Upcoming Algal Bloom Action Team Webinar December 3rd: Advances in Water Quality Modeling Through Knowledge Guided Machine Learning

Dr. Paul Hanson is a Distinguished Research Professor and ecosystems ecologist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Center for Limnology. His work explores how climate change, land use, and human activity affect the quality of lakes and freshwater systems. Paul is known for leading interdisciplinary teams and international collaborations, often working at the intersection of ecology, computer science, and engineering. He directs the Environmental Data Initiative (EDI), a national effort to make environmental data more accessible, reusable, and impactful. He also co-founded the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON) Fellows Program, which trains graduate students in team science and big data approaches for studying lakes. His recent research, in collaboration with computer scientists, combines machine learning with ecological knowledge to improve predictions of water quality and applies AI methods to improve metadata annotation for EDI.