Graduate Students

eblackford@wisc.edu
Advisor: Paul Block
Research focuses on developing hydroclimatic statistical models to predict lake water quality and conditions leading to cool-water fish stress and vulnerability on a subseasonal-to-seasonal scale.

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.

conowall@wisc.edu 

Advisor: Robert Johnson

My research examines the resilience and recovery of seagrasses in response to biotic and abiotic stressors/disturbances.

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.

ljfischer2@wisc.edu
Advisor: Olaf Jensen
My Research interests are measuring and analyzing respiration of an endangered salmonid relative in remote river systems of northern Japan in response to climate change.

agorsky@wisc.edu
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Advisor: Hilary Dugan

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

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.

kkuru@wisc.edu

Advisor: Trina McMahon

Research interests focused on anoxygenic phototrophs, biogeochemical cycling and extracellular electron transfer in low-light environments.

langwig@wisc.edu

Advisor: Karthik Anantharaman

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

marchisin@wisc.edu

Advisor: Paul Hanson

Research interests include investigating the application of machine learning in the process of developing lake ecosystem models

moira.mccarthy@wisc.edu

Advisor: Grace Wilkinson

Research interests in nutrient cycling in lakes and feedbacks to the atmosphere.

janguyen3@wisc.edu

Advisor: Emily Stanley

Research interests include aquatic ecology and greenhouse gas cycling

dortiz4@wisc.edu
Research Profile

Advisor: Emily Stanley

Comparison of temporal and spatial dynamics of algal blooms

sparry@wisc.edu
Co-Advisors: Feiner & Jensen
My research interests focus on the human dimensions of fisheries management and investigating the allocation of research and funding for angler groups on Lake Michigan.

cquiroz@wisc.edu

Advisor: Emily Stanley

Research interests include carbon cycling in freshwater systems, particularly focusing on methane and dissolved organic carbon

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
Research Profile
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

Co-advisors: Olaf Jensen & 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.