Rate My Professor Jessica Warwick

Warwick's research interests center on wetland ecology, native plants, and phosphorus dynamics in agricultural and urban runoff treatment systems. She is a Co-Principal Investigator on a $750,000 USDA NIFA Capacity Building Grant (2023-70001-41003), awarded to Lead PI Michael Holly along with Co-PIs Karen Stahlheber and Mandeep Bakshi. The project enhances agricultural research capacity at UWGB by developing and promoting constructed wetlands to remove phosphorus from runoff, mitigating harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes. It funds three graduate research assistantships, multiple undergraduate assistants, and remote water quality monitoring equipment, with collaborators from Outagamie County, USGS, and UW-Platteville. Additionally, Warwick co-mentors a 2025 Freshwater@UW Summer Research project (GB04) evaluating novel combinations of native wetland plants and the crayfish Faxonius immunis to optimize phosphorus removal in sedimentation basins through field experiments, water quality analysis, plant growth monitoring, and biomass processing. In pedagogy, she delivered a Natural & Applied Sciences seminar on October 6, 2023, titled 'Teaching and mentoring first-year students: Reflections on the first five years.' Warwick also serves as an alternate on Faculty Senate committees and participates in initiatives like the Tiny Earth program.