Water@UW Affiliates

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Water@UW Affiliates

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Samer Alatout

Position title: Faculty, Department of Community and Environmental Sociology

Email: snalatout@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Global environmental policy and politics, environmental security/insecurity, bio-territorial framework of power and government

Christian Andresen

Position title: Faculty, Department of Geography

Email: candresen@wisc.edu

 

Website

Research topics: Arctic hydrology, ecology, wetlands, climate change, remote sensing and UAS (drones)

Robert Anex

Position title: Faculty, Department of Biological Systems Engineering

anex@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Biological systems analysis and assessment, life cycle assessment, techno-economic analysis

Michael Arnold

Position title: Faculty, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

michael.arnold@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Advanced nanostructured materials for water purification and desalination

Francisco Arriaga

Position title: Faculty, Department of Soil Science; Division of Extension

farriaga@wisc.edu

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Research Topics: Applied soil physics, soil and water management and conservation, soil erosion, water quality, crop production

Emily Azevedo-Casey

Position title: PhD student, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

azevedocasey@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: nutrient management in watersheds, water quality policy, watershed stewardship and conservation, stakeholder engagement, collaborative planning, spatial data, social-ecological systems, science communication

Ian G. Baird

Position title: Faculty, Department of Geography

ibaird@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Mekong fish and fisheries; fish ecology, fisheries co-management, political ecology of hydro power dams and fisheries in the Mekong Basin

 

Nick Balster

Position title: Faculty, Department of Soil Science

Website

Research Topics: Stormwater management, green engineering, restoration of retention basins and dam impoundments, wintertime water flows, urban waters, forest hydrology

David Bart

Position title: Faculty, Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture

dbart@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Hydrologic characteristics and floristic quality of calcareous fens; legacy and current impacts of groundwater withdrawal, land-use change, climate change, and shrub encroachment; remote sensing

Laura Bates

Position title: PhD Student, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Email: lmbates2@wisc.edu

lmbates2@wisc.edu

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Research Topics: Stream ecology, watershed management, water quality, stakeholder engagement, nutrient management, biological indicators, limnology

Adam Bechle

Position title: Coastal Engineering Outreach Specialist, Wisconsin Sea Grant

bechle@aqua.wisc.edu

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Outreach Topics: Great Lakes coastal hazards, water levels, climate change, engineering and resilience

Michael Bell

Position title: Faculty, Department of Community and Environmental Sociology; Director, Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems

michaelbell@wisc.edu

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Research Topics: Sociology of perennial agriculture systems such as grazing and agroforestry, sociology of cover crops, sociology of climate change

Paul Block

Position title: Faculty, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

pblock2@wisc.edu

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Research Topics: Effects of climate change on water systems, hydrologic forecasting and integration into decision models, hydroeconomics

Robert Bohanan

Position title: Outreach Program Manager, WISCIENCE

rbohanan@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Citizen science, urban ecology, storm water basin ecology, dragonflies of Wisconsin

Eric Booth

Position title: Research Scientist, Department of Agronomy, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

egbooth@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Hydroecology, hydrologic impacts of climate and land-use, stormwater management, wetland/stream restoration, groundwater, fluvial geomorphology, agroecology

Dominique Brossard

Position title: Faculty, Department of Life Sciences Communication

dbrossard@wisc.edu

Website

Research topics: Risk communication (e.g. AIS communication, public opinion and water toxicity)

Michael Cardiff

Position title: Faculty, Department of Geoscience

cardiff@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Aquifer characterization, inverse problems, environmental decision-making under uncertainty, water supply systems

Virginia (Ginny) Carlton

Position title: Education Outreach Specialist, Wisconsin Sea Grant

glcarlton@aqua.wisc.edu

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Research Topics: Environmental education, place-based education, adult education, Great Lakes literacy principles

