Zoology 911 Wednesday Seminar * 12:05-12:55pm (CT)
Water Science Engineering Lab & Zoom (https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96566489594)
Join weekly email: send email to limnology@mailplus.wisc.edu with Subject: Add to seminar email list
NOTE: There is extensive construction in parking Lot 8 between the buildings.
View of CFL Hasler Lab (right) and Water Science and Engineering (left) from Lake Mendota.
Kaeser Scholars: Graduate students of the Freshwater and Marine Sciences program select the Kaeser scholars, allowing for a wide range of scientific interests to share in the decision-making process. The CFL then invites, schedules, and hosts the scholar who presents at a weekly seminar
Seminar Break Dec 4, 2025 – Jan 20, 2026. See you back in spring semester.
Spring 2026
- Jan 21, 2026: TBA
- Jan 28: TBA
- Feb 4: TBA
- Feb 11: TBA
- Feb 18: TBA
- Feb 25: Jackie Lemaire, UW-Madison Microbiology/CFL & Sophia Skoglund, UW-Madison CFL
- Mar 4: Jasmine Childress, UW-Madison Forest & Wildlife Ecology
- Mar 11:
- Mar 18:
- Mar 25:
- Apr 1: Spring Break
- Apr 8:
- Apr 15:
- Apr 22:
- Apr 29:
Fall 2025
- Sept 24: Quinn Smith, UW-Madison CFL – Juvenile Walleye (Sander vitreus) Foraging Behavior and Growth Under Varying Light and Water Conditions
- Oct 1: Cassie Ceballos, UW-Madison CFL – Exploring the ecological dynamics of newly flooded littoral habitat in Fish Lake, Wisconsin, USA
- Oct 8: Kathy Cottingham (Kaeser Scholar), Dartmouth – Why freshwater science matters: engagement beyond the iv(or)y tower
- Oct 15: Martina Rogers, UW-Madison Dept of Chemistry, Ben Smith and Sam Salemink-Harry, UW-Madison Fluid Mechanics in Environmental Processes Group – Waves and lakes: Winter mixing, light attenuation, and aerosolization
- Oct 22: Rachel Muir, UW-Madison Zoological Museum – Wonders Down Under – Freshwater Mollusks and Their Importance in Freshwater Ecosystems
- Oct 29: Thomas Detmer, Iowa State University – Warming Waters, Shifting Habitat, and Changing Angler Effort: Drivers of Yesterday’s Today’s and Tomorrow’s Fisheries
- Nov 5: Peter Raymond, Yale School of the Environment – Methane Emissions from Inland Waters
- Nov 12: Ali Milani, UW-Madison Aquatic Chemistry – Spatial trends of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in precipitation surrounding Lake Superior and Katie Hein, UW-Madison CFL – Unsolved mysteries of habitat in lakes: Does shoreland habitat restoration enhance diversity? Does Eurasian watermilfoil provide habitat benefits?
- Nov 19: Hannah Richerson, UW-Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies – A mixed methods assessment of drinking water quality and effective communication of results on a federally-recognized Indian Reservation in Wisconsin & Jinhui Wang, UW-Madison Dept of iBio – Drivers of sediment organic matter and the influence of unvegetated patches within Thalassia testudinum meadows
- Nov 26: No seminar. Thanksgiving break
- Dec 3: Katie Hein, UW-Madison CFL – Climate change and Northwoods lakes: Planning now for future change
- Dec 10: George Brooks, UW-Madison CFL – Assessing the climate resiliency of midwestern fisheries