Center for Limnology

Weekly Seminar & Kaeser Scholar

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.

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

Spring 2026

  • Jan 21, 2026: CANCELED
  • Jan 28: Jennifer Raynor, UW-Madison Natural Resources Economics – Eyes on the Ocean, How Satellite Vessel Tracking is Transforming Marine Conservation
  • Feb 4: Zach Gajewski, UW-Madison Forest & Wildlife Ecology
  • Feb 11 (LOCATION: Noland Hall, 250 N. Mills St. & Zoom TBA)
  • Feb 18: Sarah Ramirez, UW-Madison CFL
  • Feb 25: Jackie Lemaire, UW-Madison Microbiology/CFL & Sophia Skoglund, UW-Madison CFL
  • Mar 4: Jasmine Childress, UW-Madison Forest & Wildlife Ecology
  • Mar 11: Cody Quiroz (Exit Seminar), UW-Madison CFL
  • Mar 18:
  • Mar 25:
  • Apr 1: Spring Break
  • Apr 8: Moira McCarthy (Defense Seminar), UW-Madison CFL
  • Apr 15: Danny Szydlowski (Exit Seminar), UW-Madison CFL
  • Apr 22: Lonnie Parry (Exit Seminar), UW-Madison CFL
  • 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