Natalie Chin

Position title: Climate and Tourism Outreach Specialist Wisconsin Sea Grant

nchin5@aqua.wisc.edu

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Research Topics: Climate change, tourism and outdoor recreation, regional modeling, community engagement

Chad Cook

Position title: Land & Water Outreach Program Manager, Division of Extension, Natural Resources Institute

chad.cook@wisc.edu

Website

Outreach Topics: Water quality and non-point source pollution impacts, forestry outreach to landowners, citizen science, invasive species

Ankur Desai

Position title: Faculty, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

desai@aos.wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Inland water biogeochemistry, surface-atmosphere exchange, ecosystem modeling, micrometeorology, climate change

Ingrid Diran

Position title: Faculty, Department of English

diran@wisc.edu

Research Topics: environmental humanities, critical race studies, and critical theory (especially biopolitics and Marxism).

Caroline Gottschalk Druschke

Position title: Faculty, Department of English

Email: caroline.gottschalk.druschke@wisc.edu

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Research Topics: Stream restoration, flooding, freshwater management, public engagement, narrative, Driftless Area

Hilary Dugan

Position title: Faculty, Center for Limnology, Department of Integrative Biology

hdugan@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Lakes, water quality change, spatial data, data science

Kevin Erb

Position title: Director, Conservation Professional Training Program, Division of Extension

kevin.erb@wisc.edu

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Research Topics: manure and animal waste management, land application technologies, nutrient management planning, conservation planning, karst, soil health, groundwater, and adult education.

Deanna Erickson

Position title: Director, Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve

deanna.erickson@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Environmental education, place-based education, watershed, Lake Superior, restoration, remediation, Great Lakes Area of Concern, estuaries

Zachary Feiner

Position title: Assistant Scientist & WDNR Research Liaison, Center for Limnology

zsfeiner@wisc.edu

Research Topics: Fisheries and aquatic ecology; Fisheries management; Eco-evolutionary dynamics; Climate change impacts on fish and fisheries; Food webs

Michael Ferris

Position title: Faculty, Department of Computer Sciences; Director, Data Sciences Hub, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery

ferris@cs.wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Economic modeling for decision problems, strategic design & operation of energy, agriculture, & hydro-economic systems.

Sarah FitzSimons

Position title: Faculty, Department of Art

sfitzsimons@wisc.edu

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Research Topics: Site-specific sculpture, installation art, water and architecture.

Dante Fratta

Position title: Faculty, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

fratta@wisc.edu

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Research Topics: Geotomography, near surface geophysics, detection of anomalies in infrastructure, study of low strain stiffness in rock masses, geomaterial process evaluation

Ken Genskow

Position title: Faculty, Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture; Extension Specialist, Natural Resources Institute

kgenskow@wisc.edu

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Research Topics: Watershed planning, water policy, integration, collaboration, social indicators, human dimensions, governance, program evaluation

Gretchen Gerrish

Position title: Director, Trout Lake Research Station, Center for Limnology

ggerrish@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Evolutionary ecology of aquatic invertebrates, zooplankton population and community ecology, life history evolution

Matthew Ginder-Vogel

Position title: Faculty, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

mgindervogel@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Environmental chemistry, biogeochemistry, water chemistry, X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Tony Goldberg

Position title: Faculty, Department of Pathobiological Sciences

tgoldberg@vetmed.wisc.edu

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Research Topics: Ecology and epidemiology of infectious diseases of aquatic animals, including invasive pathogens with economic importance to Wisconsin

Laura Good

Position title: Research Scientist, Department of Soil Science

lwgood@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Nutrient management planning, conservation planning, runoff phosphorus, Phosphorus Index.

