Below you will find a list of all personnel involved on the Water for Ag project in alphabetical order by last name. Use the drop-down menus on the top to sort for a specific project team, site, or university. Please note if you sort by name it will default to alphabetical by first name (not last). If you are looking for a specific person you can also use the search box in the upper right-hand corner of the directory.
Description of Project Roles:
Collaborator – Research and outreach personnel providing assistance on specific project components.
Co-Principal Investigator – Research or outreach personnel responsible for implementing project goals and objectives.
Graduate Student – MS or PhD student conducting research with the project as part of their graduate training.
Project Director – Personnel responsible for overall project leadership, management, and administration.
Engagement Lead– Personnel responsible for project site facilitation and management.
Team Lead- Personnel responsible for leading project teams (listed below).
Project Teams:
There are 8 Teams responsible for conducting different aspects of the project.
– State Teams in Arizona, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania that coordinate and assist the activities in each project site.
– Project Teams that manage the research and outreach components of the project:
-Social-Behavioral Research Team
-Biophysical Research Team
-Engagement Team
– Project Advisory Team members are national and regional experts who provide guidance and feedback about the team’s performance and progress.
For any questions or help on using the directory please contact kmc83@psu.edu.
Name | Project Role | Team Membership | University or Organization | ||
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![]() | Lee Ahern | Co-PI | Socio-behavioral, Pennsylvania | Penn State University | laa182@psu.edu |
![]() | Ryan Barnes | Graduate Student | Penn State University | rwb5473@psu.edu | |
![]() | Chrissie Bausch | Collaborator | Arizona State University | jcbausch@asu.edu | |
![]() | Melissa Beresford | Collaborator | Arizona State University | Melissa.Beresford@asu.edu | |
![]() | Kathryn Brasier | Project Director, PI | Pennsylvania, Socio-behavioral, Management, Engagement | Penn State University | kbrasier@psu.edu |
![]() | Anthony Buda | Collaborator | USDA-ARS | Anthony.Buda@ars.usda.gov | |
![]() | Mark Burbach | Co-PI, Team Lead, Site Engagement Lead | Nebraska, Engagement, Socio-behavioral, Management | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | mburbach@unl.edu |
![]() | Cheryl Burkhart-Kriesel | Co-PI, Site Engagement Lead | Nebraska, Engagement | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | cburkhartkriesel1@unl.edu |
![]() | Morey Burnham | Collaborator | Idaho State University | burnmore@isu.edu | |
![]() | Anil Kumar Chaudhary | Co-PI | Pennsylvania, Socio-behavioral | auk259@psu.edu | |
![]() | Denise Coleman | Advisory Committee | NRCS PA | denise.coleman@pa.usda.gov | |
![]() | Danielle Cooper | Collaborator | Arizona State University | dcooper@asu.edu | |
![]() | Jodi Delozier | Graduate Student | Nebraska, Engagement, Socio-behavioral | Univsersity of Nebraska-Lincoln | jodidelozier@gmail.com |
![]() | Dana Divine | Collaborator | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | ddevine2@unl.edu | |
![]() | Meg du Bray | Collaborator | Arizona State University | ||
![]() | Weston M. Eaton | Co-PI, Team Lead | Pennsylvania, Socio-behavioral, Management, Engagement | Penn State University | eatonwes@psu.edu |
![]() | Dean E. Edson | Advisory Committee | Nebraska Association of Resources Districts | dedson@nrdnet.org | |
![]() | Lara Fowler | Co-PI | Pennsylvania, Engagement, Management | Penn State University | lbf10@psu.edu |
