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CURRICULUM VITAE

Andrew N. Cohen, Ph.D

Environmental Scientist

San Francisco Estuary Institute phone: (510) 231-9423

2nd Floor fax: (510) 231-9414

7770 Pardee Lane acohen@sfei.org

Oakland, CA 94621 http://www.sfei.org/invasions.html


MARINE SCIENCE–Research Publications and Technical Reports

Cohen, A. N. and B. Foster (in press). The regulation of biological pollution: Preventing exotic species invasions from ballast water discharged into California coastal waters. Golden Gate University Law Review.

Carlton, J. T. and A. N. Cohen (in press). Episodic global dispersal in shallow water marine organisms: The case history of the European shore crabs Carcinus maenas and Carcinus aestuarii, J. Biogeogr.

Cohen, A. N. (in press). Invasions status and policy on the U. S. west coast. Proc. First Nat'l Conf. on Marine Bioinvasions, Jan. 24-27, 1999, Cambridge MA.

Mills, C. E., A. N. Cohen, H. K. Berry et al. (in press). The 1998 Puget Sound Expedition: a rapid assessment survey for nonindigenous species in the shallow waters of Puget Sound. Proc. First Nat'l Conf. on Marine Bioinvasions, Jan. 24-27, 1999, Cambridge MA.

Cohen, A. N. (in press). An Introduction to the San Francisco Estuary. Third Edition. San Francisco Estuary Project, Oakland CA, Save The Bay, Oakland CA and San Francisco Estuary Institute, Richmond CA.

Cohen, A. N., H.K. Berry, M. J. Wonham, J. Cordell, D. Milne, D. Secord, B. Bingham, B. Bookheim, J. W. Chapman, L. H. Harris, A. Kohn, K. Li, C. E. Mills, T. Mumford, V. Radishevsky, A. Sewell. Report of the Washington State Exotics Expedition 2000: A Rapid Assessment Survey of Exotic Species in Elliot Bay, Totten/Eld Inlets and Willapa Bay. Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Olympia WA.

McGann, M., D. Sloan and A. N. Cohen. 2000. Invasion by a Japanese marine microorganism in western North America. Hydrobiologia 421(1-3): 25-30.

Cohen, A. N. 1998. Ships' Ballast Water and the Introduction of Exotic Organisms into the San Francisco Estuary: Current Status of the Problem and Options for Management. A report for CALFED and the California Urban Water Agencies. San Francisco Estuary Inst., Richmond CA.

Cohen, A. N., C. E. Mills, H. Berry, M. J. Wonham, B. Bingham, B. Bookheim, J. T. Carlton, J. W. Chapman, J. R. Cordell, L. H. Harris, T. Klinger, A. Kohn, C. C. Lambert, G. Lambert, K. Li, D. Secord and J. Toft. 1998. Report of the Puget Sound Expedition, September 8-16, 1998; A Rapid Assessment Survey of Nonindigenous Species in the Shallow Waters of Puget Sound. Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Olympia WA and United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Olympia WA.

Cohen, A. N. 1998. Exotic organisms. Pages 5-9 to 5-13 in: California's Emerging Environmental Challenges; Proceedings of a Workshop, California Environmental Protection Agency/Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, June 25-26, 1998, Sacramento CA.

Cohen, A. N. 1998. Biological invasions and opportunities for their regulation on the west coast of the United States. Pages 96-99 in: Proc. Eighth Int'l Zebra Mussel and Aquatic Nuisance Species Conf., Mar. 16-19, 1998, Sacramento CA.

Cohen, A. N. 1998. The invasion of the Pacific Coast by the European green crab Carcinus maenas. Pages 173-177 in: Proc. Eighth Int'l Zebra Mussel and Aquatic Nuisance Species Conf., Mar. 16-19, 1998, Sacramento CA.

Grossinger, R., J. Alexander, A. N. Cohen and J. T. Collins. 1998. Introduced Marsh Plants in the San Francisco Estuary: Regional Distribution and Priorities for Control. A report for CALFED and the California Urban Water Agencies. San Francisco Estuary Institute, Richmond CA.

Cohen, A. N. and J. T. Carlton. 1998. Accelerating invasion rate in a highly invaded estuary. Science 279: 555-558.

Cohen, A. N. and A. Weinstein. 1998. The Potential Distribution and Abundance of Zebra Mussels in California. A report for CALFED and the California Urban Water Agencies. San Francisco Estuary Institute, Richmond CA.

Cohen, A. N. and A. Weinstein. 1998. Methods and Data for Analysis of Potential Distribution and Abundance of Zebra Mussels in California. A report for CALFED and the California Urban Water Agencies. San Francisco Estuary Institute, Richmond CA.

Carlton, J. T. and A. N. Cohen. 1998. Periwinkle's progress: the Atlantic snail Littorina saxatilis (Mollusca: Gastropoda) establishes a colony on Pacific shores, Veliger 41(4): 333-338.

