Mikala L’Hote

Graduate Research Assistant

M.S. in Natural Resource Conservation, Paul Smith’s College

Mikala L’Hote joined the AWI team in 2023 as a Graduate Research Assistant under Brendan Wiltse. Her project involves compiling water monitoring data and analyzing landscape-level drivers of sodium and chloride within the Lake Champlain Basin as it pertains to large-scale impacts of road salt application.

Her most recent position was at Bard College as their Community Science’s Lab Technician, where she worked with environmental monitoring datasets in the Hudson Valley area of NY. Mikala is passionate about science communication and making environmental data accessible, especially to the communities being readily impacted. In her free time, she enjoys being outside, playing volleyball recreationally, and visiting family and friends.

Mikala graduated from Bard College with a B.A. in Environmental and Urban Studies and concentration in Environmental Science, primarily researching air quality and its relation to public health. She is currently pursuing her M.S. in Natural Resource Conservation at Paul Smith’s College, with a focus in Aquatic Resource Management.