K&A Staff
- Mark S. Kieser, Senior Scientist
- Jim Klang, PE, Senior Project Manager
- Brian Boyer, PE, Environmental Engineering Manager
- Jamie McCarthy , Project Scientist
- Laurence Picq, Project Scientist
- Patricia Hoch-Melluish, Project Scientist
- Laura Stephenson, Office Manager
- Wade Cleary, Project Engineer
Staff Experience
MARK S. KIESER, Senior Scientist
mkieser@kieser-associates.com
Mr. Kieser, Senior Scientist and Principal at Kieser & Associates, LLC, 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 22 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 100 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 played a prominent role in water quality trading program and policy development since 1995. Mr. Kieser led one of five EPA supported water quality trading projects in the U.S. in the mid 1990s and served on the state of Michigan Water Quality Trading Workgroup that developed the framework for Michigan's water quality trading rules; the first such rules in the U.S. He now leads a variety of trading projects focused on: watershed, state-wide and regional trading program development; agricultural credit banking schemes; urban stormwater; electronic water quality trading registries and infrastructure; restoration of natural flow regimes in Great Lakes tributaries; and, development of ecosystem service markets.
Mr. Kieser's current trading efforts are being conducted in MN, PA, OH, MI, WV, NV, CA, ID, MD, VA, KY, IN, NY and WI. He is leading an effort with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to develop the first multi-state regional trading program in the U.S. for the Ohio River Basin based on pending nitrogen and phosphorus water quality standards. He is also co-author of a 2005 McGraw-Hill text on water quality trading. Since 2001, Mr. Kieser has been serving as the Acting Chair of the Environmental Trading Network. The Network is a non-profit clearinghouse for water quality trading program information. (http://www.envtn.org/)
Areas of Expertise:
- Water Quality Trading Policy
- 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
- Sediment-Water Interactions
JAMES A. KLANG, PE, Senior Project Engineer
jklang@kieser-associates.com
Mr. Klang holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Colorado State University. Mr. Klang has over 20 years experience in water quality and watershed management. Prior to joining K&A, Mr. Klang was the lead Engineer at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) TMDL program. He was the technical lead for the Minnesota River Summer Low Flow DO TMDL and co-authored the Low Dissolved Oxygen TMDL Protocol at the MPCA. He also has extensive experience in water quality trading through involvement in the following permits: 1) the Rahr Malting Company and Southern Minnesota Sugar Beet Cooperative NPDES permit, and 2) the Minnesota River Basin General Phosphorus Watershed Permit.
Mr. Klang has been a speaker at many national conferences on water quality and trading issues. Mr. Klang is responsible for the development and implementation of innovative trading projects across the United States.
Areas of Expertise:
- Watershed Assessment
- Soil Erosion and Nutrient Load Estimation
- Water Quality Trading Policy & Program Development
- Non-point Source Best Management Practices
- Lake & River Assessments
- Waste Load Allocation
- TMDL Development
- NPDES Permitting
BRIAN BOYER, PE, Environmental Engineering Manager
bboyer@kieser-associates.com
Mr. Brian Boyer, P.E., Environmental Engineering Manager with Kieser & Associates, LLC, holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Engineering from Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan. Mr. Boyer has 12 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 joined K&A in 1999. At K&A, he leads the firm's environmental engineering and hydrogeologic investigation projects. Many such projects involve Phase II Environmental Site Assessments (ESA's), hazardous and non-hazardous waste characterization and disposal, underground storage tank (UST) removal, soil and groundwater sampling, free product investigations for NAPL and DNAPL releases and regulatory reporting to local state and federal agencies. Since 2002, he has been directly involved in managing and overseeing all aspects of these environmental cleanup and brownfield related projects for K&A.
Mr. Boyer is responsible for all Computer Aided Design (CAD) systems and conceptual engineering design of stormwater controls, best management practices (BMPs), non-point source implementation grant projects, wastewater treatment, groundwater remediation and streambank restoration plans for the firm. Mr Boyer also leads and oversees installation of innovative, large-scale stormwater treatment and low impact development projects directed by K&A. For the past year, Mr. Boyer has served on the Board of Directors for the Environmental Trading Network. The Network is a non-profit clearinghouse for water quality trading program information (http://www.envtn.org/).
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 BMPs
- Hydraulics Modeling
- Landfill Groundwater Monitoring and Reporting
- Wastewater Treatment and Pollution Prevention (P2)
- EPA Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans
JAMIE McCARTHY , Project Scientist
jmccarthy@kieser-associates.com
Ms. McCarthy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan and a Master of Science degree in Aquatic Ecology from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Before joining K&A, Ms. McCarthy worked at the USGS Great Lakes Science Center in Ann Arbor in the Wetlands Division, where she conducted research related to a coastal wetlands restoration study in the Lake Erie basin. Her research at the University focused on watershed management and surface water quality analysis for the River Raisin watershed in Southeast Michigan. As part of this research project, she worked at the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory on water chemistry assessments and nutrient data analysis.
At K&A, she is involved in several watershed planning projects including the Kalamazoo River and Cedar Lake watersheds. In addition to watershed management planning, Ms. McCarthy is involved in several national projects focused on the feasibility and development of water quality trading programs. She also performs Environmental Site Assessments and water quality monitoring around the state.
Areas of Expertise:
- Watershed Management Planning
- Water Quality Trading and Environmental Market Development
- Water Quality Monitoring
- Fluvial Assessments
- Environmental Site Assessments
LAURENCE PICQ, Project Scientist
lpicq@kieser-associates.com
Ms. 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, Ms. Picq used the water quality model SWAT to assess nutrient and sediment loads in the Macatawa Watershed, Michigan. Ms. Picq also has a Bachelor of Arts 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 Site Management and Design
PATRICIA 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 deeloped Battelle Great lake's sediment toxicity program. In addition, she performed numerous Toxicity Identification and Reduction Evalutations (TI/RE) for point-source dischargers and conducted surface water sampling and fish entrainment studies for FERC relicensing of hydroelectric facitilies.
Ms. Hoch-Melluish has also conducted bench-scale bioreactor studies to determine waste treatment options for Monsanto's manufacturing facilities and performed microbial assays on potential new products to determine their waste treatment potential while at Monsanto Company for three years. She 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 Commitee. As part of the K&A project team, she 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
LAURA STEPHENSON, Office Manager
lstephenson@kieser-associates.com
Ms. Stephenson joined K&A as office manager in October 2007. Her responibilities at K&A include oversight and implementation of all office operations.
WADEWADE CLEARY, Project Engineer
wcleary@kieser-associates.com
Mr. Cleary holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Western Michigan University. Before joining K&A, he worked with the Van Buren County Road Commission, where he conducted road and bridge inspections and surveys. In addition to these responsibilities, he gained experience in Computer Aided Design (CAD) and conceptual engineering design. At K&A, he is involved in stormwater treatment, watershed management, and low impact development projects. Mr. Cleary also performs groundwater and surface water quality monitoring. Areas of Expertise
- Computer aided design
- Surface water quality monitoring
- Environmental site assessments
- Groundwater monitoring and reporting
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