Weinstein, A. and A. N. Cohen. 1998. The potential distribution and abundance of zebra mussels in California. Dreissena! (New York Sea Grant) 9(1): 1-3.

Cohen, A. N. 1998. The exotic species threat to California's coastal resources. California and the World Ocean '97, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA, pp. 1418-1426.

Cole, B. and A. N. Cohen. 1998. Red tide in Berkeley Marina raises concern for toxic blooms in Central Bay. Interagency Ecological Program Newsletter 11(1): 11-13.

Cohen, A. N. 1997. Biological invasions in the estuary. Interagency Ecological Program Newsletter 10(2): 22-23.

Cohen, A. N. 1997. The invasion of the estuaries. Proc. 2nd International Spartina Conference, Mar. 20-21, 1997, Olympia WA.

Cohen, A. N. and J. T. Carlton. 1997. Transoceanic transport mechanisms: the introduction of the Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis to California. Pacific Science 51(1): 1-11.

Robilliard, G. and A. N. Cohen. 1996. Potential Introduction of Nonindigenous Species to Prince William Sound, Alaska Via Discharge of Tanker Ballast Water. A report for B. P. Exploration (Alaska) Inc., Anchorage AK, 23 pp.

Cohen, A. N. 1996. Fishing for Food in San Francisco Bay: An Environmental Health and Safety Report. Save San Francisco Bay Association, Oakland CA, 24 pp.

Cohen, A. N. 1996. Biological invasions of the San Francisco Bay and Delta. Proc. Nat'l Forum on Nonindigenous Species Invasions in U. S. Marine and Fresh Waters, U. S. Capitol Building, Washington DC, Mar. 22, 1996.

Reprinted in National Invasive Species Act of 1996, Hearing before the Subcommittee on Drinking Water, Fisheries and Wildlife of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, U. S. Senate, 104th Congress, Washington DC, Sept. 19, 1996, pp. 212-213.

Cohen, A. N. and J. T. Carlton. 1995. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species in a United States Estuary: A Case Study of the Biological Invasions of the San Francisco Bay and Delta. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington DC.

Executive summary reprinted in H. R. 3217, The National Invasive Species Act of 1996, Hearing before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment and the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives, 104th Congress, Washington DC, July 17, 1996, pp. 87-94. Also reprinted in National Invasive Species Act of 1996, Hearing before the Subcommittee on Drinking Water, Fisheries and Wildlife of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, U. S. Senate, 104th Congress, Washington DC, Sept. 19, 1996, pp. 178-185.

Cohen, A. N., J. T. Carlton and M. C. Fountain. 1995. Introduction, dispersal and potential impacts of the green crab Carcinus maenas in San Francisco Bay. Marine Biology 122: 225-237.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS (partial list)

Scientific & professional meetings: American Association for the Advancement of Science , National Conference on Marine Bioinvasions , American Fisheries Society, Association of Environmental Professionals, American Institute of Fisheries Research Biologists, American Planning Association, Puget Sound Research '98 (plenary speaker), International Zebra Mussel and Aquatic Nuisance Species Conference, International Spartina Conference (plenary speaker), National Shellfisheries Association, State of the Estuary Conference, California and the World Ocean '97, Interagency Estuarine Study Program Conference (plenary speaker), Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Symposium

Research seminars: University of California at Berkeley, University of California—Bodega Marine Laboratory, Stanford University—Hopkins Marine Station, University of Washington—School of Marine Affairs, San Francisco State University, California State University at Hayward, University of the Pacific, University of California—Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Williams College-Maritime Studies Program, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Universidad Austral de Chile, University of the Carribean

Expert testimony/agency presentations: California Legislature/ Assembly Select Committee on Coastal Protection and Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials, California State Water Resources Control Board, San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources/Subcommittee on Water and Power, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Directorate & Western Regional Directorate, Aquatic Nuisance Species National Task Force, Aquatic Nuisance Species Western Regional Panel, National Sea Grant College Program, California Sea Grant Extension Program

EDUCATION

Ph. D., Energy and Resources, 1996, University of California, Berkeley

M. S., Energy and Resources, 1989, University of California, Berkeley

B. A. cum laude, Environmental Sciences, 1985, University of California, Berkeley

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

1991-1994 Director & Vice-President, East Bay Municipal Utility District, Oakland CA

1993-1994 Research Assistant, Maritime Studies Program, Williams College-Mystic Seaport, Mystic CT

1988-1989 Executive Director, Urban Creeks Council, Berkeley CA

AWARDS AND HONORS

Advisor, National Aquatic Nuisance Species Clearinghouse, 1999-present; Environmental Achievement Award (San Francisco BayKeeper), 1999; Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation (Pew Charitable Trust), 1998-2001; Co-Chair, Western Regional Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species, 1997-present; Environmental Leadership Grants (Switzer Foundation), 1997, 1998, 1999; National Audubon Graduate Student Research Award, 1989; University of California Club Scholar, 1989; Switzer Fellow, 1988; University of California Regents Fellow, 1985