Tag: Petra Wakker

Guest Post: An Invasive Species and An Education on An Ever-Changing Lake

by Julia Buskirk – In 2015, Petra Wakker began her college experience alongside Lake Mendota. She was no stranger to this waterway—before walking alongside the lake on her way to classes at UW–Madison, Wakker had already been working at the Center for Limnology for two years. “I don’t remember a time when I didn’t want …

Socially Distanced Science: Head-Hunting at Home!

Back in March of this year, just as it was becoming clear that “business as usual” was about to be a thing of the past, Petra Wakker walked into Room 101 of Hasler Lab and walked out with a high-powered compound microscope. No, it wasn’t a random act of scientific espionage, it was a carefully …