Experience

Publications & Presentations

Book

  • Cohen, Andrew J.B., and John A. Cherry[1], Conceptual and Visual Understanding of Hydraulic Head and Groundwater Flow, 2020, The Groundwater Project. [16,000+ book downloads as of May 2025]
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Guidance Report

  • Hydrogeologic Characterization of Fractured Rock Formations: A Guide for Groundwater Remediators, Sponsored by USDOE, Washington, DC (United States) and Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, Oct 1995, 145 pp.
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University Theses

  • Cohen, A.J.B., 1999. Three-dimensional numerical modeling of the influence of faults on groundwater flow at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, 148 pp.
  • Cohen, A.J.B., Hydrogeologic Characterization of a Fractured Granitic Rock Aquifer, Raymond, California, 97 pp.

Professional Conference Presentations

  • Introduction to GroundwaterU – A Public Video Library for Groundwater Education, International Association of Hydrogeologists Congress, Davos, Switzerland, September 12, 2024.
  • Introduction to GroundwaterU – A Public Video Library for Groundwater Education, Sustainable Development Goals Conference, Paris, France, May 18, 2022.
  • Effects of Variable Analytical Parameter Suite on Identification of PFAS Sources to Surface Water & Groundwater, Northeast Conference on the Science of PFAS: Public Health & the Environment, Framingham, MA, December 1, 2020.
  • PFAS Forensics: Chemical Signatures in Surface Water and Groundwater, Emerging Contaminants Program Meeting, Environmental Business Council of New England, May 2, 2019.
  • Comparison of Techniques for Pore Water Monitoring of VOCs, (with E. Lutz, S. Norcross, and K. West), Eighth International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Monterey, California, May 21-24, 2012.
  • Comparison of Techniques for Pore Water Monitoring and Biodegradation Assessment in Freshwater Sediments, (with E. Lutz, S. Norcross, and K. West), Sediment Management Work Group 2012 Spring Sponsor Forum, Newark, New Jersey, May 16-17, 2012.
  • Engineering Test Evaluation for Capping of Contaminated Sediments in Salem Canal, DuPont Chambers Works, New Jersey, USA (with H. Huls, T.A. Ei, and D. Hwang), Fifth International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments, Jacksonville, Florida, February 2-5, 2009.
  • Quantitative Evaluation of Chlorobenzene Transport between Sediment and Groundwater (with K. West), 4th International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments, Savannah, GA, January 22-25, 2007.
  • Sub-Site-Scale Saturated Zone Model for Yucca Mountain (with C. M. Oldenburg, A. M. Simmons, A. K. Mishra, and J. Hinds), International High-Level Waste Management Conference and Exposition, Las Vegas, NV, May 11-14, 1998.
  • Effects of Faulted Stratigraphy on Saturated Zone Flow beneath Yucca Mountain (with C.M. Oldenburg), Field Testing and Associated Modeling of Potential High-Level Nuclear Waste Geologic Disposal Sites (FTAM) conference, Berkeley, CA, December 15-16, 1997. https://tough.lbl.gov/assets/files/02/documentation/proceedings/1998-CohenOldenburg.pdf
  • Reactive Transport Studies at the Raymond Field Site (with B. Freifeld, K. Karasaki, and R. Solbau), Sixth Annual International Conference on High Level Radioactive Waste Management, Las Vegas, NV, April 30-May 5, 1995.
  • Integrated Hydrogeologic Characterization of a Fractured Granitic Rock Formation (with K. Karasaki and B. Freifeld), American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 5-9, 1994.
  • Site Characterization of Groundwater Flow and Transport in Fractured Rock Systems for Improvement of Pump-and-Treat Remediation, Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory Ground-Water Seminar, Oklahoma City, OK, June 1-3, 1994.
  • Hydrologic Imaging of Fractured Rock (with K. Karasaki, B. Freifeld, and P. Cook), XVIII International Symposium on the Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management, Kyoto, Japan, October 23-27, 1994; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report, LBL-36012.
  • Characterizing a Fractured Granitic Rock Aquifer, Geotechnical Society Meeting Seminar, University of California, Berkeley, CA, May 4, 1994.
  • Inferred Hydrogeologic Structure of a Fractured Rock Aquifer From Well Log and Well Test Analysis, 5th International Symposium on Geophysics for Minerals, Geotechnical, and Environmental Applications, Tulsa, OK, Oct 24-28, 1993.
  • Effect of Boreholes on the Nature of Flow in Fractured Crystalline Formations (with K. Karasaki), American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 11-15, 1995.

