Danny Szydlowski using a sonde to take vertical profiles of chlorophyll in Peter Lake, Michigan, USA.

Danny is a PhD candidate in Dr. Grace Wilkinson's Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for Limnology. Danny’s research focuses on the effects of external disturbances on lake ecosystems, including everything from storms to heatwaves to invasive species. He is currently investigating the effects of storms on lake phytoplankton production, and is excited to start a whole-lake experiment in Peter and Paul Lakes investigating lake resilience to nutrient loading.
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Danny received his BS in Environmental Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, where he also worked for several years in the aquatic ecology lab of Dr. Stuart Jones. Inspired by his undergraduate research, Danny went on to complete a MS in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences with Dr. Eric Larson at the University of Illinois, where he investigated the long-term ecosystem effects of invasive rusty crayfish.

 ~Trout Lake~