Experts Directory
The Experts Directory comprises faculty and staff employed by one of the Universities of Wisconsin who are experts in water policy or one or more of the 10 Grand Water Challenges. Members are interested in collaborating with other researchers or are available to speak with media or community members about water issues and research.
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Berns-Herrboldt, Erin
UW-Green Bay
Research Area(s): PFAS, Phosphorus, Water Quality Safety & Emerging Contaminants
Assistant Professor, Water Science, Natural and Applied Sciences & Research. Biochemical processes that impact fate and transport of contaminants & nutrients in aqueous environments; groundwater systems & near surface soils and sediments; redox transitions driven by oxygen or iron availability.
Cardiff, Michael
UW-Madison
Research Area(s): PFAS, Water Quality Safety & Emerging Contaminants
Professor of Geoscience. Flow, transport, and reactions in groundwater aquifers. Works with the group researching PFAS contamination on French Island, WI.
Dehnert, Gavin
UW-Madison
Research Area(s): PFAS, Water Quality Safety & Emerging Contaminants
Emerging Contaminant Scientist at Wisconsin Sea Grant. Research Topics: Aquatic toxicology, animal physiology, ecology, immunology, fish, birds.
Guo, Laodong
UW-Milwaukee
Research Area(s): PFAS, Water Quality Safety & Emerging Contaminants
Professor. Research: Chemical speciation and biogeochemiacl cycling of phosphorus. Fate and transport of microplastics and PFAS. Environmental and ecological roles of natural organic matter.
Holly, Michael
UW-Green Bay
Research Area(s): Agricultural Water Management, PFAS, Phosphorus, Water Policy Network
Associate Professor, Resch School of Engineering. Research Topics: Agricultural runoff, PFAS, Filter Media, Agricultural Waste Management, Stormwater Management, Nonpoint Source Pollution, Farm System Modeling, Environmental Fate and Treatment of Anthropogenic Chem
Javad Amirfakhri, Seyed
UW-Stevens Point
Research Area(s): PFAS
Assistant Professor. Research: Development of nanomaterials for PFAS adsorption, development of catalysts for PFAS decomposition, kinetics and mechanism of PFAS removal from water, simulation and optimization of the PFAS removal processes.
Jeninga-Nehls, Anya
Division of Extension
Research Area(s): PFAS
Emerging Contaminants Outreach Specialist, Natural Resources Institute, UW-Division of Extension. She provides private well owners, local governments, and academic researchers with up-to-date resources and information about PFAS and other emerging contaminants in Wisconsin's waters.
Jin, Song
UW-Madison
Research Area(s): PFAS, Water Quality Safety & Emerging Contaminants
Francis J. DiSalvo Professor of Physical Science. Research: chemistry and physics of nanoscale and solid-state materials. Developed a new electrochemical method to degrade PFAS, which has been patented by Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
Kamp, Tressie
UW-Milwaukee
Research Area(s): Agricultural Water Management, PFAS, Water Policy Network, Water Quality Safety & Emerging Contaminants
Assistant Director of the Center for Water Policy. Research: Impacts of climate change-induced natural disasters. Former Assistant Attorney General at Wisconsin Department of Justice, where she practiced environmental law and enforced state laws to protect public health and clean water.
King-Heiden, Tisha
UW-La Crosse
Research Area(s): PFAS, Water Quality Safety & Emerging Contaminants
Professor, Biology. Research: the impact of early exposure to emerging contaminants on development and health later in life. Using fish as models, we bridge gaps between ecotoxicology and human health.
Klaper, Rebecca
UW-Milwaukee
Research Area(s): PFAS, Water Quality Safety & Emerging Contaminants
Dean and Professor, School of Freshwater Sciences. Environmental toxicologist who studies the implications of emerging contaminants such as PFAS, pharmaceuticals, nano and microplastics, plasticizers and herbicides on the aquatic environment.
Kleinheinz, Greg
Freshwater Collaborative of WisconsinUW Oshkosh
Research Area(s): Agricultural Water Management, Great Lakes Monitoring & Restoration, Healthy Recreational & Transportation Water Use, Industrial Water Engineering & Technology, PFAS, Water Policy Network, Water Quality Safety & Emerging Contaminants
Viessmann Chair, Professor, & Director of Environmental Research and Innovation Center. Research interests: microplastics, Great Lakes marine debris, sustainable stormwater technologies, well water monitoring, cyanobacterial toxins, microbial indicators of recreational/drinking water quality.
Kumar, Sathish
UW-Madison
Research Area(s): PFAS, Water Quality Safety & Emerging Contaminants
Professor. Research focuses on PFAS, pregnancy health, cardiovascular and metabolic health, reproductive toxicology, emerging contaminants. The lab also investigates underlying biological mechanisms and evaluates potential strategies to reduce PFAS related health effects.
Mondloch, Joseph
UW-Stevens Point
Research Area(s): PFAS, Water Quality Safety & Emerging Contaminants
Professor, Chemistry. Research: Development of porous solids that are capable of removing pollutants, such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl species (PFAS) from water.
Pan, Xuejun
UW-Madison
Research Area(s): PFAS, Water Quality Safety & Emerging Contaminants
Professor. Research: Development of biomass‑derived adsorbents for high‑capacity adsorption and removal of PFAS from water. Sustainable strategies for handling PFAS‑containing biosorbents as well as recovery, purification, and value‑added utilization of the resulting materials.
Pearson, Thomas
Freshwater Collaborative of WisconsinUW-Stout
Research Area(s): PFAS, Water Policy Network, Water Quality Safety & Emerging Contaminants
Professor, Department of Social Sciences
Research Topics: Environmental Justice, Grassroots Organizing, PFAS Contamination
Pompeii, Brian
UW-La Crosse
Research Area(s): PFAS, Water Policy Network, Water Quality Safety & Emerging Contaminants
Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Science. Research Topics: Social Vulnerability, Environmental Change, PFAS Contamination, Sustainability, Hazards, Political Ecology
Remucal, Christy
UW-Madison
Research Area(s): PFAS, Water Quality Safety & Emerging Contaminants
Professor, Aquatic Chemistry. Research Topics: fate of contaminants in aquatic systems.
Suppes, Laura
UW-Eau Claire
Research Area(s): PFAS, Water Policy Network, Water Quality Safety & Emerging Contaminants
Associate Professor, Environmental Public Health Program; Steering Committee, UW Water Policy Network. Research Topics: Chemical and biological hazards in water, impact on human health, quantitative microbial risk assessment.
Wang, Yin
UW-Milwaukee
Research Area(s): Industrial Water Engineering & Technology, PFAS, Water Infrastructure, Water Quality Safety & Emerging Contaminants
Associate Professor. Research Topics: Occurrence, fate and transport, and treatment of emerging and recalcitrant pollutants, such as PFAS and heavy metals. Advanced technologies for water treatment and groundwater remediation, environmental chemistry
Zahasky, Christopher
UW-Madison
Research Area(s): Agricultural Water Management, PFAS, Phosphorus, Water Quality Safety & Emerging Contaminants
Associate Professor. Research focuses on investigating radium, pesticides, excess nutrients, and PFAS fate and transport in Wisconsin aquifers and shallow subsurface. Additional work examines flow in fractured aquifers with the goal of advancing predictive tools for groundwater resource management.