Geoscience – Badger Talks – UW–Madison

Carsyn Ames

mreinfeldt — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 20:53:47 +0000

Carsyn has served as the curator for the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (WGNHS) since 2018. Overseeing more than 125 miles of rock core, 12,000 individual sets of water well cuttings, and over 15,000 hand samples and related documentation, Carsyn spends her time working with the collections in various capacities. Often, Carsyn can be found making efforts to better organize and preserve samples for their future use in WGNHS projects and beyond. She earned her M.S. in Geology at the University of Iowa after growing up in the upstate of South Carolina, and attending the University of South Carolina for her B.S.

Karthik Anantharaman

mreinfeldt — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:49:48 +0000

Dr. Karthik Anantharaman is an Associate Professor and Vilas Faculty Fellow in the Department of Bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where his laboratory studies microbial and viral ecology with applications for human and environmental health, such as in antimicrobial resistance and phage therapy. His interdisciplinary research program uses a combination of computational, laboratory and field-based experiments to develop and apply novel approaches to study viral diversity, ecology, and evolution in environments ranging from soil, lakes, oceans, and the human gut.

Annie Bauer

jbedermann — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 15:52:37 +0000

Annie Bauer is a geologist and geochronologist– she studies how the Earth became a habitable planet, from the origin and evolution of the earliest continents to the development of an oxygen-rich atmosphere. In her work, Annie uses the decay of radioactive isotopes in rocks and minerals as chronometers and tracers of major geological processes.

Kenneth Bradbury

fpuleo — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 21:02:16 +0000

Kenneth Bradbury served as the Director of the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, and as Wisconsin’s State Geologist. He received a PhD in Geology from UW–Madison and has worked on groundwater issues in Wisconsin for over 30 years.

Eric Carson

jbedermann — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 16:09:17 +0000

Eric Carson is a geologist with the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey and a professor at UW-Madison. His research focuses on how landscapes evolve over geologic time and, particularly, processes associated with rivers, floods, and the last glaciation in Wisconsin.

Jingyi Huang

mreinfeldt — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 20:04:21 +0000

I am an associate professor from the Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, UW-Madison. My research, education, and outreach programs focus on integrating sensing technologies and models, including artificial intelligence, to improve the understanding of terrestrial water, carbon, nutrient, and energy cycles and sustainable natural resources management under climate change and human activities.

A speaker fee applies.

Amanda Latham

mreinfeldt — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 15:22:24 +0000

Amanda Latham is a Climate Outreach Specialist for the Wisconsin State Climatology Office. She has a background in science communication, having worked as a broadcast meteorologist for five years after completing a B.S. in atmospheric and oceanic science from UW—Madison. At the state climate office, she works to design, promote, and support educational programming and outreach to help partners understand and adapt to weather and climate challenges in Wisconsin.

Licheng Liu

mreinfeldt — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:32:46 +0000

Licheng Liu is a researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who develops AI models guided by scientific knowledge to better understand and predict how ecosystems work. His research spans agricultural systems, watersheds, and wetlands, using satellite data and crop and Earth system models to track carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles across landscapes. He has published in journals including Nature Communications, Global Change Biology, and Remote Sensing of Environment. His goal is to turn complex environmental data into practical tools that support farmers, land managers, and communities making decisions about food production, water quality, and natural resources.

Talks can also be offered in Chinese (Mandarin).

David Lovelace

jnweaver — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 20:34:16 +0000

Dave Lovelace is a vertebrate paleontologist specializing in Triassic-aged rocks of the Rocky Mountain West (252-201 million years ago). He joined the UW Geology Museum team as a research scientist after completing his PhD at UW-Madison’s Department of Geoscience in 2012. Dave combines the study of ancient bones, trackways, and soils to build a picture of what ecosystems looked like 230 million years ago — when the first mammals, turtles, crocodiles, lizards, dinosaurs, and birds evolved. Since becoming a member of the museum team, Dave had made several exciting discoveries including: the oldest known turtle tracks in the world, two mass-death-assemblages of Late Triassic amphibians, and the oldest dinosaur tracks in Wyoming.

Dave is unavailable until 2027.

Testimonials

Your presentation was excellent. You did such a good job relaying a rather complex subject to a bunch laymen…. You are certainly an expert in your field of expertise and also bird anatomy. – Kevin D., Lakeland Audubon Society

David Mickelson

jnweaver — Mon, 01 May 2017 20:58:12 +0000

David M. Mickelson is Emeritus Professor of Geoscience, Geological Engineering, and Water Resources Management at UW–Madison and has taught glacial geology, intro geomorphology, coastal geomorphology, air photo interpretation and Geology of the National Parks at Wisconsin since 1971. Geomorphology is the study of earth surface processes. One area of his research includes glacial geology. He has done research on modern glaciers and glacial deposits in Sweden, Norway, Argentina, China, Alaska, the Rocky Mountains, New England, and the Midwest. His continuing research interest has been the glacial deposits and the glacial history of Wisconsin. His other main area of research is shoreline erosion and nearshore and beach processes. He has published numerous papers on shore processes on the Great Lakes and on Wisconsin glaciation. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Ice Age Trail Alliance since 2010. He is the first author of the book “Geology of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail” published by the University of Wisconsin Press in late 2011.