S3OK Research Team

The OK NSF EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Award No. OIA-1946093 (2020-2025), Socially Sustainable Solutions for Water, Carbon, and Infrastructure Resilience in Oklahoma, is a social science-led, multi-disciplinary collaboration among social, physical, biological, engineering, and computational scientists. More than forty researchers from Oklahoma State University, University of Oklahoma, University of Tulsa, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Langston University, East Central University, and Noble Research Institute are working together on the $20 million NSF EPSCoR project, which began on July 1, 2020. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education will provide $800,000 annually in matching funds during the five-year award.

The research team is working to develop and test science-based solutions for complex problems at the intersection of land use, water availability, and infrastructure in Oklahoma.

OK EPSCoR State Director
Dr. Raman P. Singh
raman.singh@okstate.edu

Project Director & PI
Dr. Kevin Wagner
kevin.wagner@okstate.edu
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Co-Principal Investigators
Dr. Hank Jenkins-Smith
hjsmith@ou.edu
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Dr. Carol L. Silva
clsilva@ou.edu
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Research Team Members

SD Focus Area: Social Dynamics Research Framework

Dr. Kuhika Gupta

Research Scientist
Center for Risk and Crisis Management | Center for Energy, Security and Society University of Oklahoma

Dr. Hank Jenkins-Smith

Assoc. Director, Institute for Public Policy Research & Analysis | Assoc. Professor, Department of Political Science University of Oklahoma

Dr. Dayton Lambert

Professor
Department of Agricultural Economics Oklahoma State University

Dr. Michael Long

Professor
Department of Sociology Oklahoma State University

Christopher Malloy

Assistant Professor of Economics
Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences University of Oklahoma

Dr. Joseph Ripberger

Asst. Professor, Department of Political Science | Deputy Director for Research, Center for Risk & Crisis Management University of Oklahoma

Dr. Carol L. Silva

Co-Director, Institute for Public Policy Research & Analysis | Edith Kinney Gaylord Presidential Professor, Department of Political Science University of Oklahoma

Dr. Charles Spurlock

Asst. Professor
Department of Social Science and Humanities Langston University

Sydney Casebolt

Grad Student University of Tulsa

Kaitlin Diodosio

Ph.D. Student University of Oklahoma

Lara Goncalves

Grad Student Oklahoma State University

Sara Asgari Gouraj

Grad Student University of Oklahoma

Martha Sibley

Ph.D. Student Oklahoma State University

Sheriff Hassan

Grad Student Oklahoma State University

Belal Hossain

Grad Student

Maggie Leon-Corwin

Postdoc University of Oklahoma

Katie Peach

Ph.D. Student University of Oklahoma

Pavithra Selvakumar

Ph.D. Student Oklahoma State University

S2S Focus Area: Changing Subseasonal to Seasonal Weather Patterns

Dr. Jason Furtado

Asst. Professor
School of Meteorology University of Oklahoma

Dr. Elinor Martin

Asst. Professor, Assoc. Director for Undergrad. Studies
School of Meteorology University of Oklahoma

Dr. Yuting Zhou

Asst. Professor | Co-director, Center for Applications of Remote Sensing
Department of Geography Oklahoma State University

Stuart Edris

Grad Student University of Oklahoma

Taylor Grace

Grad Student University of Oklahoma

Daniel Mesheske

Ph.D. Student University of Oklahoma

Ollie Millin

Grad Student University of Oklahoma

Henry Olasunkanmi Olayiwola

Grad Student University of Oklahoma

Bryony Puxley

Grad Student University of Oklahoma

TWCD Focus Area: Terrestrial Water & Carbon Dynamics

Dr. Myoung-Hwan Chi

Research Lab Facility Scientist Noble Research Institute

Dr. Kevin Wagner

Project Director & PI, OK NSF EPSCoR * Director, OK Water Resources Center * Thomas E. Berry Professorship
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences Oklahoma State University

Dr. Xiangming Xiao

George Lynn Cross Research Professorship | Professor, Dept. of Microbiology & Plant Biology | Director, Earth Observation & Modeling Facility | Assoc. Director, Center for Spatial Analysis University of Oklahoma

Dr. Jia Yang

Assistant Professor
Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management Oklahoma State University

Dr. Chris Zou

Professor and Ecohydrologist
Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management Oklahoma State University