Linda Graham

Position title: Faculty, Department of Botany

lkgraham@wisc.edu

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Research Topics: Algae, bryophytes, periphyton, bacterial-autotroph associations, humic lakes, cellulose, technological applications of eukaryotic autotrophs

Corbett Grainger

Position title: Faculty, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics

corbett.grainger@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Marine fisheries management including catch shares and rights-based management

Claudio Gratton

Position title: Faculty, Department of Entomology

cgratton@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Landscape ecology, insect ecology and food webs, lake-land linkages, agriculture, bioenergy

Jeffrey Hadachek

Position title: Faculty, Agriculture and Applied Economics Department

Email: hadachek@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Economics of groundwater pollution, agricultural conservation, and climate change impacts on agriculture.

Dustin Haines

Position title: Research Coordinator, Natural Resources Institute, Division of Extension

dustin.haines@wisc.edu

Research Topics: ecology, invasive plants, restoration

Paul Hanson

Position title: Faculty, Center for Limnology

pchanson@wisc.edu

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Research Topics: Carbon cycling, lake ecosystem modeling, aquatic sensor networks and cyber-infrastructure

Gregory W. Harrington

Position title: Faculty, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Email: gwharrin@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Chemistry of drinking water treatment and distribution, removal of waterborne pathogens and microbes during drinking water treatment and distribution, mathematical modeling

Moira Harrington

Position title: Assistant Director for Communications Wisconsin Sea Grant

moira@aqua.wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Communications

David Hart

Position title: Assistant Director for Extension, Aquatic Sciences Center

dhart@aqua.wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Application of geospatial technologies to Great Lakes issues (sustainable coastal development, coastal hazards, coastal heritage tourism)

Jennifer Hauxwell

Position title: Associate Director, Aquatic Sciences Center

jennifer.hauxwell@aqua.wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Effects of nutrient loading on aquatic environments, aquatic plant ecology and management, water resource and fisheries management, research program administration

Karina Heim

Position title: Coastal Training Program Coordinator, Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve

karina.heim@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Coastal issues, Lake Superior, professional training

Elliot Hendry

Position title: Masters Student, Freshwater and Marine Sciences

Email: ehendry@wisc.edu

ehendry@wisc.edu

Research Topics: perennial and ephemeral stream dynamics, watershed science, adaptations to disturbance, writing and storytelling, labor and environmental history

Leah Horowitz

Position title: Faculty, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, School of Human Ecology

lhorowitz@wisc.edu

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Research Topics: environmental governance, grassroots ecological resistance, social movements, American Indian communities, Melanesia, political ecology, community responses to industrial development, social dimensions of biodiversity conservation, climate change activism

Sara Hotchkiss

Position title: Faculty, Department of Botany, Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research

shotchkiss@wisc.edu

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Research topics: Studies of vegetation history, climate history, ecosystem response to climate change, disturbance and landscape dynamics, paleoecology

Jessica Hua

Position title: Associate Professor, Forest and Wildlife Ecology Department

Email: jhua23@wisc.edu

jhua23@wisc.edu

Research Topics: Ecology and Evolution, Disease Ecology, Ecotoxicology, Herpetology, Science Communication

Website

Jingyi Huang

Position title: Faculty, Department of Soil Science

jhuang426@wisc.edu

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Research Topics: Soil physics, proximal and remote sensing, soil monitoring, water conservation and irrigation management, digital soil mapping

Anthony Ives

Position title: Faculty, Department of Integrative Biology

arives@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Population and community ecology; theory and statistical methods

Randy Jackson

Position title: Faculty, Department of Agronomy

rdjackson@wisc.edu
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Research Topics: Grassland ecosystem structure and fucntion, C sequestration and ecosystem services of grasslands, C balance and grassland management regimes, grassland and pasture management

Nathan Jandl

Position title: Associate Director of Sustainability, UW-Madison Office of Sustainability

Email: njandl@wisc.edu

Website

Research topics: Sustainability, communication, climate anxiety, environmental humanities, environmental literature

Olaf Jensen

Position title: Faculty, Center for Limnology and Department of Integrative Biology

olaf.p.jensen@gmail.com

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Research Topics: Fish ecology, fishery management, food webs, social-ecological systems

