GPSCOE Contributors

GPSCOE is a consortium of five universities (University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, Kansas State University, Langston University and Pawnee Nation College) that works under the guidance of a stakeholder advisory group to extend research and technical assistance capabilities through a network of academic, public, and private partners addressing stormwater challenges in the Great Plains region.

Center Faculty:

Jason Vogel, Ph.D., P.E., Director, Professor
Civil Engineering and Environmental Science
University of Oklahoma

Jason Bergtold, Ph.D., Professor
Agricultural Economics
Kansas State University

Felipe Chavez-Ramirez, Ph.D.
Academic Director & Natural Science Coordinator
Pawnee Nation College

Lori Han, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Civil Engineering and Environmental Science
University of Oklahoma

Pierre Kirstetter, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Meteorology, Civil Engineering and Environmental Science
University of Oklahoma

Trisha Moore, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Kansas State University

Robert Nairn, Ph.D., BCES, Professor
Civil Engineering and Environmental Science
University of Oklahoma

Tracey Payton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Horticulture
Langston University

Jaime Schussler, Ph.D., P.E., Assistant Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Oklahoma State University

Ning Wang, Ph.D., Professor
Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
Oklahoma State University

Center Staff:

Justine McCann, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Researcher
Ph.D., Environmental Science, University of Oklahoma, 2025
M.S., Environmental Science, University of Oklahoma, 2021
B.S., Geoscience, Penn State, 2014

Jake McDoulett, B.S., E.I.T., Project Manager
Civil Engineering and Environmental Science
University of Oklahoma

Jessica Steele, B.S., Graduate Research Assistant
Landscape Architecture Graduate Student
University of Oklahoma

Ian Erwin, B.S., Graduate Research Assistant
Environmental Science, Civil Engineering and Environmental Science
The University of Oklahoma

Holly Schnettler, B.S., Graduate Research Assistant
M.S., Environmental Science, Oklahoma State University
B.S., Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, 2025

Elena Hobbs, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Environmental Design Undergrad; Accelerated Master’s Landscape Architecture
University of Oklahoma

Zachary Cole, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Energy Management and MIS; Minor: GIS
University of Oklahoma

Natalie Davis, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Agricultural Economics,
Kansas State University

Doug Peterson, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Agribusiness,
Kansas State University

Jack Pipkin, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Biosystems Engineering: Environmental and Natural Resources,
Oklahoma State University

Riley Linkemann, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering and Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering,
Oklahoma State University

Vanessa Rendon, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Natural Resource Ecology and Management – Fisheries and Aquatic Ecology,
Oklahoma State University