Danny Szydlowski adding Aquashade, a blue dye, to Peter Lake, Michigan, USA in a whole-lake experiment designed to measure and manipulate lake resilience to algal blooms.

I am a limnologist and ecosystem ecologist focusing on how flows of energy, materials, and organisms shape ecosystem resilience to disturbances such as storms, heatwaves, and invasive species. I am in the final year of my PhD in Dr. Grace Wilkinson's Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for Limnology.  I am also a team member on the Cascade Project, which conducts whole-lake experiments at the University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center (UNDERC). I am currently analyzing data from our recent set of whole-lake experiments asking how water color affects lake resilience to algal blooms by blocking light.
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I received my BS in Environmental Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, where I also worked for several years in the aquatic ecology lab of Dr. Stuart Jones. Inspired by my undergraduate research, I went on to complete a MS in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences with Dr. Eric Larson at the University of Illinois, where I investigated the long-term ecosystem effects of invasive rusty crayfish. I have since applied systems thinking to many ecological problems to understand and build resilience while protecting ecosystem services.

You can learn more about my research on the 'Research' tab or on my Google Scholar profile.