Robert Johnson

Position title: Assistant Scientist, Department of Integrative Biology

rajohnson6@wisc.edu

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Research Topics: Aquatic ecology and biogeochemistry; Coastal marine ecosystems; Herbivory in tropical seagrass ecosystems

William Karasov

Position title: Faculty, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology

wkarasov@wisc.edu

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Research Topics: Ecotoxicology and physiology of wild animals

 

Chris Kucharik

Position title: Faculty, Department of Agronomy

kucharik@wisc.edu

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Research Topics: Agroecology, climate change, biogeochemical cycling, ecosystem modeling

Carrie Laboski

Position title: Faculty, Department of Soil Science; Division of Extension

laboski@wisc.edu
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Research topics: Soil fertility/nutrient management, manure nutrient availability, soil testing, nutrient cycling and movement, enhancing nutrient use efficiency.

James LaGro

Position title: Faculty, Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture

jalagro@wisc.edu

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Research Topics: Green infrastructure, low-impact development/stormwater management, groundwater contamination/risks from septic systems

Rebecca Larson

Position title: Faculty, Department of Biological Systems Engineering; Division of Extension

rebecca.larson@wisc.edu

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Research Topics: Agricultural runoff, manure management

Carol Eunmi Lee

Position title: Faculty, Department of Integrative Biology

carollee@wisc.edu
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Research Topics: Genetics of populations resistant to catastrophic change; rapid evolutionary responses to environmental change (biological invasions, climate change, oil spills, etc.)

Steve Loheide

Position title: Faculty, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

loheide@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Hydroecology, water in the environment, stream and riparian resoration, groundwater, hydrologic and ecologic consequences of climate change

Noah Lottig

Position title: Research Scientist, Center for Limnology; Site Manager, North Temperate Lakes Long Term Ecological Research Program

nrlottig@wisc.edu
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Research Topics: Influence of hydroscape configuration on watershed carbon signatures, interactions between geomorphology and wrack disturbance in tidal creeks.

Erica Majumder

Position title: Faculty, Assistant Professor of Bacteriology

emajumder@wisc.edu

The Majumder Lab

Research Topics: Ecology of microplastics and Harmful Algal Blooms, Interactions of microplastics and microbial communities in wastewater treatment plants, bioremediation of heavy metal contaminated groundwater

Katherine McMahon

Position title: Faculty, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

tmcmahon@engr.wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Water quality, eutrophication, wastewater treatment microbiology, environmental genomics, community assembly, bacteria-virus interactions

Karen McShane-Hellenbrand

Position title: Faculty, Department of Dance

kmhellen@education.wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: National Water Dance Project (Wisconsin statewide coordinator), arts integration curriculum development with water themes, site specific dance performance on or near waterways

 

Alison Mikulyuk

Position title: Research Program Coordinator

Email: alison.mikulyuk@aqua.wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Aquatic plant ecology & management, aquatic invasive species, surface water restoration, art-science collaboration, interdisciplinary research.

 

Richard Monette

Position title: Faculty, Law School; Director, Great Lakes Indian Law Center

richard.monette@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Water rights law (LAW 845), Indian and Federal Reserved Water Rights, legal counsel to parties in discussions or settlements of water rights

Anne Moser

Position title: Senior Special Librarian and Education Coordinator, Wisconsin's Water Library

akmoser@aqua.wisc.edu

Website

Research Interests: Art + science, Great Lakes Literacy, place-based education, children’s literature, water librarianship

Maureen Muldoon

Position title: Hydrogeologist, Wisconsin Geological & Natural History Survey

muldoon@wisc.edu

Research Topics: Groundwater resources, groundwater quality, geology of aquifers, karst, monitoring fractured-rock aquifers

Larry Nesper

Position title: Faculty, Department of Anthropology; Director, American Indian Studies Program

lnesper@wisc.edu
Website
Research topics: Great Lakes Indian law and politics in the federal Indian policy era of Self-determination (post-1960s); development of the tribal courts in Wisconsin

