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 Chair
Matthew Ginder-Vogel
Faculty, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Topics: Environmental chemistry, biogeochemistry, water chemistry, X-ray absorption spectroscopy
Outgoing Chair
Jake Vander Zanden
Director, Center for Limnology; Faculty, Department of Integrative Biology
Research Topics: Aquatic Ecology, limnology, fish ecology, food webs, aquatic invasive species, conservation biology
Members-At-Large
Hilary Dugan
Faculty, Center for Limnology, Department of Integrative Biology
Research Topics: Lakes, water quality change, spatial data, data science
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
Steve Loheide
Faculty, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Topics: Hydroecology, water in the environment, stream and riparian resoration, groundwater, hydrologic and ecologic consequences of climate change
Bret Shaw
Faculty, Department of Life Science Communications; UW-Extension
Research Topics: Social marketing, outreach, aquatic invasive species, promoting natural shorelines
Janet Silbernagel
Faculty, Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture; Design Strategist, Division of Continuing Studies
jmsilber@wisc.edu
Website
Research Topics: Landscape ecology and conservation strategies, scenario modeling and geospatial analysis of landscape conservation strategies
Erika Washburn
Director, Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve, Division of Extension
Research Topics: Application of social science to challenges at the intersection of society, water and coastal systems
UW-Extension Liaison
Chad Cook
Land & Water Outreach Program Manager, Division of Extension, Natural Resources Institute
Outreach Topics: Water quality and non-point source pollution impacts, forestry outreach to landowners, citizen science, invasive species
Graduate Student Representatives
Rachel Johnson
MS Student, Biological Systems Engineering and Water Resources Management
