Kayla Hubbard
Position title: Graduate Student
kayla.hubbard@wisc.edu
(co-advised with Luke Zoet)
Kayla’s research focuses on hydrology and limnology in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.
Aubrey Wendorff
Position title: Graduate Student
aewendorff@wisc.edu
Aubrey’s research focuses on salinization of freshwater ecosystems in the Madison area.
Sam Blackburn
Position title: Data Scientist
Sam works on synthesizing and analyzing water quality datasets.
Gale Force
Position title: Associate lab
Lover of lakes and tennis balls. Terrible at research, excellent at field work. Never complains about mosquitoes or cold water.
Past Postdocs
Robert Ladwig (2018-2023). Assistant Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark. (website).
Cal Buelo (2021-2022). Physical Scientist at Great Lakes National Program Office, EPA.
Kait Reinl (2021-2022). Assistant Professor. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Jemma Stachelek (2020-2021). Los Alamos National Lab.
Robert Mooney (2021-2022). Illinois Natural History Survey.
Past Grad Students
Charlie Dougherty (MSc 2025). Mountain Limnology Lab Manager, University of Colorado, Boulder.
Adrianna Gorsky (PhD 2025). Environmental Scientist, Stantec.
Lizzie Emch (MSc 2024). Environmental Monitoring Generalist, Idaho National Laboratory.
Lindsay Platt (MSc 2024). Data scientist at CUASHI.
Ellie Socha (MSc 2022). PhD student at Cornell University.
Linnea Rock (MSc 2021). PhD University of Wyoming. Limnologist Spokane Tribe of Indians.
Emily Whitaker (MSc 2020).
Past Undergrads
Sam Ahler (graduated 2021)
Sydney Widell (graduated 2021)
Adam Rexroade (graduated 2020)
Alaina Eckert (graduated 2019)
Alex Mathers (graduated 2019)
Thomas Shannon (graduated 2018)
