The Water@UW-Madison Executive Committee is an annually elected body responsible for the day-to-day 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 Chair
Steve Loheide
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Topics: Hydroecology, water in the environment, stream and riparian resoration, groundwater, hydrologic and ecologic consequences of climate change
Chair-Elect
Jake Vander Zanden
Director, Center for Limnology; Professor, Department of Integrative Biology
Research Topics: Aquatic Ecology, limnology, fish ecology, food webs, aquatic invasive species, conservation biology
Outgoing Chair
Stephen Carpenter
Free Range Scientist; Professor & Director Emeritus, Center for Limnology
Research Topics: Aquatic Ecology, limnology, carbon cycle, eutrophication, food webs, phosphorus, land-water linkages, ecosystem models, social-ecological systems
Members-At-Large
Jennifer Hauxwell
Assistant Director for Research and Student Engagement, 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
Sharon Long
Director of Envir. Microbiology, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene; Professor, Soil Science
Research Topics: Monitoring waterborne pathogens, microbial water contamination, source water protection, watershed management, methods of pathogen enumeration, bio-terrorism preparedness
Peter McIntyre
Assistant Professor, Center for Limnology & Department of Integrative Biology
Research Topics: Aquatic biodiversity, food webs, nutrient cycling, ecosystem services, fish and fisheries, speciation rates, migratory behaviors
Bret Shaw
Associate Professor, Department of Life Sciences Communication
Research Topics: Social marketing, outreach, aquatic invasive species, promoting natural shorelines
Anita Thompson
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Systems Engineering
Research Topics: Hydrology, water quality, runoff, sediment/nutrient/pathogen transport, stormwater management, erosion control, SWAT and WEPP modeling
