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
Michael Cardiff
Position title: Faculty, Department of Geoscience
Research Topics: Aquifer characterization, inverse problems, environmental decision-making under uncertainty, water supply systems
Yiying Xiong
Position title: Associate Director, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Institute
Research Topics: Hydropower Engineering, Dam Safety, Dam Removal, Fish Passage, Hydrology and Hydraulics, Climate Change.
Outgoing Chairs
Caroline Gottschalk Druschke
Position title: Faculty, Department of English
caroline.gottschalk.druschke@wisc.edu
Research Topics: Stream restoration, flooding, freshwater management, public engagement, narrative, Driftless Area
Jennifer Hauxwell
Position title: Associate Director, Aquatic Sciences Center
jennifer.hauxwell@aqua.wisc.edu
Research Topics: Effects of nutrient loading on aquatic environments, aquatic plant ecology and management, water resource and fisheries management, research program administration
Members-At-Large
Nathan Jandl
Position title: Associate Director of Sustainability, UW-Madison Office of Sustainability
Email:
njandl
Research topics: sustainability, communication, climate anxiety, environmental humanities, environmental literature
Grace Wilkinson
Position title: Faculty, Freshwater and Marine Sciences
Research Topics: Integrative Biology; Aquatic-terrestrial linkages, lake biogeochemistry, aquatic food webs
Zachary Feiner
Position title: Assistant Scientist & WDNR Research Liaison, Center for Limnology
Research Topics: Fisheries and aquatic ecology; Fisheries management; Eco-evolutionary dynamics; Climate change impacts on fish and fisheries; Food webs
Mohan Qin
Position title: Faculty, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Topics: Sustainable wastewater treatment, brackish water desalination
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
Graduate Student & Postdoctoral Researcher Representatives
Emily Azevedo-Casey
Position title: PhD student, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Research Topics: nutrient management in watersheds, water quality policy, watershed stewardship and conservation, stakeholder engagement, collaborative planning, spatial data, social-ecological systems, science communication
Laura Bates
Position title: PhD Student, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Research Topics: Stream ecology, watershed management, water quality, stakeholder engagement, nutrient management, biological indicators, limnology
Elliot Hendry
Position title: Masters Student, Freshwater and Marine Sciences
Research Topics: perennial and ephemeral stream dynamics, watershed science, adaptations to disturbance, writing and storytelling, labor and environmental history
Parisa Sarzaeim
Position title: Research Associate, PhD, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
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
Research Program Coordinator
Alison Mikulyuk
Email:
alison.mikulyuk
Phone: 6082633296
Address:
1975 Willow Dr
Rm 260
Water@UW-Madison Research Program Coordinator.
Research Topics: Aquatic plant ecology & management, aquatic invasive species, surface water restoration, art-science collaboration, interdisciplinary research.