Kyle Arndt, Phd Email & Phone Number

• Prepare original research manuscripts for publication in peer reviewed scientific journals
• Oversee, maintain, and trouble-shoot five eddy covariance towers in Northern Alaska
• Supervise and guide graduate students and interns in the field and lab
• Reduce large continuous data sets, analyze, and interpret results
• Present at national and international workshops and conferences
• Communicate complex information orally and in writing to scientific and public audiences

Greater San Diego Area

• Conceptualized and conducted individual research projects relating to Arctic climate change
• Lead and administrated all facets of projects including logistics, budgeting, purchasing, and execution

Conshohocken, PA

• Perform environmental risk assessments in accordance with EPA or State Agency (e.g., VADEQ, NJDEP, PADEP) regulations
• Plan and execute projects (e.g., RCRA facility investigations, risk assessments, ecological evaluations) located at CERCLA Superfund sites for a variety of clients including scopes of work, sampling, analyzing data and.
• Lead and participate in field teams sampling for several types of media including surface and pore water, sediments, invertebrates, and soil for use in monitoring
• Conduct wetland and sensitive habitat delineations for the planning of pipeline rights-of-way
• Prepare presentations for client updates and marketing purposes including PowerPoints, posters, and brochures

Burlington, Vermont Area

• Assisted instruction of an upper level stream ecology course by leading some class sessions, assisting lectures and being a resource for students
• Planned and led university students in field work, building applicable field skills while conducting a stream monitoring project
• Assessed students’ performance in both comprehension of subject matter and field study efforts

Burlington, Vermont Area

• Assisted in the preparation and analysis of samples for the NSF funded Arctic Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Streams project in the University of Vermont’s Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Lab
• Mixed standards and chemical reagents following LTER protocols and prepared standard curves for trace nutrient analyses, such as soluble reactive phosphorus, nitrate, and dissolved organic carbon

Toolik Lake, AK

• Provided critical field assistance on ongoing National Science Foundation (NSF) funded SCALER project which aims to understand how small-scale aquatic ecosystem processes translate to larger ecosystems
• Sampled surface waters for trace nutrients, metals, and gases in a remote watershed in the Arctic to understand nutrient dynamics and ambient biogeochemical conditions
• Filtered and analyze samples for benthic chlorophyll-a and organic matter content
• Performed stream habitat characterizations which include pebble counts and channel morphology
• Participated in solute injection experiments to understand stream hydrology and nutrient uptake rates
• Calibrate and deploy various probes such as Onset HOBO® stage loggers and rain gages, Odyssey PAR probes and various YSI© probes including, the ProPlus™, ProODO™, and OMS 600 oxygen sondes

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Ecology

Joint Doctoral Program in Ecology (JDPE) between San Diego State University and UC Davis. Conducting research in climate change and carbon.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Ecology

Joint Doctoral Program in Ecology with San Diego State University

Bs, Environmental Sciences, Minor Geo-Spatial Technologies, 3.53/4.0 Gpa

Activities and Societies: National Society of Collegiate ScholarsStudied environmental science with a focus on water resources. Coursework.