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K&A
Staff Listing and Bio-Sketches
- Mark
S. Kieser, Senior Scientist
- Patricia
J. Hoch-Melluish, Project Scientist
- Brian
Boyer,
E.I.T, Environmental Engineer
- Kristi
Pazik,
Environmental Specialist
- Charles
P. Cubbage, Science Advisor
- Andrew
F. Fang, PhD, Project Scientist
- Jeffrey
A. Spoelstra, Project Scientist
- Dave
Batchelor,
Senior Policy Advisor
- Laurence
Picq, Project Scientist
MARK
S. KIESER, Senior Scientist
mkieser@kieser-associates.com
Mr.
Kieser, Senior Scientist and Principal at KIESER & ASSOCIATES,
holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences from
Wittenberg University (Springfield, Ohio) and a Master of Science
degree from Michigan Technological University in Biological Sciences.
Mr. Kieser has over fifteen years of environmental consulting
experience in addition to three years of academic research on
water resource issues. As a consultant, he has been responsible
for implementing studies at over 250 sites throughout Michigan,
the Midwest, the eastern and southern United States. These have
involved various investigations of surface water, wastewater,
groundwater, soils and atmospheric contaminant issues encompassing
sites ranging from the Great Lakes, to remote undeveloped areas,
to Superfund sites with more than 100 years of industrial use.
Mr. Kieser has directed more than 90 other environmental engineering
projects since the firm was founded in 1992. These have required
an intensive knowledge of scientific and engineering principles
as well as the full range of applicable state and federal regulations.
Mr.
Kieser has also published and presented scientific research on
various environmental resource issues and contaminant investigations
in peer-reviewed technical journals and State, national and international
conferences, respectively. Mr. Kieser has concentrated his research
efforts toward integrating complex chemical, physical and biological
field data into mathematical water quality models. One of Mr.
Kieser's principal areas of expertise focuses on surface water
quality evaluations; specifically aquatic ecosystem dynamics and
aquatic chemistry. His Master's research provided the first field
verification of phosphorus-limited phytoplankton growth in Green
Bay (Lake Michigan) which has since been published and cited in
numerous professional journals and scientific publications. Mr.
Kieser has directed or participated in more than 30 separate water
quality studies including over 100 different lakes, streams and
rivers throughout the United States.
Areas
of Expertise:
- Surface
Water Quality Assessment & Modeling
- Non-point
Source Pollution Assessment & Modeling
- Lake
and Watershed Management
- Soil
and Groundwater Contaminant Investigations & Remediation
- Hydrogeologic
Investigations
- Environmental
Site Assessments
- Ecological
Modeling
- NPDES
Permitting
- Waste
Load Allocation
- Underground
Storage Tank Removal/Compliance
- Toxicity
Testing
- Sediment-Water
Interactions
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PATRICIA
J. HOCH-MELLUISH, Project Scientist
phoch-melluish@kieser-associates.com
Ms.
Hoch-Melluish holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Western
Michigan University and a Master of Science degree from the University
of Minnesota-St. Paul in Water Resources Science. Ms. Hoch-Melluish
has 13 years of professional experience in the environmental field.
For over two years, Ms. Hoch-Melluish conducted aquatic toxicity
assays on municipal and industrial point-source discharges, and
developed Battelle Great Lake's sediment toxicity program. In
addition, Ms. Hoch-Melluish performed numerous Toxicity Identification
and Reduction Evaluations (TI/RE) for point-source dischargers
and conducted surface water sampling and fish entrainment studies
for FERC relicensing of hydroelectric facilities.
Ms.
Hoch-Melluish has also conducted bench-scale bioreactor studies
to determine waste treatment options for Monsanto's manufacturing
facilities and also performed microbial assays on potential new
products to determine their waste treatment potential while at
Monsanto Company for three years. Ms. Hoch-Melluish served as
an intern for the Minnesota Department of Transportation and developed
a database of wetland replacement plans and wetland banking activities,
and ultimately drafted a report of these findings for the State
of Minnesota Wetland Banking Committee. As part of the K&A project
team, Ms. Hoch-Melluish is responsible for wetland/streambank/lakeshore
rehabilitation using native plantings, streambank erosion emphasizing
bioengineering methods, comprehensive lake studies, water quality
sampling, watershed-scale pollutant loading analyses, wetland
delineations, and design of created wetlands.
