Graduate Students

eblackford@wisc.edu
Advisor: Paul Block
My research interests include management and restoration of water resources, socio-ecological based system approaches, and modeling for climate variability and change.

jtbriggs@wisc.edu

Research Profile

Advisor: Grace Wilkinson

Research interests include biogeochemical cycling, changes in ecosystems across time and space, and anthropogenic impacts on water bodies.

ceceballos@wisc.edu

Advisor: Emily Stanley

Research interests include biogeochemical cycling, phytoplankton community structure and function, and the relationship between bacteria and algal blooms.

cedougherty@wisc.edu
Advisor: Hilary Dugan
Research interests include freshwater salinization in the upper Midwest and transformation of lake physical structure from climate change in Antarctic lakes.

emch@wisc.edu

Advisor: Hilary Dugan

Research interests focused on salination of lakes and rivers around Madison, WI.

agorsky@wisc.edu
Research Profile

Advisor: Hilary Dugan

Examining greenhouse gas emissions and other aquatic processes during ice-on and ice-off periods of north temperate lakes

ehendry@wisc.edu

Advisor: Sara Hotchkiss

Research interests include paleolimnology, carbon storage/cycling in freshwater ecosystems, evolution of aquatic ecosystems

kjkibler@wisc.edu

Advisor: Trina McMahon

My research interests involve the complexities of phytoplankton community structure, spatial and temporal variations in an algal bloom, and seasonal influences of HABs.

kklier@wisc.edu

Advisor: Karthik Anantharaman

Research interests include investigating the ecological function of microbes and viruses in marine and freshwater ecosystems.

langwig@wisc.edu

Advisor: Karthik Anantharaman

I use bioinformatics to understand microbial ecology and viruses in marine and freshwater environments.

bmcafee@wisc.edu

Advisor: Paul Hanson

Research interests include applying machine learning to the process of collecting and analyzing limnological data.

mrnak@wisc.edu

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Advisor: Jake Vander Zanden

Food web interactions following a reintroduction of native Cisco in 2 north temperate lakes containing invasive Rainbow Smelt

dortiz4@wisc.edu
Research Profile

Advisor: Emily Stanley

Comparison of temporal and spatial dynamics of algal blooms

lrplatt@wisc.edu

Advisor: Hilary Dugan

My research interests lie at the intersection of data and water science, mainly data-driven modeling for large-scale aquatic science.

nscheel@wisc.edu

Advisor: Trina McMahon

My research interests involve freshwater microbial ecology and mercury methylation.

eschmidt9@wisc.edu

Advisor: Trina McMahon

My research focuses on spring turnover in polymictic lakes and the impact of warming temperatures.

skskoglund@wisc.edu
Advisor: Paul Hanson
Modeling lake water quality across space and time with the help of machine learning and remote sensing

qcsmith2@wisc.edu

Research Profile

Advisor: Jake Vander Zanden

Investigating the confluence of factors associated with  walleye fisheries of the Upper Great Lakes region that are performing better than expectations given climate change.

dszydlowski@wisc.edu

Research Profile

Advisor: Grace Wilkinson

Investigates drivers of change in lakes such as climate change and invasive species, along with ecosystem resilience to these forces.