Contact Information for People at SAGE, UW-Madison

Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1710 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53726 USA
608-265-9119 tel
608-265-4113 fax

map and driving directions to our building (Map Quest)

Positions Available

none at this time

Core Faculty and Staff

Prof. Tracey Holloway
Director
Assistant Professor of
Environmental Studies,
Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
& Civil & Environmental Engineering
Room 201A
608-262-5356
taholloway@wisc.edu

Dr. Carol Barford
Research Scientist, Global Ecosystems
Room 204
608-262-9334
clbarford@wisc.edu

Dr. Rob Beattie
SAGE IGERT Program Associate Director/Academic Coordinator
Room 213
608-890-0912
rbeattie@wisc.edu

Carmela Diosana
Education and Outreach Programs Coordinator
Room 217A
608-265-0604
ccdiosana@wisc.edu

Sheila Hessman
Department Administrator
Room 202
608-265-9119
608-890-2060 (hub - Tues-Fri mornings)
safitzpa@wisc.edu

Dr. Chris Kucharik
Senior Scientist, Agricultural Systems
Room 202A, Lab Room 246
608-263-1859
kucharik@wisc.edu

Prof. Greg Nemet
Assistant Professor of Public Affairs & Environmental Studies
Room 144A
608-890-2515
nemet@wisc.edu

Prof. Mutlu Ozdogan
Assistant Professor of Forest Ecology & Environmental Studies
Room 285
608-890-0336
ozdogan@wisc.edu

Prof. Jonathan Patz
Professor of Environmental Studies & Population Health Sciences
Room 258
608-262-4775
patz@wisc.edu

Prof. Annemarie Schneider
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Room 264
608-890-0557
aschneider4@wisc.edu

Mary Sternitzky
Information Processing Consultant
Room 212
608-263-1412
mjsternitzky@wisc.edu

Graduate Students

Joy Altwies (Nemet)
PhD Student, Environment & Resources
altwies@wisc.edu

Clara Arias (Patz)
MS Student, Conservation Biology & Sustainable Development
Room 287
608-890-0337
ariasmonsalv@wisc.edu

Justin Bagley (Foley)
PhD Student, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
Room 144
608-890-2514
bagley@wisc.edu

Jill Baumgartner (Patz)
PhD Student, Population Health Sciences & Environment & Resources
jcbaumgartne@wisc.edu

Erica Bickford (Holloway)
MS Student, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
Room 144
608-890-2514
ebickford@wisc.edu

Megan Christenson (Patz)
MS Student, Conservation Biology & Sustainable Development
Room 206
608-262-5961
mchristenso2@wisc.edu

Jing Gao (Schneider)
PhD Student, Geography
Room 144
608-890-2514
jgao3@wisc.edu

Josh Ghena (Holloway)
MS Student, Dept. of Urban & Regional Planning
Room 144
608-890-2514
ghena@wisc.edu

Holly Gibbs (Foley)
PhD Student, Environment & Resources
Room 207
608-265-8720
hkgibbs@wisc.edu

Maggie Grabow (Patz)
PhD Student, Environment & Resources
Room 206
608-262-5961
grabow@wisc.edu

Micah Hahn (Patz)
CHANGE Fellow
Room 144
608-890-2514
mbhahn@wisc.edu

Diana Husmann (Nemet)
MS Student, Environment & Resources
husmann@wisc.edu

Matt Johnston (Holloway)
PhD Student, Environment & Resources
Room 287
608-890-0337
mjohnston@wisc.edu

Miles Kirby (Patz)
MS Student, Public Health & Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development
Room 144
608-890-2514
kirby2@wisc.edu

Rachel Licker (Foley)
PhD Student, Environment & Resources
Room 287
608-890-0337
rlicker@wisc.edu

Caitlin Littlefield (Holloway)
MS Student, Environment & Resources
Room 207
608-265-8720
littlefield@wisc.edu

Kelly Logan (Schneider)
MS Student, Environment & Resources
Weston Fellow
Room 144
608-890-2514
kelogan@wisc.edu

Adam Mednick (Holloway)
PhD Student, Urban & Regional Planning
Room 206
608-262-5961
mednick@wisc.edu

Claus Moberg (Holloway)
MS Student, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
Room 207
608-265-8720
ccmoberg@wisc.edu

JP Muller (Nemet)
jpmuller@wisc.edu

Sarah Olson (Patz)
PhD Student, Environment & Resources
and Population Health Sciences
Room 287
608-890-0337
sholson1@wisc.edu

Steven Plachinski (Holloway)
MS Student, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
Room 207
608-265-8720
plachinski@wisc.edu

Alvin Rentsch (Schneider/Ozdogan)
MS Student, Geography
Room 144
608-890-2514
rentsch@wisc.edu

Bill Sacks (Foley)
PhD Student, Environment & Resources
Room 287
608-890-0337
wsacks@wisc.edu

