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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 …