Christopher Waldeck Email & Phone Number

Charleston, Wv, Us

Huntington, West Virginia, United States

Beaver, West Virginia

• Stream and wetland delineation• Environmental compliance/permitting• Water Quality data collection in accordance with state and federal law/protocols to be used for environmental permits, primarily for mining and natural gas• Stream and wetland compensatory restoration and/or mitigation for industry clients through permitee responsible mitigation (PRM) or for mitigation banking purposes• Aquatic habitat and ecological integrity field evaluations to calculate the adverse impacts (debits) or progression (succession) of implemented mitigation, restoration, enhancement, and preservation projects to estimate credits needed or available using the West Virginia Stream and Wetland Valuation Metric (SWVM) as well as the Illinois Stream Mitigation Method• Implementing aquatic resource protection, mitigation, and restoration projects• Utilization of Geographic Information Systems to interpret water resource spatial data and integrating data into handheld global positioning system (GPS) devices for use in field data acquisition • Flow monitoring in streams associated with subsidence due to mining activities• Managing and analyzing ecological data collected during field assessments for local industries such as mining and natural gas then interpreting this scientific information to clients directly and reporting in accordance with environmental permitting• Array of various field work, routinely working 8+hour days in inclement weather, and walking upwards of 5 miles/day carrying heavy equipment• Environmental analyses, assessments, and environmental impact statements.• Conducting of environmental studies and evaluations concerning a variety of variables, such as social economic, land, air, water, timber, recreation, wildlife, fisheries, and/or additional special areas

Huntington, West Virginia

• Supervised/trained field teams in biological collections, deployment of field instruments, habitat evaluations, and water quality sampling• Hydrologic data collection and analysis• Data preparation, analysis, and summarization• Statistical evaluation of aquatic biological integrity/productivity• Reporting and presenting conclusions• Appalachian Freshwater Initiative (AFI) researcher• Developing methods for understanding anthropogenic impacts to physical, chemical, and biological factors in freshwater streams/impoundments• Development of toxicological testing methods and models to understand impacts on biological communities in Appalachian watersheds• Identifying potential water quality issues specific to resource extraction in the Appalachian region• Public outreach/recruitment of new students• Thesis work toward development of novel ecotoxicological testing methods for Ephemeroptera taxa• Laboratory instructor• Training of undergraduate research assistants in hydrologic data collection and ecotoxicological testing techniques• Water quality analysis• Conducting of WET testing on algae, ceriodaphnia dubia and pulex, fathead minnows, and mayflies• Developing and maintaining relationships with groups and individuals, agencies, and the public to encourage cooperative management strategies and to develop/share information and interpret findings.• Quality analysis and reviews

Huntington, West Virginia Area

• Trained in hydrologic data collection and analysis• Culturing techniques for aquatic plants, algae, and invertebrates • Invertebrate ecotoxicological testing on non-traditional test organisms• Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) testing• The collection, entry, and statistical analysis of aquatic ecological data • Became acquainted with field and laboratory techniques in the collection and analysis of hydrologic data, invertebrate collections, habitat evaluations, water quality measurements, deployment of electronic field instruments, analyzing data, and laboratory QA/QC methods• Accompanied graduate students on aquatic invertebrate field collection events in reference streams located within the Ohio River watershed • Assisted in local youth STEM educational events• Utilized Standard Methods to establish testing/monitoring procedures specific to the grant being worked under

Master Of Science - Ms, Environmental Science

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Environmental Science

Activities and Societies: President - Marshall Environmental Science Association, Treasurer - Pec Minor's (Anatomy Club), Board Member.