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Michael Notaro

Michael Notaro

Director and Scientist III, Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research

Expertise: regional climate modeling, climate education, Great Lakes climate change, land-atmosphere interactions, lake-effect snow, ecological impacts of climate change, dust storms

Joy Zedler

Joy Zedler

Professor Emerita, botany

Expert on wetland restoration and ecology, reestablishment of native plants, and the interaction of native and exotic species

Adrian Treves

Adrian Treves

Professor of environmental studies

Open Science, coexistence between people and wildlife worldwide, especially wolves, bears and big cats. Constitutional and public trust protections for the environment.

Timothy  Van Deelen

Timothy Van Deelen

Professor, Forest and Wildlife Ecology

Expert in conservation and management of large mammals and mammal communities in the Great Lakes region (e.g., deer, wolves and black bears).

Susan Paskewitz

Susan Paskewitz

Professor, entomology

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

Stanley Temple

Stanley Temple

Professor emeritus, forest and wildlife ecology, environmental studies

Expert on birds, wildlife, endangered species, wildlife conservation, biodiversity, conservation biology, ecology and Aldo Leopold

Bret Shaw

Bret Shaw

Professor, Life Sciences Communication; Environmental Communication Specialist, Division of Extension

Expert on social marketing and communication related to environmental campaigns, eHealth for disease management

James  Leary

James Leary

Professor emeritus, folklore and Scandinavian studies

Expert on the folklore/culture of diverse peoples in Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest

Kurt Sladky

Kurt Sladky

Clinical professor and section head, zoological medicine, surgical sciences

Expert in zoological medicine (zoo animals, wildlife and non-domestic pets) and conservation medicine (ecosystem and global health)

Timothy Donohue

Timothy Donohue

Professor, bacteriology; director, Wisconsin Energy Institute

Expert on biofuels and bio-based renewable energy technologies

Kenneth Potter

Kenneth Potter

Professor emeritus, civil and environmental engineering

Expert on flooding and storm water management

Anna Pidgeon

Anna Pidgeon

Professor, forest and wildlife ecology

Expert on avian ecology, conservation and Wisconsin wildlife

Joseph Salmons

Joseph Salmons

Professor, German; director, Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures

Language and immigration, German in North America, languages of Wisconsin, American dialects, historical linguistics

Douglas Reinemann

Douglas Reinemann

Professor and CALS Associate Dean for Outreach and Extension

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

Richard Lindroth

Richard Lindroth

Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, Dept. Entomology

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

Paul Zedler

Paul Zedler

Professor, environmental studies

Pure and applied plant community and population ecology and related environmental topics

Dennis Dresang

Dennis Dresang

Professor emeritus, political science, La Follette School of Public Affairs

Expert on state and local politics, public management

Barry Orton

Barry Orton

Professor emeritus, telecommunications, professional development and applied studies

Telecommunications policy, Internet utilization, cable television regulation, media industries

Roseanne Clark

Roseanne Clark

Associate professor, psychiatry

Expertise in postpartum depression, parent-child relationships, and emotional and behavioral disturbances in infancy and early childhood

William Tracy

William Tracy

Professor, plant and agroecosystem sciences

Sweet corn breeding and genetics, disease and insect resistance, quality, germination, cold tolerance, genetics of morphology and development