Research

Current Projects:

Groundwater Pumping and the Potential for Arsenic Release

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Funded Proposal: Evaluation of the potential for arsenic release in two cones of depression in northeastern Wisconsin

Collaborators: Erin Berns-Herrboldt (PI), John Luczaj (UW-Green Bay), David Hart (UW-Madison Extension, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey); Graduate Student - Sean Babasin

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Leaching in the Vadose Zone

UW System Funded Proposal: An experimental investigation on the leaching of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from contaminated soil

Collaborators: Shangping Xu (UW-Milwaukee, PI), Yin Wang (UW-Milwaukee), Erin Berns-Herrboldt 

Phosphorus Storage and Transport in Streambank Sediments

Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin Funded Proposal: Quantifying the impact of spatial and temporal variation in hyporheic zone fluxes on phosphorus transport and release in Wisconsin streams and rivers

Collaborators: Erin Berns-Herrboldt (PI), Chris Zahasky (co-PI, UW-Madison), Amy Workman (UW-Madison Extension, Upham Woods), David Hart (UW-Madison Extension, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey); Graduate Student - Maya Desai

Previous Projects:

Arctic Soil Organic Carbon Decomposition Under Changing Soil Moisture

Chlorinated Solvent (Bio)remediation in Groundwater