Athena Nghiem

Email: athena.nghiem@usys.ethz.ch

athena.nghiem@usys.ethz.ch

Research Topics: groundwater quality and sustainability, arsenic contamination in groundwater, trace element cycling across reservoirs, coupled biogeochemical and redox cycles, data-driven and modeling approaches to biogeochemistry, mineralogy, and hydrology

Daniel Noguera

Position title: Faculty, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

noguera@engr.wisc.edu
Website
Research Topics: Biological wastewater treatment, biological nitrogen and phosphorus removal, anaerobic digestion, drinking water, bioenergy, biotechnology

Julia Noordyk

Position title: Water Quality and Coastal Communities Specialist, Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute

noordykj@uwgb.edu
Website
Research Topics: Great Lakes, coastal erosion, runoff and stormwater pollution, climate adaptation, community resiliency and sustainability

Michael Notaro

Position title: Associate Director, Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research

mnotaro@wisc.edu
Website
Research Topics: Land-atmosphere interactions, global and regional climate modeling, climate change in the Great Lakes Basin, lake-effect snow, lake levels, dust storms

Brian Ohm

Position title: Faculty, Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture; Division of Extension

bwohm@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Water law, including the Public Trust doctrine, riparian rights, coastal hazards, floodplain/shoreland zoning, stormwater ordinances, wetland ordinances

Mutlu Ozdogan

Position title: Faculty, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

ozdogan@wisc.edu
Website
Research topics: Remote sensing, hydrology, land-use/land-cover change

Dominic Parker

Position title: Faculty, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics

dominic.parker@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Economics of ground and surface water conservation, commercial fishery management

Ned Paschke

Position title: Program Director, Department of Engineering Professional Development

ned.paschke@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Water and wastewater engineering, analysis and improvement of water and wastewater systems

Bobbi Peckarsky

Position title: Honorary Fellow, Department of Integrative Biology, Department of Entomology

peckarsky@wisc.edu
Website
Research Topics: Ecology of stream-dwelling organisms, evolution of predator-prey and grazer-algal interactions, invertebrates as indicators of stream water quality

Dan Phaneuf

Position title: Faculty, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics

dphaneuf@wisc.edu
Website
Research Topics: Environmental economics with specific expertise in non-market valuation; applied econometrics

Daniel Preston

Position title: Faculty, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology

daniel.preston@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Freshwater ecology, food webs, host-parasite interactions, species invasions, environmental change

Bill Provencher

Position title: Faculty, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics

rwproven@wisc.edu
Website
Research topics: Environmental and resource economics, dynamics of resource use, value of ecosystem goods and services, management of freshwater resources, land use policies

Nimish Pujara

Position title: Faculty, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

npujara@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Environmental fluid mechanics, nearshore hydrodynamics, turbulent and multiphase flows, flow-biota interactions, water wave mechanics, coastal processes, experimental methods

Mohan Qin

Position title: Faculty, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

mohan.qin@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Sustainable wastewater treatment, brackish water desalination

Hannah Ramage

Position title: Monitoring Coordinator, Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve

hannah.ramage@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Water quality, wetland ecology, and fisheries

Jennifer Raynor

Position title: Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Economics, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology

Email: jennifer.raynor@wisc.edu

jennifer.raynor@wisc.edu

Research Topics: Economics of fisheries and ocean management

Website

Christy Remucal

Position title: Faculty, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

remucal@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Photochemical processes in natural waters, metal redox cycling, reactive oxygen species production, contaminant transformation

Adena Rissman

Position title: Faculty, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology

arrissman@wisc.edu
Website
Research Topics: Natural resource policy design and implementation, ecological outcomes of resource policy, social and legal adaptation to environmental change

