Kraig Hoff is one of two Fish/Water Quality Technicians at the Field Station. He works mainly in the water quality component preparing and calibrating equipment for sample collection, collecting samples on the upper Mississippi River and its tributaries, processing samples in the laboratory, mapping, verifying data, analyzing data, and occasionally helping the fisheries and invertebrate components as well. Kraig joined the field station staff in 1998.

Kraig holds a Bachelor of Science Degree (Biology, Aquatic Sciences concentration) with minors in chemistry and philosophy from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. In his spare time, he enjoys hunting, fishing, golfing, and reading.