Scott Spak (Holloway)
PhD Student, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
Room 207
608-265-8720
snspak@wisc.edu

Anne Shudy Palmer (Foley)
MS Student, Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development
Certificate on Humans and the Global Environment (CHANGE)
Room 287
608-890-0337
anne.shudy@gmail.com

Chris Uejio (Patz)
PhD Student, Environment & Resources
Room 206
608-262-5961
uejio@wisc.edu

Timothy Wallace (Ozdogan)
PhD Student, Geography
Room 144
608-890-2514
tawallace2@wisc.edu

Paul C. West (Foley)
PhD Student, Limnology & Marine Sciences
Room 206
608-262-5961
and
Great Rivers Center for Conservation & Learning
The Nature Conservancy
633 W. Main St.
Madison, WI 53703
608-251-8140 xt. 157 tel
608-251-8535 fax
pwest@tnc.org

David Zaks (Foley)
MS Student, Environment & Resources
Room 287
608-890-0337
zaks@wisc.edu

Postdoctoral Scientists

Dr. Eungul Lee (Foley)
Postdoctoral Scientist
Room 144B
608-890-2516
elee43@wisc.edu

Dr. Meiyun Lin (Holloway)
Postdoctoral Scientist
Room 144B
608-890-2516
mlin26@wisc.edu

Dr, Anjali Sauthoff (Holloway)
Postdoctoral Scientist
ap768@columbia.edu

Limited Term and Student Employees

George Allez (Foley)
LTE, Data Collection
Room 217
608-265-0604
nikallez@chorus.net

Beth Appelt (Hessman)
Student Hourly, Office
Room 202
608-262-9119
appelt@wisc.edu

Paul Horvatin (Sternitzky)
Student Hourly, IT
Room 212
608-263-1412
horvatin@wisc.edu

Peter Kramer (Sternitzky)
Student Hourly, IDL
Room 217
608-263-1412
pkramer@wisc.edu

Isabella Lau (Patz)
Student Hourly
Room 258
608-262-4775
islau2@gmail.com

Matt Mejac (Schneider)
Student Hourly, GIS
Room 144
608-890-2514
mmejac@wisc.edu

Rachael Steller (Kucharik)
Undergrad Research Assistant, Soil Lab
Room 246
608-263-1859
rsteller@wisc.edu

Teresa Welsh (Hessman)
Student Hourly, Office
Room 202
608-262-9119
twelsh@wisc.edu

Sarah Witmer (Holloway)
Student Hourly, Weston
Room 207
608-265-8720
switmer@wisc.edu

Visitors

Prof. Jon Foley
Honorary Research Staff
Room 144
608-890-2514
jfoley@wisc.edu

Prof. Emily Stanley
Center for Limnology, Fall Semester Sabbatical at SAGE
Room 213
ehstanley@wisc.edu

SAGE Alumni

•Kimberly Nicholas Cahill, MS, Land Resources
"Issues In Evaluating Carbon Sequestration and Attributing Carbon Credits to Grassland Restoration Efforts"

•Jeff Cardille, PhD, Environmental Monitoring
"Characterizing Patterns of Agricultural Land Use in Amazonia by Merging Satellite Imagery and Census Data"

•Simon Donner, PhD in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
"The Impact of Climate and Land Use on Nitrate Export By the Missisippi River"

•Joe Helkowski, MS, Environmental Monitoring
"Global Patterns of Soil Moisture and Runoff: An Assessment of Water Availability"

•Erica Howard, MS, Land Resources and Forest Ecology and Management
"Effects of Logging on Carbon Dynamics of a Jack Pine Forest in Saskatchewan, Canada"

•Nic Jelinski

•Billiana Leff, MS, Environmental Monitoring
"Mapping And Analysis Of Human-Dominated Ecosystems On A Global Scale: A Look at Croplands and Urban Areas"

•Chad Monfreda

•Nick Olejniczak, MS, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
"Usability in Science Web Sites: the Atlas of the Biosphere Project"

•Navin Ramankutty

•Johna Roth, MS, Land Resources with a certificate in Energy Analysis and Policy
"Carbon Sequestration in Dane County: An Analysis of the Scientific and Economic Feasibility of Grasslands to Offset Power Plant Emissions"

•Peter Snyder, PhD, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, Jan 2004
"Examining Vegetation and Climate Interactions: A Comparative Study of Different Vegetation Types and Their Impacts on Atmospheric Energetics and Dynamics at the Regional and Global Scales"

•Tracy Twine, PhD, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, Jan 2004
"Investigating the Effects of Land Cover Change and Climate Variability on the Land Surface Hydrology of the Mississippi River Basin"

•Julie Vano, MS, Land Resources, Dec 2005
"Land Surface Hydrology in Northern Wisconsin, USA: Iinfluences of Climatic Variability and Land Cover"

•Heather Woods, M.S. Staff Scientist, Environmental Resources Management, Chicago, IL