Jorge Celis

Grad Student University of Oklahoma

Cole Davis

Grad Student Oklahoma State University

Alex Desjardins

Grad Student Oklahoma State University

Shanmin Fang

Grad Student Oklahoma State University

Cheng Meng

Ph.D. Student University of Oklahoma

Eloa Moura Araujo

Post-doc Noble Research Institute

Baihong Pan

Ph.D. Student University of Oklahoma

Li Pan

Ph.D. Student University of Oklahoma

Aisha Sams

Grad Student Oklahoma State University

Zuri Seymour

Undergrad Oklahoma State University

Abby Winrich

Grad Student Oklahoma State University

Yuan Yao

Ph.D. Student University of Oklahoma

Tian Zhang

Ph.D. Student Oklahoma State University

V-MQW Focus Area: Variable & Marginal Quality Water Supplies

Dr. Clint Aichele

Assoc. Professor & Lew Ward Faculty Fellow
School of Chemical Engineering Oklahoma State University

Dr. Prem Bikkina

Assoc. Professor
School of Chemical Engineering Oklahoma State University

Dr. Babu Fathepure

Assoc. Professor
Dept. of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Oklahoma State University

Dr. Mary E. Foltz

Asst. Professor Oklahoma State University

Dr. Timothy Hubin

Bernhardt Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry and Physics Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Dr. Seok-Jhin Kim

Asst. Professor
School of Chemical Engineering Oklahoma State University

Dr. Mark Krzmarzick

Asst. Professor
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Oklahoma State University

Dr. Kiranmayi Mangalgiri

Asst. Professor
Dept. of Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering Oklahoma State University

Dr. Robert Nairn

David L. Boren Professor | Sam K. Viersen Family Foundation Presidential Professor | Director, Center for Restoration of Ecosystems & Watersheds | Assoc. Director, Water Technologies for Emerging Regions Center
School of Civil Engineering & Environmental Science University of Oklahoma

Dr. Jason Vogel

Director, Oklahoma Water Survey | Professor
School of Civil Engineering & Environmental Science University of Oklahoma

Dr. Kevin Wagner

Project Director & PI, OK NSF EPSCoR * Director, OK Water Resources Center * Thomas E. Berry Professorship
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences Oklahoma State University

Dr. Tiantian Yang

Asst. Professor
School of Civil Engineering & Environmental Science University of Oklahoma

Aayush Adhikari

Grad Student University of Oklahoma

Damilare Ajagbe

Ph.D. Student Oklahoma State University

Saeed Azizi

Ph.D. Student Oklahoma State University

Rupom Bhattacherjee

Grad Student Oklahoma State University

Nathaniel Bolujoko

Grad Student Oklahoma State University

Leslie Garcia

Undergrad Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Shaima Khalifah

Ph.D. Student Oklahoma State University

Raana Koushki

Ph.D. Student Oklahoma State University

Somrita Mondal

Post-doc Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Dilip Neupane

Grad Student University of Oklahoma

Sushobhan Pradhan

Post-doc Oklahoma State University

James Queen

Grad Student University of Oklahoma

Alireza Zahedi

Grad Student Oklahoma State University

Sreemala Das Mjumder

Grad Student Oklahoma State University

Matt Varriale

Grad Student University of Oklahoma

SI Focus Area: Sustainable Infrastructure

Dr. P. Scott Harvey

Assoc. Professor
Gallogly College of Engineering University of Oklahoma

Dr. Gerald Miller

Rapp Foundation Presidential Professor | Assoc. Director
School of Civil Engineering & Environmental Science University of Oklahoma

Dr. Paul Moses

Asst. Professor
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Oklahoma

Dr. K.K. “Muralee” Muraleetharan

Kimmell-Bernard Chair in Engineering | David Ross Boyd & Presidential Professor
School of Civil Engineering & Environmental Science University of Oklahoma

Dr. Arif Sadri

Assistant Professor
School of Civil Engineering & Environmental Science University of Oklahoma

Tareq Abuawad

Ph.D. Student University of Oklahoma

Omid Bahrami

Post-doc University of Oklahoma

Tommy Bounds

University of Oklahoma

Richard Campos

Ph.D. Student University of Oklahoma

Saeideh Farahani

Post-Doc University of Oklahoma

H. M. Imran Kays

Ph.D. Student University of Oklahoma

Vinushika Panchalogaranjan

Ph.D. Student University of Oklahoma

Ali Shojaeian

Ph.D. Student University of Oklahoma

Srijana Shrestha

Ph.D. Student University of Oklahoma

Mahyar Taheri

Ph.D. Student Oklahoma State University