Invited Presentations

  • Hydrogeologic Explorations to Benefit Farmers in the Atlas Mountains, Morocco, GeoEnviroPro Webinar, January 31, 2024. https://groundwateru.org/hydrogeologic-explorations-to-benefit-farmers-in-the-atlas-mountains-morocco/
  • USEPA Guidance on Groundwater Contaminated by PFAS is Technically Unsound, GeoEnviroPro Webinar, February 1, 2023. https://youtu.be/TDLb_fc9tR0
  • Introduction to GroundwaterU: An Online Library of Groundwater Educational Videos, Groundwater Resources Association of California, May 25, 2022. https://youtu.be/8xlOIlKPgDg
  • Visual Understanding of Groundwater Contamination, New Jersey Licensed Site Remediation Professionals Association (LSRPA) Aspiring Professionals Series, March 24, 2022.
  • Introduction to Groundwater Contamination, Geosystems Weekly Seminar, University of California, Berkeley, September 8, 2021.
  • Occurrence and Migration of PFAS Firefighting Foam in Surface Water and Groundwater, GeoEnviroPro Educational Series, February 17, 2021. https://youtu.be/SC5dGla70BQ.
  • Visual Understanding of Groundwater Contamination, Hugo Neu Corporation Sustainability Seminar Series, Stevens Institute of Technology, February 16, 2021 (https://youtu.be/4oHW_jBM_uM).
  • Introduction to “Conceptual and Visual Understanding of Hydraulic Head and Groundwater Flow,” GeoEnviroPro Webinar, September 16, 2020.
  • In Situ Measurement of Seepage Velocity and Chlorobenzene Degradation Rates in Freshwater Sediment, Rutgers University Geotechnical Seminar, Sept 1, 2015. https://www.slideshare.net/AndrewJBCohen/chl-sediment-project-rutgers-presentation-52383456.
  • Example Conceptual Site Models of DuPont Chambers Works (with E. Lutz, S. Norcross, and G. Wealthall), 26th Annual University Consortium for Field – Focused Groundwater Meeting, Guelph, Ontario, June 2014.
  • Calculated Organic Carbon Partitioning Coefficient (Koc) in Sediment at Chambers Works, DuPont Technical Forum Meeting, September 16, 2013
  • Field Investigation of Aquitard Integrity and Plume Arrival Time Analysis (with T. Ei, N. Grosso, S. Norcross, and K. West), 22nd Annual University Consortium for Field – Focused Groundwater Meeting, Guelph, Ontario, May 19-21, 2010. https://www.slideshare.net/AndrewJBCohen1/draftdeaquitardintegrityanalysisreportoct2010pdf.
  • Groundwater Plume Discharge Through Canal Sediment and the Proposed Groundwater and Sediment Remedial Actions, 20th Annual Univ. Consortium for Field – Focused Groundwater Meeting, Orangeville, ON, May 6‑8, 2008.
  • Characterizing a Fractured Granitic Rock Aquifer, Geotechnical Society Meeting Seminar, University of California, Berkeley, CA., May 4, 1994.
  • Site Characterization of Groundwater Flow and Transport in Fractured Rock Systems for Improvement of Pump-and-Treat Remediation, Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory Ground-Water Seminar, Oklahoma City, OK, June 1-3, 1994.
  • Inferred Hydrogeologic Structure of a Fractured Rock Aquifer from Well Log and Well Test Analysis, 5th International Symposium on Geophysics for Minerals, Geotechnical, and Environmental Applications, Tulsa, OK, October 24-28, 1993.

