Grace Wilkinson

Associate Professor

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gwilkinson@wisc.edu

Hasler Laboratory
Center for Limnology

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Research

Aquatic Biology, Ecology

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Grace Wilkinson is a limnologist and ecosystem ecologist who studies how lakes are responding to environmental change. Her research examines how interactions between lakes and their surrounding landscapes shape water quality, nutrient and greenhouse gas cycling, harmful algal blooms, and ecosystem resilience. Her lab combines long-term observations, comparative surveys, and whole-ecosystem experiments to understand the drivers of lake dynamics and anticipate how freshwater ecosystems will respond to climate change and other disturbances.

A photo of a red pontoon boat at a dock with a storm looming over the lake behind it. — Lake Mendota, the best studied lake in the world

An aerial photo of two lakes divided by a narrow road and surrounded by forest. The lake on the left appears green, while the lake on the right looks more blue. — Peter Lake (left) during a whole-lake experiment to induce an algal bloom, next to Paul Lake (right), the reference ecosystem.

Education

PhD, Environmental Science, University of Virginia, 2015

BS, Biology, St. Olaf College, 2010