People Type: Grad Students

Blackford, Emma

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.

Ceballos, Cassandra (Cassie)

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

Conowall, Peter

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

Kuru, Keeley

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

Marchisin, Emma

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

McCarthy, Moira

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

Munoz , Joseph

My research examines the thermal ecology of freshwater fishes and the mechanisms that contribute to their resilience under climate change.

Noeske, Joseph

I study the progression ecology of the zebra mussel invasion of Lake Mendota. I aim to see if native fish predation has caused a decline in their densities.

Phillips, Maggie

I am interested in watershed hydrology, biogeochemistry, and groundwater/ surface water interactions.

Schmidt, Ella

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