Green Bay, the world’s largest freshwater estuary, and Milwaukee Harbor have experienced significant ecological and environmental changes, driven by increased anthropogenic activities and the introduction of invasive species. Designated by EPA as Areas of Concern (AOCs) in the 1980s, both …
Devastating rain washed chemicals, biomass, and combined sewerage into the Milwaukee Harbor from SE Wisconsin. Twice as strong as a 2008 event, it briefly changed the aquascape of Milwaukee. Our lab time series put the first month of impact into …
Owen Stefaniak will present "Runoff on the Runway: How Airports Shape Our Streams" as part of the School of Freshwater Sciences Fall Colloquium Owen Stefaniak (left) and Kathryn Johncock collecting water samples during winter. Owen Stefaniak is a Physical Scientist …
Gordon Getzinger will present "Occurrence of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Surface Waters of the Chicago Area Waterway System" as part of the School of Freshwater Sciences Spring Colloquium Dr. Getzinger is an Assistant Professor at Loyola University Chicago …
Erin Berns-Herrboldt will present "Groundwater management in Northeast Wisconsin: Potential for geogenic metals mobilization" as part of the School of Freshwater Sciences Spring colloquium. Dr. Erin Berns-Herrboldt is an Assistant Professor of Water Science at the University of Wisconsin – …
Boya Xiong will present "Novel mechanistic insights into nanoplastics release in natural environment" as part of the School of Freshwater Sciences spring colloquium. Dr. Boya Xiong is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering at the …
Liz Minor will present "Anthropogenic impacts in large-lake carbon cycling" as part of the School of Freshwater Sciences Spring colloquium. Liz Minor is a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and at the Large Lakes Observatory at the …
Katherine (Trina) McMahon will present "Ecogenomics of freshwater lake bacteria" as part of the School of Freshwater Sciences Fall colloquium. Professor Katherine McMahon received her BS in Civil Engineering and MS in Environmental Engineering from the University of Illinois at …
Sarick Matzen will present "Microscopy helps reveal how nanoparticulate iron from deep sea hydrothermal vents disperses into open ocean waters" as part of the School of Freshwater Sciences Spring Colloquium. Dr. Sarick Matzen is a soil and environmental geochemist specializing …
Wasif Bin Mamoon will present "Data-Efficient Stream Nutrient Modeling: An Application of Data-driven Sparse Sensing" as part of the School of Freshwater Sciences Spring Colloquium. Wasif Bin Mamoon is a PhD candidate in Environmental and Water Resources specialization at Marquette …