Paul Robbins

Position title: Director, Nelson Institute for Envrionmental Studies

director@nelson.wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Human behavior (homeowner practices related to water quality), urban water management (mosquito habitat and breeding sites)

Morgan Robertson

Position title: Faculty, Department of Geography

mmrobertson@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Wetland restoration, Clean Water Act, environmental markets, wetland and habitat credit policy

 

Eric Roden

Position title: Faculty, Department of Geoscience

eroden@geology.wisc.edu
Website
Research Topics: Sediment biogeochemistry; physiology and ecology of anaerobic microorganisms; microbial iron redox cycling; microbial mineral transformations

Matt Ruark

Position title: Faculty, Department of Soil Science; Division of Extension

mdruark@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Efficient use and management of fertilizers and manures to reduce losses to surface and groundwater

Becky Sapper

Position title: Director, Wisconsin Master Naturalist Program, Natural Resources Institute, Division of Extension

becky.sapper@wisc.edu

WebsiteProgram Website

Outreach Topics: Master Naturalist, volunteer management, stakeholder engagement, program facilitation, citizen science, invasive species, freshwater estuaries

Parisa Sarzaeim

Position title: Research Associate, PhD, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Email: sarzaeim@wisc.edu

sarzaeim@wisc.edu

Research Topics: Water Resources Quality and Quantity Assessment, Climate Change, Artificial Intelligence Applications in Earth Sciences, Climatic Geospatial Analysis, Water Resources Management and Governance in US Tribal Lands

Melissa Scanlan

Position title: Faculty affiliate UW-Madison Law School, Director of the Center for Water Policy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences

scanlamk@uwm.edu

Website

Research Topics: water law and policy, climate change, administrative agencies, political economy, Great Lakes, Diversity-Equity-Inclusion, and social-ecological systems.

Titus Seilheimer

Position title: Fisheries Outreach Specialist, Wisconsin Sea Grant

tseilheimer@aqua.wisc.edu 
Website
Research Topics: Great Lakes ecology and fisheries, food web change, fish ecology, fish habitat, aquatic invasive species, wetland ecology

Bret Shaw

Position title: Faculty, Department of Life Science Communications; Division of Extension

brshaw@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Social marketing, outreach, aquatic invasive species, promoting natural shorelines

Doug Soldat

Position title: Faculty, Department of Soil Science; Division of Extension

djsoldat@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Lawn and turfgrass maintenance, environmental impacts of turfgrass management, soil phosphorus, Pb-contaminated soils

Amy Stambach

Position title: Faculty, Department of Anthropology, Nelson Institute Center for Culture, History, and Environment

amy.stambach@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Community management of water in East Africa

 

Emily Stanley

Position title: Faculty, Center for Limnology, Department of Integrative Biology

ehstanley@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Aquatic ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry, focusing in streams and lakes; computational limnology, long-term ecological research

Jeffery Steele

Position title: Water Quality Specialist, Environmental and Occupational Health, University Health Services

jdsteele@uhs.wisc.edu

Areas of Expertise: water and human health including stormwater monitoring, groundwater quality, recreational swimming water, blue-green algae, legionella in water distribution systems, and drinking water quality

Andrew Stevens

Position title: Faculty, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics

awstevens@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Applied agricultural policy, food policy, groundwater, agriculture.

Paul Stoy

Position title: Associate Professor, Biological Systems Engineering

pcstoy@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Evapotranspiration from natural and managed ecosystems, evaporation/transpiration partitioning, regional climate processes, ecohydrology

Sue Swanson

Position title: Director and State Geologist, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey

sue.swanson@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Groundwater-surface water interactions, springs, groundwater quality, groundwater flooding

Izabela Szlufarska

Position title: Faculty, Department of Materials Science & Engineering

szlufarska@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Water/mineral interfaces, surface chemistry, interaction of water with nanomaterials, nanofluidics, molecular simulations

Manny Teodoro

Position title: Faculty, LaFollette School of Public Affairs & Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

mteodoro@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Governance, management, regulation, water/sewer pricing, affordability, environmental justice.

