UMESC Teams Members

Principal Scientists

• Brian Ickes
  

Email: bickes@usgs.gov
Phone: 608-781-6298
Fax: 608-783-6006

• Scientific lead - fisheries
• Oversees the collection and analysis of LTRMP fisheries data
• Research activities include:
  • Freshwater community ecology
  • Flood risks associated with cumulative engineering practices
  • Adaptive management
  • Systems modeling
  • Data visualization
    

• Yao Yin

Email: yyin@usgs.gov
Phone: 608-781-6350
Fax: 608-783-6006

• Scientific lead - vegetation
• Oversees the collection and analysis of LTRMP vegetation data
• Research activities include:
  • Vegetation response to water level fluctuations
  • Flood-induced forest succession
  • Restoration of riverine ecological processes

• Jeff N. Houser

Email: jhouser@usgs.gov
Phone: 608-781-6262
Fax: 608-783-6006

• Scientific lead - water quality
• Oversees the collection and analysis of LTRMP water quality data
• Research activities include:
  • Dynamics of dissolved oxygen, respiration, and primary production in the Mississippi River system

• James Rogala
  

Email: jrogala@usgs.gov
Phone: 608-781-6373
Fax: 608-783-6006

• Scientific lead - bathymetry
• Scientific support (UMESC and field stations)
  • Database quality assurance
  • Geospatial data development
  • Data analysis and reporting
  • Survey designs

• Jennifer S. Sauer
  

Email: jsauer@usgs.gov
Phone: 608-781-6376
Fax: 608-783-6006

• Scientific lead - invertebrates
• Administrative support
• Coordinates field operations for fisheries and aquatic vegetation monitoring
• Research activities include:
  • Investigating waterfowl die-offs associated with the invasive faucet snail (Bithynia tentaculata)

• Larry R. Robinson
  

Email: lrobinson@usgs.gov
Phone: 608-781-6354
Fax: 608-783-6006

• Coordinates/implements geospatial development/analysis projects
  • Collection of aerial photography
  • Development of geospatial datasets (e.g., land cover, aquatic areas)
  • Processing of elevation data (LIDAR)

• Nathan R. De Jager
  
  Email: ndejager@usgs.gov
  Phone: 608.781.6232
  Fax: 608.783.6066

• Scientific lead - Landscape Ecology
• Ecologist

• Brian R. Gray
  

Email: brgray@usgs.gov
Phone: 608-781-6234
Fax: 608-783-6006

• Statistical analysis

Consulting and Support Staff

• Xaoli Yuan
  

Email: xyuan@usgs.gov
Phone: 608-781-6302
Fax: 608-783-6006

• Laboratory supervisor, water quality

• Rebecca M. Kreiling
  

Email: rkreiling@usgs.gov
Phone: 608-781-6346
Fax: 608-783-6006

• Laboratory technician, water quality

• Benjamin A. Schlifer
  

Email: bschlifer@usgs.gov
Phone: 608-781-6359
Fax: 608-783-6006

• Database programming/management