Center for Limnology

College of Letters and Science
A group of people are dressed in winter gear because they are all looking into a hole in the ice as someone from the CFL shows them how to measure water clarity using a secchi disk. The sky is blue, there's snow on the ice covering Lake Mendota.
Join the CFL at Clean Lakes Alliance Frozen Assets
Photo of (from left to right) woman doing lake research from john boat, woman and man with Bucky Badger in canoe, and 3 people standing beside boat with research equipment
Summer undergrad field season hiring starts Feb 5
Two people are sitting in a boat on Lake Mendota working on a buoy. They are both wearing winter safety suits and the shoreline is in the distance.
David Buoy Wraps Up 11th Year Monitoring Lake Mendota
On a tree lined shore of Trout Lake, an undergrad is leaning over a boat in a lake with a secchi disk while a grad student is sitting and recording data.
Summer at Trout Lake Station

The Center for Limnology.  Global leadership, local impact.

The discipline of Limnology in North America was founded at UW-Madison in the 1890s. After 130 years, the Center for Limnology remains a globally-recognized leader in the field. Our faculty and researchers lead cutting-edge research programs in limnology, aquatic ecology, fisheries, and ecosystem science. Our work aims to understand the world’s aquatic ecosystems, and to inform and inspire their stewardship.

Our core research mission is closely integrated with training the next generation of freshwater leaders – we train graduate students (MS and Ph.D.) through Freshwater and Marine Sciences and Integrative Biology graduate programs. We engage with diverse partners, and share our knowledge and research with a wide range of audiences and users. Field facilities at the Hasler Laboratory for Limnology in Madison, WI and Trout Lake Station in Boulder Junction, WI support our researchers and students, as well as the larger freshwater research community.

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The Center for Limnology is committed to the full inclusion of individuals with disabilities. Our Hasler Laboratory and Trout Lake Station facilities were built before the Americans with Disabilities Act and is not fully ADA accessible. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in any outreach or department event, please email or call Monet Hutchins at Hasler Lab (monet.hutchins@wisc.edu or 608-262-2009) or Amber Mrnak at TLS (amrnak@wisc.edu or 608-890-4967).

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The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background—people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.”