MARK L. KRAM, Ph.D., CGWP #471

OBJECTIVE To utilize state of the art groundwater, chemical and GIS applications to assess and restore contaminated areas in the most fiscally responsible manner available.

EDUCATION Ph.D., Environmental Science and Management (U.C.S.B., 2002), Thesis entitled "Optimized Induced Fluorescence Systems for DNAPL Site Characterization"; M.S., Geology (S.D.S.U., 1988), Thesis entitled "Fate and Distribution of Organotin in Sediments of Four U.S. Harbors"; B.A., Chemistry (U.C.S.B, 1983).

WORK EXPERIENCE

Hydrogeologist - Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center, since 6/89

Research Scientist for DOD Advanced Fuel Hydrocarbon National Environmental Technology Test Site; inventor of hydrogeologic assessment tools; West Coast Field Project Manager for SCAPS; project manager for remediation of ground water and soil contamination; contaminant fate and distribution modeling; generation of PAs, SIs, RI/FSs, SPCCs, remedial design specifications; operation of laser spectroscopic cone penetrometer and other field analytical methods; author of Navy, ASTM, and EPA environmental quality assurance standard guidance.

Geochemist - Naval Ocean Systems Center, 9/86 to 12/88

Collected and analyzed environmental water and sediment samples for antifouling agent tributyltin; published articles contributed to Congressional legislation concerning marine pesticide applications.

Material Specialist - Decisive Testing, 2/86 to 9/86

Performed chemical, X-ray, and destructive analyses of industrial materials; administered engineering and welder certification examinations.

Geochronologist - San Diego State Foundation, 4/85 to 2/86

Mineral preparation, K-Ar age determination of terrestrial and extraterrestrial rock samples.

Geochemist - Marine Science Institute, UCSB, 5/84 to 9/84

Mineral preparation, X-ray Diffraction, and Atomic Absorption analyses of Omanian sulphide ore deposits containing fossilized tube worms; development of methodology for digestion of rare sulphide ores.

OTHER

Employed in various full and part-time chemical and environmental positions while supporting way through college; founder of environmental organization SEA; more than 20 environmental articles have been published in various journals and periodicals; possess several patents for field instrumentation and spectroscopy; participating ASTM member, section D18.21.02; familiar with various PC graphics, modeling, and word processing software; composed and performed soundtracks for major motion pictures and commercials; taught graduate level university courses in GIS, contaminant fate and transport, and field environmental applications; holds several patents for hydrogeologic assessment tools.