Loheide Hydroeco Lab

We want to know how these special places are responding to increasingly large and frequent shifts in Great Lake water levels!

Thrilled to start our work in the ridge and swale ecosystems formed on relic beaches along Lake Michigan’s shore. They are amazing ecosystems that support coastal wetlands,forests & rare orchids!!

I don’t get to do enough fieldwork these days, especially during the winter, but it was certainly energizing!!

Also, let me know if I should consider following in George's footsteps as a hand model! youtu.be/AoKErz_HtGA

Check out our new project searching for water-energy-food and environmental wins with agrivoltaics! If you're a postdoc or student interested in joining the team with @Chris_Kucharik, @profdesai , and Josh Arnold @SustainUW let me know! jsonline.com/story/money/bu…

Awesome!

PhD students may also be considered (likely Spring 2024)

We are searching for win-win-win-win opportunities across FEWE systems involving managed aquifer recharge, smart tile-drainage, & agrivoltaics. Variably-saturated groundwater flow modeling skills and interest in field work a plus. Email me your CV to apply!

We are looking for 1 (or 2?) postdocs to join the Hydroeco Lab! We're investigating the provisioning of ecosystem services in working landscapes across food, energy, water, and environmental (FEWE) systems. fewscapes.wisc.edu

Long awaited paper published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment on "Building US food-energy-water security requires avoiding unintended consequences for ecosystems" @HydroecoLab @MonicaGTurner @egbooth @RebeccaLPower @JennyMSeifert esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fe…

However, if it’s Eric who you need, you’d better head out to Fish Lake where he’s seeking to understand the causes of ongoing groundwater flooding. But, make sure to bring your boots so you can help with well installation!

Spring has officially arrived in Madison and it’s been a great week for fieldwork!!! If you’re looking for Hannah (in pond) your best bet is to head to one of the 20 stormwater ponds she’s monitoring to evaluate both the in-pond and downstream ecosystem services they provide!

Looking forward to seeing you all in Tahoe! Lot’s of great hiking around if you come early or stay late!

Congratulations William on passing your quals! When you’re done with your dissertation, we will have a much better, mechanistic understanding of the role street trees play in reducing urban runoff!

Wahoo Katrina! Amazing timing for your research to hit the streets - right in the middle of one of those increasingly frequent mid-winter melts here in WI! It remains to be seen whether we will get a major freeze back leading to impermeable ground prior to the next snowfall...

@Hydrology_AGU @carbonshed I am feeling shock, sadness and anger. And, I am realizing I don't tell any of you frequently enough how much I value the strength of our hydrologic sciences community, which is on full display today. Take care of yourselves and each other.

(1/3) Sad News. It is with broken hearts we must report that our cherished colleague Professor Thomas Meixner, Chair of the Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, was killed October 5th in his office at the University of Arizona.

@profdesai Congrats Ankur! Well deserved recognition for your lab!

"Nothing in our science to better understand the Earth system and climate is done by one individual or by any one discipline" - this award is for the whole #Desailab team and kind folks along the way who contributed one way or another, and a host of privileges, many unearned.

Great surprise today! Our Fen Feedback paper just got published by @EcohydrologyEds as OPEN ACCESS for FREE thanks to a pilot program with @BigTenAcademic! Key Point: Hydrologic change --> veg change --> soil change --> more hydrologic changes..... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

Shout out to @UWMadison and @HydroecoLab alum Sam Zipper on being named the Kohout Early Career Award winner! A truly amazing scientist and person working to make the world a better place!

Congrats Aaron!