Science Advisory Board Presentations

In my role as the Technical Lead for Environmental Investigations at DuPont’s Chambers Works, I presented findings to DuPont’s Science Advisory Board (SAB), which provided peer review of the data collection methods, data analysis, and conclusions associated with numerous investigations and remediation activities. The SAB was comprised of Dr. John Cherry, Professor, University of Waterloo; Dr. Lisa Axe, Professor, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Dr. Donna Fennell, Professor, Rutgers University; Dr. David Sabatini, Professor, University of Oklahoma; Dr. Jim Spain, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology.

  • Salem Canal Sediment Biodegradation Study (with S. Kota, and D. Hwang), DuPont Science Advisory Board meeting, Wilmington, DE, March 30, 2010.
  • Freon and Fluoroproducts Contamination of Groundwater: Investigation and Conceptual Site Model (with P. Chen, and S. Norcross), DuPont Science Advisory Board meeting, Wilmington, DE, July 9, 2009.
  • Delaware River Investigation Findings – Groundwater to Surface Water Interaction (with S. Norcross and K. West), DuPont Science Advisory Board meeting, Wilmington, DE, October 1, 2008.
  • Protection of Drinking Water Aquifer Assessment, DuPont Chambers Works Site (with S. Norcross and K. West), DuPont Science Advisory Board meeting, Wilmington, DE, September 30, 2008.
  • Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid (DNAPL) Architecture, Source Prioritization Modeling, and DNAPL Characterization Strategy (with S. Norcross), DuPont Science Advisory Board meeting, Wilmington, DE, March 27, 2008.
  • Hazardous Waste Landfill – Conceptual Model and Treatability Studies (with B. Butler, D. Hwang, S. Kota, and P. Madden), DuPont Science Advisory Board meeting, Wilmington, DE, March 26, 2008.
  • Analysis of Metals Fate and Transport, Carneys Point, DuPont Science Advisory Board meeting, Deepwater, NJ, September 7, 2007.
  • Groundwater Plume Discharge to Surface Water and Sediment Contamination, DuPont Science Advisory Board meeting, Deepwater, NJ, September 6, 2006.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Reports

  • Simulation of Pumping Tests to Characterize Faults at Yucca Mountain, NV, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report, LBNL-42084, July 1998.
  • Sub-Site-Scale Saturated Zone Model for Yucca Mountain (with C. M. Oldenburg, A. M. Simmons, A. K. Mishra, and J. Hinds), 1998, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report, LBNL-41773.
  • Effects of Faulted Stratigraphy on Saturated Zone Flow beneath Yucca Mountain (with M. Oldenburg), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report, LBNL-41774, May 1998.
  • Analysis of pressure disturbances in unsaturated rock from installation of new boreholes, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report, LBNL-41484, March 1998.
  • Hydrogeologic Characterization of Fractured Rock Formations: A Guide for Groundwater Remediators, Sponsored by USDOE, Washington, DC (United States) and Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report, LBL-38142, Oct 1995, 145 pp. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/219408
  • Hydrogeologic Characterization of a Fractured Granitic Rock Aquifer, Raymond, California, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report, LBL-34838, Oct 1993.

US Environmental Protection Agency Reports

  • Hydrogeologic Characterization of Fractured Rock Formations: A Guide for Groundwater Remediators (with K. Karasaki, S. Benson, G. Bodvarsson, B. Freifeld, P. Benito, P. Cook, J. Clyde, K. Grossenbacher, J. Peterson, R. Solbau, B. Thapa, D. Vasco, and P. Zawislanski), US Environmental Protection Agency Project Summary, EPA/600/S-96/001, May 1996.

Journal Articles

  • EPA’s Unprecedented Interim Drinking Water Health Advisories for PFOA and PFOS (with J. Cotruvo[2] and S. Goldhaber), Groundwater, February 20, 2023. https://groundwateru.org/pfas-pub
  • A Multidisciplinary Fractured Rock Characterization Study at Raymond field site, Raymond, CA (with K. Karasaki, B. Freifeld, K. Grossenbacher, P. Cook and D. Vasco), Journal of Hydrology, 236, 17-34, Sept 2000.

Print Media

[1] 2020 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate and Professor Emeritus, Waterloo University.

[2] First Director of USEPA’s Drinking Water Standards Division and member of WHO Drinking Water Guidelines Committee.