J. Brady Gutta is a Project Manager for the National Mine Land Reclamation Center within the West Virginia Water Research Institute where he oversees numerous watershed restoration projects involving the installation of treatment systems designed to combat acidic and alkaline mine drainage from abandoned mine sites.

Mr. Gutta works with Federal agencies such as the Office of Surface Mining and the US Army Corps of Engineers; State agencies such as the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection's Abandoned Mine Land Division and Non-Point Source Program as well as Stakeholder groups in their respective watersheds.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Geology for West Virginia University and is currently completing a Masters of Science in Geochemistry and Hydrogeology from West Virginia University. He is an active member of the West Virginia Surface Mine Drainage Taskforce, the American Society for Mining and Reclamation as well as Trout Unlimited.