Areas
of Expertise:
- Wetland/Streambank/Lakeshore
Restoration
- Watershed
Management
- Surface
Water Quality Modeling
- Aquatic
and Sediment Toxicity Testing
- Toxicity
Identification and Reduction Evaluations
- Wetland
Banking
- Microbial
Waste Treatment
- Stormwater
Treatment Wetland Design
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K. BRIAN
BOYER, E.I.T., Environmental Engineering Manager
bboyer@kieser-associates.com
Mr.
Brian Boyer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental
Engineering from Michigan Technological University, Houghton,
Michigan. Mr. Boyer has eight years of civil and environmental
consulting and engineering experience. While employed for Owen-Ames-Kimball
Company in Grand Rapids, Michigan, he was a construction superintendent
on several multi-million dollar building projects involving up
to 16 individual site contractors. Mr. Boyer leads K&A's environmental
engineering and hydrogeologic investigation projects. Many such
projects involve Phase II Environmental Site Assessments (ESA's),
soil and groundwater sampling, free product investigations for
NAPL and DNAPL releases and regulatory reporting. Mr. Boyer also
oversees installation of innovative, large-scale stormwater treatment
systems directed by K&A. He is responsible for all Computer Aided
Design (CAD) systems and engineering design of stormwater controls,
BMP's, wastewater treatment, groundwater remediation and streambank
restoration plans with the firm.
Areas
of Expertise:
-
Construction Management & Oversight
- Project
Scheduling & Coordination
-
Hydrogeologic Investigations
-
Soil and Groundwater Contaminant Investigations & Remediation
-
Surface Water Quality Monitoring and Reporting
-
Conceptual and Engineering Design of Stormwater Controls and BMP's
-
Hydraulics Modeling
-
Landfill Groundwater Monitoring and Reporting
- Wastewater
Treatment and Pollution Prevention (P2)
-
EPA Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans
KRISTI M.
PAZIK, Environmental Specialist
kpazik@kieser-associates.com
Ms.
Pazik holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration
and an Associates degree in Legal Assistant from Ferris State
University. Ms. Pazik has eight years of environmental consulting
experience. She has been involved in more than 40 Phase I Environmental
Site Assessments completed at commercial, industrial and residential
properties and for clients including lending institutions, legal
counsel, industry and real estate agencies. Ms. Pazik has participated
in, and been responsible for, conducting on-site investigations,
background research for properties, title searches, client and
regulatory contacts, and report preparation for Environmental
Site Assessment projects. She also has two years of legal experience
primarily in real estate law dealing with various real estate
property transactions. At Kieser & Associates, Ms. Pazik also
serves as Administrative Manager.
Areas
of Expertise:
- Environmental
Site Assessments
- Administrative
Management
CHARLES P.
CUBBAGE, Science Advisor
Dr.
Cubbage is President and CEO of Cubbage Environmental Control,
Inc. He received Master's degrees from Eastern Michigan University
in biological sciences with emphasis on terrestrial ecology and
from the University of Michigan in water quality. He received
a Doctorate from the University of Michigan in water quality with
a dissertation focused on environmental epidemiology, evaluating
the persistence of poliovirus in river water.
Dr. Cubbage served as a consultant to Wayne County Community College
(WCCC) in the development of an NSF Coastal Environmental Studies
Program (CESP) for training environmental technicians and then
served as the program research coordinator. CESP research included
monitoring the Point Mouilee, US Army Corps of Engineers Confined
Disposal Facility for shipping channel dredging spoils. Research
monitoring included water quality parameters and dumping spoils
re-vegetation. While at WCCC he also served on the Michigan Department
of Natural Resources' Shoreland Advisory Council, providing guidance
on coastal shoreline and wetland projects. While teaching ecology
and costal environmental management at Eastern Michigan University,
he continued standing research on wetland productivity utilizing
two field research facilities.
Dr. Cubbage also conducted water quality field research on Lake
Champlain, N.Y. for International Paper Company in connection
with a case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court (State of Vermont
vs State of New York and International paper Company). The case
involved paper sludge sediments and associated aquatic vegetation
purportedly impacting Vermont waters.
As a private consultant Dr. Cubbage has participated in numerous
lake studies and investigated contamination sites in across Michigan
(including Midland, Stevensville, Oakland, Washtenaw, and Lapeer
counties). In addition, he has a long standing association with
the Michigan Lakes and Streams Association, making frequent presentations
at regional and annual meetings on aquatic vegetation management.
In association with East Michigan Environmental Action and Oakland
County Schools, he cooperatively developed educational materials
for citizens and students on groundwater and surface water resources
including underground storage tank surveys focussing on what citizens
can do for themselves.
