream Ecological Conditions
Haoran Wei Vibrational fingerprints of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
Lightning Block 2    (4:15 pm)
Samantha Oliver An overview of the water data and science produced by the U.S. Geological Survey’s Upper Midwest Water Science Center
Marissa Jablonski A Collaborative Approach to Water Research
Geoff Siemering Supporting Waadookawaad Amikwag in quantifying Enbridge energy pipeline impacts
Hilary Dugan A community based approach to salt reduction in the Lake Wingra watershed
Laura Morales-Whetstone Beyond the Panels: Reimagining Water Justice in Sandbranch
Caroline Gottschalk Druschke Bridging Native and Settler Stories of Maple Island to Envision Its Future
5-7 pm:

Flow opening

Poster Session

Thais Altenberg New insights into linked transport and metabolism particulate organic matter and oxygen in riverbed sediments
Nicole Weber How international aid organizations visually frame and communicate about water on Instagram
Kyungdoe Han Assessing the Hydrological Impacts of Solar Farms
Karthik Ramaswamy Economic Opportunities for Producing Bioenergy Feedstocks and Optimizing Aquifer Life in the US High Plains
Tim Holland What Are People Asking About PFAS in Their Drinking Water Based on Online Search Behaviors?
Lizzie Emch A community based approach to navigating chloride dynamics in the Lake Wingra watershed
Eric Kastelic Groundwater Flooding: Relating Recharge To Lake Level Change
Luke Huffman Online Search Terms Assessment to Control Aquatic Invasive Species: Implications for Education and Outreach toward Ecologically Informed Aquatic Plant Management