Dan Kibet Kiso (PhD Candidate)

Professional Summary

Kenyan groundwater modeler, hydrogeologist, and hydrogeochemist with more than eight years of field, consulting, and research experience. He combines hydrogeological and geophysical investigations with GIS, groundwater flow modeling, reactive transport modeling, hydrochemical interpretation, borehole development, and water-supply planning. His assignments include regional groundwater assessments, irrigation feasibility studies, community water-supply programmes, borehole drilling supervision, aquifer testing, and groundwater-quality investigations in Kenya, Mozambique, and South Sudan. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Hydrogeochemistry and Groundwater Modeling through the University of Nairobi and the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland.

Key Expertise

Major Projects and Contributions

• GEM Project - Turkana County, Kenya
  Senior Hydrogeologist and Hydrogeochemist for the September 2025-March 2029 project led by the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland and the University of Nairobi. Responsibilities include field planning, hydrogeological and geophysical surveys, supervision of 12 boreholes and test pumping, hydrogeochemical mapping, groundwater flow and reactive transport modeling using GMS and Visual MODFLOW, data analysis, and reporting.
• Groundwater Consulting - Groundwatch Global Ltd
  Consulting Hydrogeologist since February 2021, delivering groundwater assessment and feasibility studies, groundwater flow and reactive transport models, GIS database management, construction supervision, project proposals, and technical reports.
• Beira Urban Green Park Groundwater for Irrigation - Mozambique
  Hydrogeologist for the European Investment Bank project from November 2023 to August 2024. Planned field activities, supported groundwater modeling and design, delineated groundwater potential zones, analyzed data, and supervised drilling, construction, and test pumping of 10 irrigation boreholes.
• Wajir Groundwater Assessment Study - Kenya
  Hydrogeologist and Groundwater Modeler for the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Sanitation from April 2018 to May 2020. Conducted groundwater assessment, GIS mapping, aquifer analysis, hydrogeological investigations, and MODFLOW modeling using the GMS interface for water-resource development.
• BeleBele Catchment Groundwater Assessment - Lamu County
  Hydrogeologist and Groundwater Modeler for the Kenya Red Cross from August to December 2019. Undertook groundwater assessment, geophysical survey and interpretation, and MODFLOW groundwater modeling using the ModelMuse interface.
• Tana Delta Community WASH Programme - Kenya
  Hydrogeologist for a September 2021-June 2022 community water-supply programme serving Tana River women self-help groups. Conducted hydrogeological and geophysical surveys, GIS-based groundwater potential mapping using AHP, watershed delineation, ArcGIS Pro map production, and supervision of 31 shallow boreholes, with operation-and-maintenance capacity building.
• South Sudan Borehole and Groundwater Studies
  Hydrogeologist for World Vision assignments in Northern Bahr El Ghazal during February-March 2020. Conducted desk studies, field investigations, watershed delineation, groundwater potential mapping, and hydrogeological and geophysical surveys for boreholes in Aweil North and Aweil East counties.
• Groundwater Feasibility for Large-Scale Groundnut Production - Turkana
  Hydrogeologist for Deltares in March-April 2020, assessing groundwater feasibility for groundnut production in Kakuma and Kalobeyei through desk study, field investigation, AHP groundwater potential mapping, watershed delineation, GIS analysis, and technical reporting.
• School Environment Improvement and Water-Supply Project - Turkana
  Hydrogeologist for Nakoyo and St. Brigid's Schools between 2018 and 2020. Led field planning, groundwater mapping, hydrogeological and geophysical survey work, borehole drilling and construction supervision, watershed delineation, and capacity building for operation and maintenance.
• Borehole Drilling and Water-Supply Assignments - Kenya
  Senior Hydrogeologist and Hydrogeologist on multiple assignments in Kajiado, Garsen, Kamulu, Kilifi, Narok, Magadi, Kawangware, and Kakuma. Work included desk studies, water-resource assessment, geophysical investigation, borehole site selection, design, drilling and construction supervision, well logging, pumping tests, aquifer-parameter estimation, GIS analysis, and reporting.
• Hydrogeologist - SWECO GmbH, Germany
  Worked as a Hydrogeologist from November 2023 to August 2024, contributing to groundwater and feasibility studies, proposal preparation, and tendering.
• Hydrogeologist - Earth Water Ltd, Kenya
  From January 2018 to May 2020, led hydrogeological and geophysical data collection, borehole logging, test-pumping supervision, GIS compilation, conceptual model development, numerical model parameterization, water-quality sampling, and hydrochemical interpretation, including assessment of fluoride-rich groundwater layers.