Lab Members

Adrianna Gorsky

Position title: Graduate Student

(co-advised with Emily Stanley)

agorsky@wisc.edu

Adrianna’s graduate research is focused on examining greenhouse gas emissions, and other aquatic processes, during ice-on and ice-off periods from north temperate lakes. Research Profile. 

Lizzie Emch

Position title: Graduate Student

eemch@wisc.edu

Lizzie’s research focuses on chloride dynamics in Lake Wingra. Research Profile.

Charlie Doughtery

Position title: Graduate Student

cedougherty@wisc.edu

Charlie’s research interests lie in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica. He’s a member of the MCM-LTER and helps maintain long-term lake monitoring stations.

Sam Blackburn

Position title: Research Specialist

Sam works on synthesizing and analyzing water quality datasets.

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.

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.

Goose berry

Position title: Assistant lab

A+ cuddler. Room for improvement in other areas.

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). Research Coordinator at Lake Superior National Estuarine Reserve (website).
Jemma Stachelek (2020-2021). Now at Los Alamos (website).
Robert Mooney (2021-2022). Educator at UW-Madison.

Past Grad Students

Lindsay Platt (MSc 2024). Data scientist at CUASHI.
Ellie Socha (MSc 2022). PhD student at Cornell University.
Linnea Rock (MSc 2021). PhD student at University of Wyoming.
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)