KOLJA ROTZOLL University of Hawaii Dept of Geology & Geophysics Home Ph. (808) 637-3236 1680 East West Road Work Ph. (808) 956-4432 Honolulu, HI 96822 E-mail: [email protected]

EDUCATION 08/02 – present, University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI • Enrolled for Ph.D. in GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS

Master of Science 10/99 – 07/01, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Germany • COASTAL GEOSCIENCES AND ENGINEERING

Bachelor of Science 04/96 – 09/99, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Germany • GEOGRAPHY, major: COASTAL GEOGRAPHY AND GIS • minors: GEOLOGY, SOIL SCIENCE and ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT

Awards 05/06, J. Watumull Merit Scholarship 05/06, 1st place in poster competition at 32nd Annual Hawaii Section AWWA Conference 12/05, GSO - University of Hawaii, travel grant for AGU Fall 2005 Meeting, San Francisco 05/03, Harold T. Stearns Fellowship Topic: Transient Groundwater Modeling under Tidal Influence & Applications

Workshops 05/05, USGS Aquifer-Test Workshop in Sacramento with Keith Halford, Devin Galloway, Eve Kuniansky, and Ed Weeks

WORK EXPERIENCE 03/07 – present University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI Research Assistant in Hydrogeology with Dr. Aly El-Kadi Funded under the USGS Water Resources Research Institutes Program • Estimating hydraulic properties for volcanic island aquifers using wave setup

01/06 – 02/07 University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI Research Assistant in Hydrogeology with Dr. Aly El-Kadi Working for The Environmental Company, Inc., supervisor: Jeff Hart • Aquifer test design for shafts • Updating and refining the Oahu SWAP Model • Ground-water flow modelling (MODFLOW) for Red Hill Ridge, Oahu

07/04 – 12/05 University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI Research Assistant in Hydrogeology with Dr. Aly El-Kadi Internship at USGS Pacific Islands Water Science Center, supervisor: Dr. Stephen Gingerich • Estimation of aquifer properties for central Maui by analyzing 234 aquifer tests • Estimating hydraulic properties with tidal responses using analytical and numerical methods 08/02 – 06/04 University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI Research Assistant in Hydrogeology with Dr. Aly El-Kadi Working for Dept. of Health, Safe Drinking Water Branch, supervisor: Daniel Chang • Develop and implement a source water assessment program (SWAP) to protect public drinking water from contamination • Groundwater modeling: MODFLOW / MODPATH to delineate capture zones • Application of ArcMap (GIS) to incorporate potential contaminating activities • Data integration in an ACCESS database and generating final reports • Presentation of methods & results to water purveyors and the public on Kauai, Maui, Molokai and Hawaii

02/02 – 03/02 & 08/99 Office for Rural Development Kiel, Germany Dept. of Coastal Protection (Internship) • Application of ArcView (GIS) to the Baltic Sea coast to improve flooding management • Assess different flooding scenarios in case of storm surges

09/01 - 11/01 University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI Laboratory Assistant in Paleomagnetics with Dr. Mike Fuller • sample preparation in the Paleomagnetics Laboratory • NRM, ARM & IRM measurements

09/00 – 04/01 Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Germany Research Assistant in Coastal Geology with Dr. Karl Stattegger • Research abroad in Natal, NE-Brazil (09/00 – 12/00) • Data acquisition: Satellite image processing, Holocene sediment core sampling and describing and sediment sample preparation; tidal current flow measurements • Echo sounder, boomer and side scan sonar profiling

11/98 – 12/98 Maquipucuna Foundation Reserve Ecuador Internship at the Reserve & Office in Quito • Application of ArcInfo (GIS) to enhance existing maps of the ecotourism facility

COMPUTER SKILLS • MS-Office, MATLAB, ArcGIS, Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator, LaTeX • Groundwater modeling: GMS (MODFLOW, MODPATH, UTCHEM, FEMWATER), HYDRUS-2D • Coastal processes modeling: DELFT-3D, GETYSIS, T-TIDE

LANGUAGES • German, mother tongue • English, fluent in conversation and writing • Spanish, Portuguese and French, conversational

MEMBERSHIPS AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES • American Geophysical Union • Society of Exploration Geophysicists • Peer reviewer for Journal of Environmental & Engineering Geosciences • Student representative in Dept. of Geology and Geophysics • SOEST biennial open house volunteer PUBLICATIONS Thesis: ROTZOLL, K. (2001): Structure and Dynamics of the Tidal Channel System near Galinhos, Rio Grande do Norte (NE-Brazil). M.Sc. Thesis, Christian Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany, 80p. Conference Abstracts: ROTZOLL, K., A.I. EL-KADI, S.B. GINGERICH and T.A. BIANCO (2007): Ground-water responses to dual-tide loading in an island aquifer. 32nd Annual Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium. University of Hawai’i at Manoa ROTZOLL, K. and A.I. EL-KADI (2006): The effect of large ocean swells on water-table fluctuations in Hawaiian aquifers. 32nd annual Hawaii section American Water Works Association Conference ROTZOLL, K. and A.I. EL-KADI (2005): Estimating hydraulic properties for Hawaiian aquifers using aquifer tests and tidal responses. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52) Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H24C-07. ROTZOLL, K., S.B. GINGERICH and A.I. EL-KADI (2005): Estimating hydraulic properties from aquifer tests and tidal responses for central Maui, Hawai’i. In: LEVY, J.K., C.C.K. LIU, J.E.T. MONCUR and C.F. ICE (Editors), 2005: Institutions for sustainable watershed management: Reconciling physical and management ecology in the Asia-Pacific. AWRA’s 2006 Summer Specialty Conference, American Water Resources Association, Middleburg, Virginia, TPS-05-2 Journals: ROTZOLL, K., A.I. EL-KADI and S.B. GINGERICH (submitted): An analytical solution for the head distribution in a dual-tide island aquifer with application in Maui, Hawaii. Ground Water. ROTZOLL, K., A.I. EL-KADI and S.B. GINGERICH (2007): Estimating hydraulic properties for volcanic aquifers using constant-rate and variable-rate aquifer tests. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 43(2):334-345. ROEBER, V., K. ROTZOLL, K. STATTEGGER and H. VITAL (2005): Dynamics of the complex coastal system at Galinhos (RN), NE-Brazil. Meyniana, 57:133-155, 17 fig., Kiel. Technical Reports: ROTZOLL, K. and A.I. EL-KADI (2006): Numerical ground-water flow simulation for Red Hill fuel storage facilities, NAVFAC Pacific, prepared for TEC Inc., Oahu, Hawaii. 76p. WHITTIER, R., K. ROTZOLL, S. DHAL, A.I. EL-KADI, C. RAY, G. CHEN and D. CHANG (2004): Hawai’i source water assessment program report, County of Honolulu, Hawai‘i Dept of Health. WHITTIER, R., K. ROTZOLL, S. DHAL, A.I. EL-KADI, C. RAY, G. CHEN and D. CHANG. (2004): Hawai’i source water assessment program report, County of Maui, Hawai‘i Dept of Health. WHITTIER, R., K. ROTZOLL, S. DHAL, A.I. EL-KADI, C. RAY, G. CHEN and D. CHANG. (2004): Hawai‘i source water assessment program report, County of Kauai, Hawai‘i Dept of Health. WHITTIER, R., K. ROTZOLL, S. DHAL, A.I. EL-KADI, C. RAY, G. CHEN and D. CHANG. (2004): Hawai‘i source water assessment program report, County of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Dept of Health.