UW-Madison Experts Guide: SEJ

Holloway, Tracey

Associate professor, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Expert on air pollution, energy and environment, climate change, environmental policy, environmental careers, sustainability science

Hotchkiss, Sara

Assistant professor, botany

Paleoecology and history of vegetation

Howell, Evelyn

Professor and chair, landscape architecture

Design, restoration, management and conservation of Midwestern native plant communities

Jackson, Randall D.

Associate professor, agronomy, agroecology program, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Expert on community and ecosystem ecology in grasslands managed for grazing and/or prairie

Kucharik, Chris

Assistant professor, agronomy and Nelson Institute Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment

Expert on ecological modeling, field measurements, carbon sequestration, agroecosystems, crop production, land management and climate change

Kulcinski, Gerald L.

Associate dean for research, engineering; director, Fusion Technology Institute

Expert on the design of magnetic/inertial fusion reactors, nuclear materials, space technology, and environmental effects of nuclear energy

Laboski, Carrie A.M.

Associate professor, soil science and civil and environmental engineering

Expert on economically and environmentally sustainable soil fertility/nutrient management programs for field and forage crops

LaGro Jr., James A.

Professor, urban and regional planning, Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Expert on urban planning and design, land use policy, and sustainably built environments

Lathrop, Richard C.

UW-Madison honorary fellowships: Center for Limnology, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Experience with water quality, eutrophication, restoration and management of lakes; nonpoint pollution; and climate change impacts in Wisconsin

Lauer, Joe

Professor, agronomy

Expert on corn production, transgenic crops and cropping systems in the Midwest U.S.

Lee, Carol

Associate professor, zoology; Center of Rapid Evolution; trainer in genetics

Research focuses on evolutionary and physiological mechanisms that enable organisms to invade new environments

Lindroth, Richard

Professor, entomology; adjunct professor, zoology

Expertise in ecological effects of climate change, insect pests of deciduous forests, general ecology

Loew, Patty

Associate professor, life sciences communication

Expert on visual communication

Loheide, Steven P.

Assistant professor, civil and environmental engineering

Expert in hydroecology, water in the environment

Lorenz, Robert (Bob) D.

Professor, mechanical engineering; co-director, Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium (WEMPEC)

Design and control of electrical motor drives: "E-Drives," used in hybrid vehicles

Madison, Fred

Professor, soil science, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey

Expert on impacts of agriculture on environment; animal waste management; impacts of agriculture on surface- and groundwater

Magnuson, John J.

Professor emeritus, zoology and limnology

Aquatic ecologist and limnologist, trained in fish and fisheries ecology, taught ecology of fishes and limnology

Martin, Jonathan E.

Professor and chair, atmospheric and oceanic sciences

Expert on mid-latitude weather systems: snowstorms, severe thunderstorms, can comment on climate change and global warming

McCown, Brent H.

Professor, horticulture; associated faculty, Nelson Institute and Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems

Propagation, breeding, growth and production of woody perennial horticultural crops including fruits and ornamentals (shrubs and trees)

McDonald, Mara A.

Assistant administrator, genetics; administrator, Evolution Initiative

Expert in bird banding, birds of Haiti, issues in evolution and environmental ethics

McFall-Ngai, Margaret Jean

Professor, medical microbiology and immunology

Expert on the role of beneficial bacteria in animal health and disease; the "design" of light-interacting tissues

McMahon, Katherine

Associate professor, civil and environmental engineering, bacteriology

Expert in microbial ecology, limnology, water quality, wastewater treatment, environmental genomics, ecosystem microbiology

Mickelson, David

Emeritus professor, geology and geophysics

Expert on glacial deposits and shoreline processes

Mladenoff, David J.

Professor, conservation, forest and wildlife ecology

Ecology and sustainability of forests, effects of climate change, forest management and carbon sequestration

Morales, Alfonso

Associate professor, urban and regional planning

Expert on public markets, entrepreneurship and business formation, urban agriculture

Naughton, Lisa

Professor, geography; director, Land Tenure Center; chair, conservation biology and sustainable development

Expert on biodiversity conservation, land use and protected areas in tropics, protecting rain forests to slow climate change

Nemet, Gregory

Assistant professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs and Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Research and teaching to improve understanding of the environmental, social, economic, and technical dynamics of the global energy system

Noguera, Daniel R.

Professor, civil and environmental engineering

Expert in biological wastewater treatment, activated sludge and nutrient removal

Notaro, Michael

Associate scientist and associate director, Center for Climatic Research

Expert on climate change and its impact on vegetation, vegetation-climate interactions, regional-global climate modeling, Great Lakes and lake-effect snow

Nowak, Peter (Pete)

Professor, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Expert in the complex relations between Wisconsin agriculture and soil and water resources

Ohm, Brian W.

Professor and chair, urban and regional planning

Expert on land use and planning law

Paskewitz, Susan M.

Professor, entomology

Expert on biology and control of insects that transmit human and animal diseases, including malaria, West Nile virus, Lyme disease

Pedersen, Joel A.

Associate professor, soil science, civil and environmental engineering

Expert on organic contaminants, prions and nanoparticles in the environment

Pellitteri, Phillip

Faculty associate, entomology

Expert in insect identification and insect and tick biology

Petty, Grant W.

Professor, atmospheric science

Expert on satellite remote sensing of the atmosphere and atmospheric radiative transfer

Pidgeon, Anna

Assistant professor, forest and wildlife ecology

Expert on avian ecology, conservation and Wisconsin wildlife

Porter, Warren P.

Professor, zoology

Expert on climate change effects on animals, subtle biological effects of pesticides and early detection of infection

Potter, Kenneth W.

Professor, civil and environmental engineering

Expert on flooding and storm water management

Radeloff, Volker C.

Associate professor, forest and wildlife ecology

Expert on conservation biology, threats to biodiversity by land use and especially housing development, wildland fire

Reinemann, Douglas J.

Professor, biological systems engineering

Expert on rural energy, energy sustainability (renewable and bio-energy), milking, stray voltage

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