![]() | Lilyan Fulginiti | Co-PI | Nebraska | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | lfulginiti@unl.edu |
![]() | Ken Genskow | Advisory Committee | University of Wisconsin-Madison | kgenskow@wisc.edu | |
![]() | Jessica Groskopf | Co-PI | Nebraska, Engagement | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | jgroskopf2@unl.edu |
![]() | Clare Hinrichs | Co-PI | Penn State University | cch11@psu.edu | |
![]() | Michael L. Hile | Co-PI | Pennsylvania, Socio-behavioral | Penn State University | mlh133@psu.edu |
![]() | Virginia Ishler | Co-PI | Pennyslvania, Engagement, Bio-physical | Penn State University | vishler@psu.edu |
![]() | Michael Kern | Advisory Committee | Washington State University | m.kern@wsu.edu | |
![]() | Peter Kleinman | Collaborator | Penn State University | peter.kleinman@ars.usda.gov | |
![]() | Jonathan Laughner | Co-PI, Site Engagement Lead | Pennsylvania, Engagement | Penn State University | jbl14@psu.edu |
![]() | Robert Meinen | Co-PI | Pennsylvania, Bio-physical | Penn State University | rjm134@psu.edu |
![]() | Ruth Mendum | Co-PI | Pennsylvania, Engagment | Penn State University | rmm22@psu.edu |
![]() | Charlayne Mitchell | Collaborator | Arizona State University | cfmitche@asu.edu | |
![]() | Rebecca Muenich | Collaborator | Arizona State University | Rebecca.Muenich.edu | |
![]() | Shad D. Nelson | Advisory Committee | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | shad.nelson@tamuk.edu | |
![]() | Richard K. Perrin | Co-PI | Nebraska | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | rperrin@unl.edu |
![]() | Sarah Porter | Co-PI, Site Engagement Lead | Arizona, Engagement | Arizona State University | s.porter@asu.edu |
![]() | Heather Preisendanz | Co-PI | Pennsylvania, Bio-physical | Penn State University | heg12@psu.edu |
![]() | Barbara Quimby | Site Engagement Lead | Arizona, Engagement, and Social-Behavioral | Arizona State University | barbara.quimby@asu.edu |
![]() | Chittaranjan Ray | Co-PI | Nebraska, Bio-physical | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | cray@nebraska.edu |
![]() | Anais Roque | Collaborator | Arizona State University | adroque@asu.edu | |
![]() | Daran Rudnick | Co-PI | Nebraska, Bio-physical | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | daran.rudnick@unl.edu |
![]() | Nicole Santangelo | Co-PI, Site Engagement Lead | Pennsylvania, Engagement, Bio-physical | Penn State University | nls18@psu.edu |
![]() | George Seperich | Advisory Committee | Arizona State University | george.seperich@asu.edu | |
![]() | Loretta Singletary | Advisory Committee | University of Nevada, Reno | singletaryl@unr.edu | |
![]() | Bryan Swistock | Co-PI | Pennsylvania | Penn State University | brs@psu.edu |
![]() | John Tyson | Co-PI, Site Engagement Lead | Pennsylvania, Bio-pyhsical, Engagement | Penn State University | jtt107@psu.edu |
![]() | Jack Watson | Co-PI, Team Lead | Pennsylvania, Bio-pyhsical, Management | Penn State University | jew21@psu.edu |
![]() | Jason Weigle | Co-PI, Site Engagement Lead | Nebraska, Engagement | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Jason.weigle@unl.edu |
![]() | Hannah Whitley | Graduate Student | Pennsylvania, Socio-behavioral | Penn State University | htw3@psu.edu |
![]() | Walt Whitmer | Co-PI, Team Lead, Site Engagement Lead | Pennsylvania, Engagement, Management | Penn State University | wew2@psu.edu |
![]() | Clinton Williams | Co-PI, Team Lead | Arizona, Bio-pyhsical, Management | USDA-ARS | clinton.williams@ars.usda.gov |
![]() | Amber Wutich | Co-PI | Arizona, Socio-behavioral | Arizona State University | awutich@asu.edu |
![]() | David Yoxtheimer | Co-PI | Pennsylvania, Bio-pyhsical | Penn State University | day122@psu.edu |