Current Lab Members
Anna Kryshak. MS Student. Trophic linkage between benthic algae and benthic macroinvertebrates.
Karen Baumann. PhD Student. Dreissenid mussel effects on profundal sediment-water nutrient and carbon flux.
Rachel Smith. PhD Student. Kinetics of phosphorus adsorption / desorption during sediment resuspension events.
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Lab Alumni
Rae-Ann Maclellan-Hurd. MS Student. Phosphorus recycling in the Lake Michigan profundal benthos. Current position: Lake Michigan monitoring and sediment coordinator, Wisconsin DNR.
Graceanne Tarsa. MS Student. Round goby trophic ecology and bioenergetics. Current position: Research Technician. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University.
Tyler Kunze. MS Student. Benthic algal ecology. Current position: Water Resource Specialist, Portage County, WI.
Maxon Ngochera. PhD Student. Lake-atmosphere CO2 exchange in Lake Malawi. Current position: Senior Deputy Director, Malawi Fisheries Department.
Jean Jacques Bagalwa. PhD student (Makerere Univerisity, Uganda). Atmosspheric deposition chemistry, Lake Kivu. Current position: Researcher, Université Evangélique en Afrique, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Emily Tyner. PhD Student. Economic, social, and policy impacts of Great Lakes research. Current position: Director Of Freshwater Strategy, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay..
Nathan Van Ee. MS Student. Transport and fate of river-borne phosphorus in the Lake Michigan nearshore zone. Current position: Marine Ecologist, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Ben Turschak. PhD Student. Lake Michigan trophic ecology and nearshore-offshore linkages. Current position: Research Biologist, Michigan DNR.
Phil Hurst. MS Student. Effects of changing trophic structure on PCB dynamics in Lake Michigan. Current position: Medical student, U. of Toledo.
Zac Driscoll. MS Student. Zooplankton trophic ecology in Lake Michigan. Current position: Water Resources Specialist, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District.
Caroline Mosley. MS Student. Grazing and nutrient recycling by profundal quagga mussels. Current position: Communications Coordinator, University of Arizona, Department of Environmental Science.
Joe Fillingham. PhD Student. Nearshore ecosystem modeling, Lake Michigan. Current position: Special Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction, NOAA.
Erin Houghton, MS. Former lab technician. Current position: Watershed Programs Manager, NEW Water, Green Bay WI.
Owen Stefaniak. Professional MS Student. Current position: Physical Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey.
Kathryn Johncock. Professional MS Student and lab/field technician. Current position: Physical scientist, U.S. Geological Survey.
Wendy Olson, MS, PhD. Lake-atmosphere CO2 flux in coastal Lake Michigan. Current position: Environmental microbiologist, Northwest Indian College.
Josh Delvaux. MS Student. Influence of tributary loading on nearshore carbon and phosphorus dynamics in Lake Superior. Current Position: Water Chemists, Milwaukee Water Works.
Tony Garcia. Professional MS Student. Water supply in Guatemala. Current position: Physical Scientist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Will Stacy-Duffy, MS. Lab / Field Technician. Current position: Aquatic Ecologist, Illinois Natural History Survey.
Brad Johnson. Professional MS Student. Hazardous waste analytical methods. Current position: Operations Manager, Veolia North America.
Garrison Overley. Marine engineer. Current position: Electrical Engineer – Astronautics Corporation of America.
Sam Broadnax. Marine engineer. Current position: MS student, UWM School of Freshwater Sciences.
Brian Maybruck. PhD. Nutrient recycling within the benthic heterotrophic microbial community. Current position: Senior Researcher, AstraZeneca / Duke University School of Medicine