Since working for the Michigan Department of Agriculture, Dr.
Cubbage has been an integral player in the formation of the Michigan
Compost Council, the development of: industry based compost standards,
formation of reasonable legislation and regulations, market development,
and implementation of agricultural applications of compost and
other appropriate organic residues. For the MDA, he has represented
agricultural interests, and explored agricultural solutions for
urban yard waste disposal, served as an advisor to a joint Michigan
Biotechnical institute, fast food chain, and waste management
compost venture, and participated in the successful land application
of Lake St. Clair aquatic vegetation. In addition, he assisted
the Michigan Department of Transportation in the development of
compost standards for use on state highway projects. These typify
the qualifying experiences that make Dr. Cubbage a valuable asset
to the proposed project, both from technical and management perspective.
Mr. Spoelstra holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Fisheries
and Wildlife from Michigan State University and a Master of Science
degree in Aquatic Ecology from The Ohio State University (OSU).
Before joining K&A Mr. Spoelstra was a graduate research associate
at OSU, where he conducted a Master's research project tracking
the movements of reservoir-stocked saugeye (an Ohio sport fish)
using radio telemetry. At K&A, he is responsible for surface water
monitoring programs for watershed management planning for two,
highly urbanized subwatersheds to the Kalamazoo River involving
intensive water quality monitoring, stream corridor surveying,
and habitat assessment. Mr. Spoelstra is also leading a nationally-funded
research project examining the impacts of thermally-enriched stormwater
from highly urbanized areas. Mr. Spoelstra has taken responsibility
for database development for these projects, leading toward analysis,
modeling, and project reporting.
Dr.
Fang received his PhD in Water Resources Science with a focus
in Environmental Chemistry from University of Minnesota in 2002.
He also obtained an MS in Applied Economics with a focus in Resource
and Environmental Economics from University of Minnesota in 2002.
His BS was in Environmental Engineering from Shanghai University,
China. Dr. Fang had an MS in Ecology and Environmental Science
from University of Maine in 1997. His research areas include phosphorus
pollution control in agricultural river basins and the economics
of nutrient trading. Prior to joining K&A, he worked as an intern
for the Metropolitan Council in St. Paul, Minnesota, participating
in the Twin Cities Natural Resources Inventory project in the
areas of GIS mapping, water features prioritization, and groundwater
quality protection. As a graduate student, Mr. Fang teaching-assisted
various courses in general chemistry, water chemistry, microeconomics,
and water policy. He also interned at the World Bank in Washington
DC in 1998 reviewing the environmental and economic consequences
of bank-funded on-site sanitation projects in developing countries.
At K&A, Dr. Fang works in projects ranging from watershed modeling,
water chemistry analysis, and TMDL planning and implementation
to developing ecosystem multiple markets for environmental protection.
DAVID
J. BATCHELOR, Senior Policy Advisor
Mr.
Batchelor has extensive regulatory and environmental policy experience.
Most recently, Mr. Batchelor served as senior policy advisor to
the Assistant Administrator of Water at EPA Headquarters in Washington,
D.C. David was responsible for drafting EPA's 2003 Water Quality
Trading Policy. Before joining EPA, he was a Market Trading Specialist,
with Michigan DEQ's, Surface Water Quality Division where he authored
Michigan's state-wide trading rules in 2002; the first of their
kind in the U.S. This followed his successful development of Michigan's
Air Trading Rules in the mid-1990s. Trading program development
efforts followed years of enforcement activities with the MDNR
and MDEQ dating back to 1978.
Mr.
Batchelor was one of the co-principal investigators for the Kalamazoo
River Water Quality Trading Demonstration Project in the late
1990s and the original Chair of the Great Lakes Trading Network
(now the Environmental Trading Network). He has served on a number
of advisory panels and trading projects across the country. With
over 25 years of experience, his expertise focuses on environmental
regulatory program management.
Mrs
Picq holds
a Master of Arts degree in Geography, with a focus on Environmental
& Resources Management, from Western Michigan University.
For her Master's thesis, Mrs Picq used the water quality model
SWAT to assess nutrient and sediment loads in the Macatawa Watershed,
MI. Mrs Picq also has a BA in Media and Cultural Studies from
Middlesex University, UK.
At K&A, she is responsible for GIS analysis and mapping, water
quality modeling as well as web design and maintenance.
Areas
of expertise
Geographic
Information Systems and spatial analysis
Watershed/water quality modeling
Web design
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