Neal O'Reilly

  • Emeritus Associate Professor, Conservation & Environmental Science

Education

  • PhD, Environmental Engineering and Environmental Law, Marquette University, 2007
  • MS, Environmental Engineering, Marquette University, 1999
  • BS, Aquatic Biology and Environmental Geology, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 1977

Teaching Schedule

Course Num Title Meets
CES 515-001 Environmental Law for Natural Resource Managers T 2:30pm-5:10pm
CES 515G-001 Environmental Law for Natural Resource Managers T 2:30pm-5:10pm

Courses Taught

  • CES 471 - Practicum in Natural Resources Management
  • CES 499 - Ad Hoc: Environmental Law for Natural Resource Managers
  • CES 651 - Principles of Stream Management and Restoration

Awards

  • 2016 Michael Frome Outreach Award by the Ozaukee Washington Land Trust for “demonstrating excellence in education related to land preservation and the environment."

Biographical Sketch

Dr. Neal O’Reilly is an environmental engineer and hydrologist with over 37 years of experience in the field of water resource management. He has worked throughout the United States on projects that have involved lake, stream and wetland restoration, fish passage, stormwater management, watershed planning, and environmental assessment. His doctoral research focused on data mining and development of non-linear models to predict environmental response to environmental stresses. In addition to his PhD in Environmental Engineering, Dr. O’Reilly has a doctoral minor in Environmental Law, a Master’s in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Bachelor of Science degrees in Aquatic Ecology and Geology. He worked for 15 years with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource as a Water Resources Planner and 23 years in private consulting for clients such as the State of Wisconsin, State of Illinois and US Environmental Protection Agency.

UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.   |   To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website.