Anita Thompson

Credentials: Professor, Biological Systems Engineering; Chair, Nelson Institute Water Resources Management Program

Email: amthompson2@wisc.edu

PROGRAM AFFILIATIONS

  • Biological Systems Engineering
  • Institute for Environmental Studies
  • Environmental Chemistry and Technology

EDUCATION

  • B.S. 1995 – Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota
  • M.S. 1997 – Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, University of Minnesota
  • Ph.D. 2001 – Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, University of Minnesota

FIELDS OF INTEREST

  • Hydrologic implications of land use change
  • Urban hydrology and stormwater management
  • Water quality impacts of biofuel crop production
  • Cold regions hydrology
  • Hydrologic modeling
  • Sediment, nutrient and pathogen transport
  • Polyacrylamides and biosolids for fertilizer and erosion management