Anita Thompson

Position title: Faculty, Department of Biological Systems Engineering

amthompson2@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Hydrology, water quality, runoff, sediment/nutrient/pathogen transport, stormwater management, erosion control, SWAT and WEPP modeling

Philip Townsend

Position title: Faculty, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology

ptownsend@wisc.edu
Website
Research Topics: Remote sensing and imaging spectroscopy, forest ecosystem dynamics, watershed hydrology and modeling, spatial analysis

Monica Turner

Position title: Faculty, Department of Integrative Biology

turnermg@wisc.edu 
Website
Research topics: Spatial heterogeneity in ecological systems, natural disturbances and ecosystems, fire ecology, western conifer forests, effects of climate and land-use change

Jake Vander Zanden

Position title: Director, Center for Limnology; Faculty, Department of Integrative Biology

mjvanderzand@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Aquatic Ecology, limnology, fish ecology, food webs, aquatic invasive species, conservation biology

Steve Vavrus

Position title: Research Scientist, Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research

sjvavrus@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Lake ice, sea ice, climate change, glaciers, floods, Great Lakes, seasonal rainfall forecasting, lake-effect snowfall, snow cover, extreme weather, Yahara Watershed

Dan Vimont

Position title: Director, Nelson Institute for Climatic Research; Faculty, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

dvimont@wisc.edu
Website
Research topics: Mechanisms of climate variability and change, weather-climate interactions, global and regional impacts of climate change

Wei Wang

Position title: Faculty, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email: wwang745@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Designing, controlling, and navigating autonomous marine vehicles to address scientific and practical problems in aquatic environments related to water quality water sustainability, resilience, and climate change.

Yi Wang

Position title: Faculty, Department of Horticulture; Division of Extension

wang52@wisc.edu
Website

Research Topics: Irrigation management of sustainable vegetable crop production, with a focus on variable rate irrigation and other irrigation best management practices

Haoran Wei

Position title: Faculty, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

haoran.wei3@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Emerging contaminants, Sensing technology, Water treatment

Amy Wiersma

Email: amy.wiersma@wisc.edu

Hydrogeologist

Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey

Research Topics: Groundwater resources, groundwater quality, geochemistry, isotopes

Grace Wilkinson

Position title: Faculty, Freshwater and Marine Sciences

gwilkinson@wisc.edu 

Website

Research Topics: Integrative Biology; Aquatic-terrestrial linkages, lake biogeochemistry, aquatic food webs 

Daniel Wright

Position title: Faculty, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

danielb.wright@wisc.edu
Website
Research Topics: Flood risk estimation and management, modeling of extreme rainfall, climate change impacts on hydrologic extremes, natural hazards modeling

Chin Wu

Position title: Faculty, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

chinwu@engr.wisc.edu
Website
Research Topics: Environmental fluid mechanics and limnology, surface wave dynamics, sediment transport, environmental monitoring, groundwater-surface water interactions

Yiying Xiong

Position title: Associate Director, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Institute

Email: yiying.xiong@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Hydropower Engineering, Dam Safety, Dam Removal, Fish Passage, Hydrology and Hydraulics, Climate Change.

Christopher Zahasky

Position title: Faculty, Department of Geoscience Affiliate Faculty, Geological Engineering & Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

czahasky@wisc.edu

Website

Research Topics: Contaminant hydrogeology, experimental hydrogeology, water-energy nexus, sustainable energy resources

Emerit Faculty

Mary Anderson

Professor Emerit, Geology and Geophysics
andy@geology.wisc.edu
website
Research Topics: Computer modeling of groundwater systems, geological characterization of heterogeneity, groundwater-lake systems

Anders Andren

Professor Emerit, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director Emerit, Aquatic Sciences Center
awandren@aqua.wisc.edu
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Research Topics: Aquatic chemistry, remediation of contaminated water and sediments, Great Lakes contaminants, fisheries, invasive species, lake levels, aquaculture, Wisconsin groundwater issues

