The Tipping Point Planner is a collaborative effort by researchers, extension staff, and students from universities and organizations in the Great Lakes region. Click on the links below to learn more about collaborators and their work.









NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
- Dr. Edward Rutherford – Research Fishery Biologist

Human-Environment Modeling & Analysis Laboratory
- Dr. Bryan Pijanowski – Professor
- Dr. Kimberly Robinson – Former Graduate Student
- NahNah Kim – Former Graduate Student
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
- Dr. Bernard Engel – Professor and Department Head
- Dr. Larry Theller – Research Associate (Retired)
- Dr. Yaoze Liu – Postdoctoral Research Assistant
- Dr. Jingqiu Chen – Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Michigan State University Hydrogeology Lab
- Dr. David Hyndman – Professor and Department Chair
- Dr. Anthony Kendall – Research Assistant Professor
- Dr. Sherry Martin – Research Associate
- Emily Luscz – Former Graduate Student
- Quercus Hamlin - Graduate Student
- Luwen Wan - Graduate Student
Michigan State University Center for Water Sciences
- Dr. R. Jan Stevenson – Professor and Co-Director of CWS

Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability
- Dr. Mike Wiley – Professor (Retired)
- Dr. Catherine Riseng – Professor

University of Minnesota Duluth Natural Resource Research Institute
- Dr. Lucinda Johnson –Associate Director for Water

- Dr. Brian Miller – Director (Retired) and Project Manager
- Kara Salazar - Sustainable Communities Extension Specialist
- Dan Walker - Community Planning Extension Specialist
- Lydia Utley - Data Analyst
Funding for the Tipping Points Planner comes from the Following

