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Name	Research Themes	Research Keywords	Research Topics	Research Overview	Researcher Department
Steve Wilson	Water and Land Stewardship	Groundwater Rain Gauge Observation Well	Water Resources	Surveys conduct state-of-the-art research and collect, analyze, archive, and disseminate high-quality, objective data and technical information. The information, services, and products provide a sound technical basis for the citizens and policymakers of Illinois and the nation to make wise social, economic, and environmental decisions. The purpose of the rain gauge and groundwater observation well networks is to collect long-term data to determine the impact of groundwater withdrawals during dry periods and during the growing season, and the rate at which the aquifer recharges.	Illinois State Water Survey
Don Wuebbles	Water and Land Stewardship	Climate change Ozone layer protection Global warming	Climate Modeling Simulation & Prediction	Interactions of atmospheric chemistry and physical processes affecting atmospheric composition. Climate change/ Ozone layer protection/ Global Warming	Atmospheric Sciences
Julie Zilles	Water and Land Stewardship	Biological wastewater treatment	Public Health Technology	Research areas include the effects of agricultural antibiotic use on antibiotic resistance levels in swine waste treatment systems and manure-amended soils, the microbial ecology of denitrification in tile drainage bioreactors, the development of biomimetic membranes for desalination, the microbial physiology of enhanced biological phosphorus removal, and gene expression and genetic adaptation for herbicide degradation in a model dynamic soil system.	Civil and Environmental Engineering
Brian Anderson	Water and Land Stewardship	Water law Aquatic conservation	Systems International Engagement	Water law and aquatic conservation planning.	Illinois Natural History Survey
Ephantus Muturi	Water and Land Stewardship	Aquatic arthropod Vectors	Public Health	Conducts research on ecological interactions among container mosquitoes, including mosquito-virus interactions. Competitive interactions between mosquito species, assessing the interactive effects of temperature and sublethal doses of insecticides on adult mosquito fitness and evaluating how larval environment influences vector competence for arboviruses	Illinois Natural History Survey
Dave Wahl	Water and Land Stewardship	Fish Ecology Fish Behavior	Environment & Ecology	Behavioral fish ecology, fish population dynamics. Research interests are in the broad areas of aquatic ecology and the use of ecological theory in solving problems in applied fisheries management.	Illinois Natural History Survey
Sergiusz Czesny	Water and Land Stewardship	Molecular Ecology of Fishes	Environment & Ecology	Lake Michigan fisheries, yellow perch, food webs.	Illinois Natural History Survey
Patrice Charlebois	Water and Land Stewardship	Aquatic Invasive Species	Environment & Ecology	Aquatic Nuisance Species Outreach	Illinois Natural History Survey
Chris Taylor	Water and Land Stewardship	Non-game fishes Crayfish	Environment & Ecology	Stream ecology and identification of crustaceans.	Illinois Natural History Survey
Steve Taylor	Water and Land Stewardship	aquatic habitats aquatic invasive species Biospeleology Heteroptera Karst	Environment & Ecology	Biospeleology, Heteroptera, Karst, Pseudoscorpiones, Gerromorpha, Aradidae	Illinois Natural History Survey

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