Mr. Kolian joined GSRC in 2006. He has over 13 years or experience as an environmental scientist researching and reporting on a wide variety of natural systems. Mr. Kolian has performed research in marine and coastal systems, watershed assessments and stream and river hydrology. He is a skilled modeler and operates air, noise, stream and watershed models.

His main responsibilities include researching and preparing biological/environmental reports and planning and participating in field studies. Mr. Kolian has experience working in Texas, New Mexico, Kansas, Mississippi, California, Arizona, and Louisiana.

Mr. Kolian received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English with a minor in Chemistry from Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He also received a graduate degree in Environmental Science from Tulane University in New Orleans. Mr. Kolian is an American Academy of Underwater Sciences certified diver.