Emma Blackford
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.
Jessica (Jess) Briggs
Advisor: Grace Wilkinson
Research interests include biogeochemical cycling, changes in ecosystems across time and space, and anthropogenic impacts on water bodies.
Cassandra (Cassie) Ceballos
Advisor: Emily Stanley
Research interests include biogeochemical cycling, phytoplankton community structure and function, and the relationship between bacteria and algal blooms.
Charlie Dougherty
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.
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Emch
Advisor: Hilary Dugan
Research interests focused on salination of lakes and rivers around Madison, WI.
Adrianna Gorsky
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
Elliot Hendry
Advisor: Sara Hotchkiss
Research interests include paleolimnology, carbon storage/cycling in freshwater ecosystems, evolution of aquatic ecosystems
Krystyn Kibler
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.
Katherine (Katie) Klier
Advisor: Karthik Anantharaman
Research interests include investigating the ecological function of microbes and viruses in marine and freshwater ecosystems.
Marguerite (Maggie) Langwig
Advisor: Karthik Anantharaman
I use bioinformatics to understand microbial ecology and viruses in marine and freshwater environments.
Bennett McAfee
Advisor: Paul Hanson
Research interests include applying machine learning to the process of collecting and analyzing limnological data.
Joe Mrnak
Advisor: Jake Vander Zanden
Food web interactions following a reintroduction of native Cisco in 2 north temperate lakes containing invasive Rainbow Smelt
David Ortiz
dortiz4@wisc.edu
Research Profile
Advisor: Emily Stanley
Comparison of temporal and spatial dynamics of algal blooms
Lindsay Platt
Advisor: Hilary Dugan
My research interests lie at the intersection of data and water science, mainly data-driven modeling for large-scale aquatic science.
Nicholas (Nick) Scheel
Advisor: Trina McMahon
My research interests involve freshwater microbial ecology and mercury methylation.
Ella Schmidt
Advisor: Trina McMahon
My research focuses on spring turnover in polymictic lakes and the impact of warming temperatures.
Sophia Skoglund
skskoglund@wisc.edu
Advisor: Paul Hanson
Modeling lake water quality across space and time with the help of machine learning and remote sensing
Quinn Smith
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.
Daniel (Danny) Szydlowski
Advisor: Grace Wilkinson
Investigates drivers of change in lakes such as climate change and invasive species, along with ecosystem resilience to these forces.