David E. Armstrong

Professor Emerit, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Environmental Chemistry & Technology Program
dearmstr@wisc.edu
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Research Topics: Aquatic chemistry, chemical limnology, nutrient cycles in lakes, chemical contaminants in aquatic systems

Ken Bradbury

Faculty Emerit, Department of Extension Faculty, UW-Madison; Affiliated Faculty Emerit, Department of Geoscience, UW-Madison
krbradbu@wisc.edu
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Research Topics: Groundwater movement, viruses in groundwater systems, hydrogeology of Wisconsin, wellhead protection, and groundwater recharge

Steve Carpenter

Free Range Scientist; Emerit Faculty, Department of Integrative Biology; Emerit Director, Center for Limnology
srcarpen@wisc.edu
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Research Topics: Aquatic Ecology, limnology, carbon cycle, eutrophication, food webs, phosphorus, land-water linkages, ecosystem models, social-ecological systems

Gene Clark

Emerit Coastal Engineering Specialist, Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute

grclark@aqua.wisc.edu
Research Topics: Coastal engineering & resiliency, dangerous currents & beach safety, design and efficiency of ports, harbors, and marinas

Calvin DeWitt

Emerit faculty, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
cbdewitt@wisc.edu
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Research Topics: redox potentials at water/peat interface in wetland ponds, evaluation of negative skewness in ectotherm thermoregulation, ecosystem modeling, highway impacts on wetlands,wetland formation

John Exo

Retired Water Quality Programs Coordinator

john.exo@wisc.edu

Research Topics: Groundwater nitrates from agriculture; Coordinate CALS & Extension outreach and response to challenges of nitrates from agriculture

James Hurley

Emerit Director, Aquatic Sciences Center; Emerit Faculty, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Research Topics:Chemical limnology, natural organic matter, nutrient cycling, Great Lakes research, bioaccumulation of contaminants, chemical interactions at the sediment-water interface

Sharon Long

Emerit Director, Applied Environmental Microbiology, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene; Emerit Faculty, Department of Soil Science
slong@wisc.edu
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Research Topics: Monitoring waterborne pathogens, microbial water contamination, source water protection, watershed management, methods of pathogen enumeration, bio-terrorism preparedness

Susan Knight

Emerit Research Scientist, Center for Limnology, Trout Lake Station
seknight@wisc.edu
Research Topics: Aquatic Plant Identification and Outreach; Invasive aquatic plant research (Tolerance of invasive aquatic plants, testing biological control methods)

John J. Magnuson

Emerit faculty, Zoology and Emerit Director of the Center for Limnology
jjmagnus@wisc.edu
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Research Topics: Long-term ecological research on lakes, analyses of lake ice time series, climate change impacts and adaptations, thermal ecology of fishes, landscape and invasion ecology of lakes.

Ken Potter

Emerit faculty, Department of Civil and Environment Engineering
kwpotter@wisc.edu
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Research Topics: Hydrological Modeling and Design, Stormwater, Estimation of Hydrologic Risk, Restoration of Aquatic Systems

Jim Skinner

Emerit faculty, Chemistry
jlskinner@uchicago.edu
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Research Topics:  Dynamics of condensed phase systems, time-dependent phenomena in liquids, supercritical fluids, crystalline and amorphous solids

William Sonzogni

Emerit faculty, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
sonzogni@gmail.com
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Research Topics: Fate and transport of toxic contaminants, analytical chemistry of pollutants, chemical limnology, water resources management, environmental toxicology

In Memoriam

James F. Kitchell

Arthur Hasler Professor Emerit of Zoology and Emerit Faculty, Center for Limnology
Research Topics: Food web interactions and fisheries, Lake ecosystems, Marine ecosystems, Climate change effects on Lake Superior