The Water@UW-Madison Executive Committee is an annually elected body responsible for programming decisions of the organization and working to achieve the mission and goals of Water@UW-Madison. If you have questions or suggestions for the Executive Committee, or you are interested in joining the committee for the next academic year, please contact one of the committee members.
Committee Co-Chairs
Ken Genskow
Position title: Faculty, Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture; Extension Specialist, Natural Resources Institute
Research Topics: Watershed planning, water policy, integration, collaboration, social indicators, human dimensions, governance, program evaluation
Jennifer Hauxwell
Position title: Associate Director of Research, Aquatic Sciences Center
Email:
jennifer.hauxwell
Research Topics: Effects of nutrient loading on aquatic environments, aquatic plant ecology and management, water resource and fisheries management, research program administration
Outgoing Chairs
Eric Roden
Position title: Faculty, Geoscience
Email:
eroden
Research Topics: Soil and sediment biogeochemistry, microbial ecology, iron redox cycling, microbial mineral transformations, reactive transport modeling.
Members-At-Large
Zachary Feiner
Position title: Assistant Scientist & WDNR Research Liaison, Center for Limnology
Email:
zsfeiner
Research Topics: Fisheries and aquatic ecology, fisheries management, climate change, social-ecological dynamics, food webs, limnology
Robert Johnson
Position title: Faculty, Department of Integrative Biology
Email:
robert.a.johnson
Research Topics: Aquatic ecology and biogeochemistry; Coastal marine ecosystems; Herbivory and disturbance in tropical seagrass ecosystems.
Erica Majumder
Position title: Faculty, Bacteriology
Email:
emajumder
Research Topics: Aquifer bioremediation; clogs and contaminants in sewerage systems.
Gavin Dehnert
Position title: Emerging Contaminants Scientist, Aquatic Sciences Center
Email:
dehnert2
Research Topics: PFAS, microplastics, pesticides, heavy metals
Melanie Hebl
Position title: Assistant Director of Research Collaboration, Sustainability Research Hub
Email:
melanie.hebl
Research Topics: Sustainability funding landscape, research administration, research development, research collaboration, finding funding, teaming, external relations
Jingyi Huang
Position title: Faculty, Soil Science
Email:
jhuang426
Research Topics: Remote sensing, proximal soil sensing, machine learning, soil physics, soil modeling.
Peter Jaeger
Position title: Outreach Program Manager, Chemistry
Email:
pfjaeger
Research Topics: Analytical Chemistry, Community Engagement, Education.
Graduate Student & Postdoctoral Researcher Representatives
Yashar Makhtoumi
Position title: Honorary Fellow (former Postdoctoral Research Associate)
Research Topics: Hydrology and biogeochemistry, Water resource management, Land use and climate change
Graduate Project Assistant
Eric Kastelic
Position title: Graduate Student, Geological Engineering
Email:
ekastelic
Research Topics: Groundwater recharge, Great Lakes Water Levels, Plant water use, Remote sensing of evapotranspiration, Karst hydrogeology, Impact of undergraduate researches experiences.
Research Program Coordinator
Alison Mikulyuk
Position title: Research Program Coordinator
Email:
alison.mikulyuk
Research Topics: Aquatic plant ecology & management, aquatic invasive species, surface water restoration, art-science collaboration, interdisciplinary research.