Shane Lishawa

Shane Lishawa is a wetland ecologist with focused expertise on Laurentian Great Lakes coastal wetlands. He is a Senior Research Associate at Loyola University Chicago. Lishawa is interested in investigating the interplay between invasive plant species and biodiversity, plant community dynamics, nutrient and carbon cycling, and water level change in Great Lakes coastal wetland ecosystems. Working with students, tribes, federal agencies, and conservation non-profits, he is conducting large-scale adaptive ecological restoration experiments that test methods to treat invasive species, improve habitat values, and restore ecosystems that support culturally and ecologically important species.