Dr. John A. Luczaj

I have broad interests in many aspects of hydrogeology, geochemistry, and sedimentology. My current projects include mapping the bedrock geology of Brown County, recovery of water levels in the confined aquifer of northeastern Wisconsin, the history of Maribel Caves, and the water-rock interaction history of Paleozoic carbonate rocks.

Ph.D. Geology, Johns Hopkins University: May 2000.

Dissertation: Epigenetic dolomitization and sulfide mineralization in Paleozoic rocks of eastern Wisconsin: Implications for fluid flow out of the Michigan Basin, U.S.A.

M.S. Geology, University of Kansas. December 1995 (with honors)

Thesis: Origin and timing of uranium-bearing diagenetic phases in the lower Krider Member of the Nolans Limestone, Hugoton embayment, southwest Kansas.

B.S. Geology, University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh. May 1993 (magna cum laude)

Articles, Reports, and Maps:

Luczaj, J.A., (2011; accepted, in revision), Geology of the Niagara Escarpment in Wisconsin. Geoscience Wisconsin.

Luczaj, J.A., 2010, The Significance of Faulting to the Hydrogeology of the Cambro-Ordovician Aquifer System in Northeastern Wisconsin. WGWA Newsletter, v. 24, no. 4.

Luczaj, J.A., 2010, Preliminary Geologic Map of Buried Bedrock Surface: De Pere, Green Bay West, Hilbert, Little Tail Point, Oneida North, Oneida South, Pulaski, Suamico, Wrightstown, and Zachow Quadrangles, Wisconsin. Submitted as part of Bedrock Geology of Brown County, Wisconsin STATEMAP Project, Year 1. 1:24,000 Scale.

Luczaj, J.A. and Hart, D.J., 2009, Drawdown in the Northeast Groundwater Management Area (Brown, Outagamie, and Calumet Counties, WI). Final Project Report submitted to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources on July 3, 2009; 59 pages.

Luczaj, J.A., 2009, Preliminary Geologic Map of Buried Bedrock Surface: Bellevue, Brillion, Denmark, Dyckesville, Green Bay, Greenleaf, Morrison, New Franken, Poland, and Reedsville Quadrangles, Wisconsin. Submitted as part of Bedrock Geology of Brown County, Wisconsin STATEMAP Project, Year 1. 1:24,000 Scale.

Luczaj, J.A. and McIntire, M.J, 2008, Geochemical Characterization of Sulfide Mineralization in Eastern Wisconsin Carbonate Rocks. Final Project Report submitted to the UW Water Resources Institute on October 6, 2008; 13 pages, plus appendices.

Luczaj, J. A. and Stieglitz, R, 2008, Geologic History of New Hope Cave, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Speleologist, June 2008, p. 7-17.

Luczaj, J. A., 2006, Evidence against the Dorag (Mixing-Zone) model for dolomitization along the Wisconsin arch – A case for hydrothermal diagenesis. AAPG Bulletin, v. 90, p. 1719-1738.

Luczaj, J. A., Harrison, W. B., III, and Williams, N. S., 2006, Fractured Hydrothermal Dolomite Reservoirs in the Devonian Dundee Formation of the Central Michigan Basin. AAPG Bulletin, v. 90, p. 1787-1801.

Luczaj, J. A., 2006, Sulfur Isotopes from Mississippi Valley-Type Mineralization in Eastern Wisconsin. in, J. Day, J. Luczaj, and R. Anderson eds., New Perspectives and Advances in Understanding of Lower and Middle Paleozoic Epeiric Carbonate Depositional Systems of the Iowa and Illinois Basins. Iowa Geological Survey Guidebook Series, no. 25, p. 137-142. (published in October 2006)

Luczaj, J. A., 2001, A mineralized breccia pipe near Racine, Wisconsin: Evidence for post-Silurian igneous activity. in, R.D. Hagni ed., Studies on Ore Deposits, Mineral Economics, and Applied Mineralogy: With Emphasis on Mississippi Valley-type Base Metal and Carbonatite-related Ore Deposits: University of Missouri-Rolla Press, pp. 31-43.

Presentations at Professional Meetings:

Luczaj, J.A., 2011, How High Will The Water Rise? Flooding of the Duck Creek Quarry as an Unintended Consequence of Deep Aquifer Recovery (Brown County, Wisconsin). American Association of Water Resources Wisconsin Section Meeting in Appleton, Wisconsin on March 3-4, 2011.

Hart, D. and Luczaj, J.A., 2010, Ambient Flow and Heterogeneity in Multi-Aquifer Wells. American Association of Water Resources Wisconsin Section Meeting in Middleton, Wisconsin on March 4-5, 2010.

Maas, J.C. and Luczaj, J.A., 2010, Drawdown, Recovery, and Hydrostratigraphy in the Northeast Groundwater Management Area (Brown, Outagamie, and Calumet Counties, WI). American Association of Water Resources Wisconsin Section Meeting in Middleton, Wisconsin on March 4-5, 2010. (Poster Presentation).

Hart, D., Gotkowitz, M., and Luczaj, J., 2009, Ambient Flow and Heterogeneity in Multi-Aquifer Wells. American Geophysical Union National Meeting in San Francisco, California, December 14-18, 2009.

Luczaj, J.A., McIntire, M.J., Steffel, A.M., and Duca, A.L., 2009, Geochemical Characterization of Sulfide Mineralization in Eastern Wisconsin Carbonate Rocks. American Association of Water Resources Wisconsin Section Meeting in Stevens Point, Wisconsin on March 5-6, 2008. (Poster Presentation).

Maas, J.C., Hart, D.J., and Luczaj, J.A., 2009, Groundwater Recovery and Hydrostratigraphy in the Northeastern Groundwater Management Area of Brown, Outagamie, and Calumet Counties, Wisconsin. American Association of Water Resources Wisconsin Section Meeting in Stevens Point, Wisconsin on March 5-6, 2008. (Poster Presentation).

Luczaj, J.A., 2008, A Genetic Link between Hydrothermal Dolomite and MVT Mineralization in Eastern Wisconsin. American Association of Petroleum Geologists – Society of Petroleum Engineers – Eastern Section Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 14, 2008. (*Invited 30-minute oral presentation).

Hart*, D., Luczaj, J. A., and Chase, P., 2008, A Large Scale Pumping Test in the Northeastern Wisconsin Groundwater Management Area. American Association of Water Resources Wisconsin Section Meeting in Brookfield, Wisconsin on March 6-7, 2008. (* oral presentation)

Luczaj, J. A., Millen, T., and Martin, J., 2007, A lead-isotopic study of Galena from Eastern Wisconsin: Evidence for lead sources in Precambrian basement rocks. Geological Society of America, North-Central/South Central Meeting in Lawrence Kansas on April 11-13, 2007. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 3, p. 67. (Poster presentation)

I teach a wide variety of geoscience and environmental science courses at UW-Green Bay. These include Introduction to Earth Science, Physical Geology, Geologic Evolution of the Earth, Stratigraphy & Sedimentation, Quaternary Geology, Geologic Field Methods, Geomorphology, Soils & Geology of Wisconsin Field Trip, Groundwater Resources & Regulations, and Radioactivity: Past, Present, and Future.

Associate Professor of Geoscience/Chair of Geoscience

Department of Natural & Applied Sciences

University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

2420 Nicolet Drive - ES-317

Green Bay, WI 54311

Office Phone: (920) 465-5139

Email: luczajj@uwgb.edu