Mark D. Cohen, Ph.D.

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Title: 

• Supervisory Research Physical Scientist
• Leader of the NOAA ARL HYSPLIT Modeling Group

Contact: mark.cohen@noaa.gov

Current Research:

• Atmospheric source-receptor relationships
• Evaluation and improvement of atmospheric transport and dispersion models
  • Intentional tracer experiments
  • Tracers of opportunity
• Emissions estimation by inversion of observations
• Atmospheric fate and transport of pollutants

Professional Experience:

• 1998 – present: NOAA Air Resources Laboratory, College Park, MD
• 1989 – 1998: Center for the Biology of Natural Systems, Queens College, City University of New York, New York City, NY

Education:

• Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Caltech, Pasadena, CA. Studies of Concentrated Electrolyte Solutions using the Electrodynamic Balance.
• B.S., Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

Honors, Awards and Professional Recognition:

• 2020 NOAA Research Employee of the Year, Personal and Professional Excellence. For developing the ARL’s new Locust Forecasting Web Application for the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
• 2019 Department of Commerce Bronze Medal Award for Scientific / Engineering Achievement, with Winston Luke. For sustained excellence in measurements and modeling leading to improved understanding of the emissions, transport, and fate of atmospheric mercury.
• 2017 NOAA Technology Transfer Award, with Glenn Rolph, Roland Draxler, Ariel Stein, and Barbara Stunder. For exceptional work in transferring the Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory dispersion model to first responders, emergency planners, academia, and other government agencies.
• 2007 NOAA Report to Congress: Mercury Contamination in the Great Lakes. Primary author, with Richard Artz and Roland Draxler. Air Resources Laboratory, Silver Spring MD. Submitted to Congress on May 14, 2007. 162 pages. http://www.arl.noaa.gov/documents/reports/NOAA_GL_Hg.pdf
• 2003 NOAA OAR Outstanding Paper Award. Cohen, M.D., R.R. Draxler, R. Artz, et al. (2002). Modeling the Atmospheric Transport and Deposition of PCDD/F to the Great Lakes. Environmental Science and Technology, 36(22), 4831-4845. https://doi.org/10.1021/es0157292