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
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
Outgoing 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
Email:
yiying.xiong
Research Topics: Hydropower Engineering, Dam Safety, Dam Removal, Fish Passage, Hydrology and Hydraulics, Climate Change.
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
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
Robert Johnson
Position title: Assistant Scientist, Department of Integrative Biology
Research Topics: Aquatic ecology and biogeochemistry; Coastal marine ecosystems; Herbivory in tropical seagrass ecosystems
Erica Majumder
Position title: Faculty, Assistant Professor of Bacteriology
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
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
Kyungdoe "Doe" Han
Position title: Postdoc, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Research Topics: Hydrology, ecology, groundwater, surface water, artificial intelligence, sustainability
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.