Education B.A.Sc., University of Toronto, 1975 M.A.Sc., University of Toronto, 1977 Ph.D., University of Delaware, 1981 Awards 2003 Lawrence K. Cecil Award in Environmental Chemical Engineering, Env. Div., AIChE Chair, 1st Vice-Chair, 2nd Vice-Chair, AIChE Environmental Division (2002, 2001, 2000) 1997 Outstanding Research paper, AIChE, Separations Division Del Amo Research Fellowship, 1994 Lady Davis Fellowship (Israel), 1987, 1994 National Research Council, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology (1989-1992) Director, Center for Environmental Risk Reduction

Surface nano-structuring with polymers and organosilanes, graft polymerization, membranes: desalination, ultrafiltration and pervaporation, surface crystallization, neural networks for quantitative-structure property estimation, intermedia and multimedia transport in environmental systems, environmental impact assessment

Alex R. Bartman, Eric Lyster, Robert Rallo, Panagiotis D. Christofides and Yoram Cohen. Mineral scale monitoring for reverse osmosis desalination via real-time membrane surface image analysis. Desalination. 273(1), 2011, 64-71. Christopher J. Gabelich, Anditya Rahardianto, C. Robert Northrup, Tae I. Yun and Yoram Cohen. Process evaluation of intermediate chemical demineralization for water recovery enhancement in production-scale brackish water desalting. Desalination. 272(1-3), 2011, 36-45. Bartman, Alex R., Zhu, Aihua, Christofides, Panagiotis D., Cohen, Yoram. Minimizing energy consumption in reverse osmosis membrane desalination using optimization-based control. Journal of Process Control. 20(10), 2010, 1261-1269. Myung-man Kim, Nancy H. Lin, Gregory T. Lewis and Yoram Cohen. Surface nano-structuring of reverse osmosis membranes via atmospheric pressure plasma-induced graft polymerization for reduction of mineral scaling propensity. Journal of Membrane Science. 354 (1-4), 2010, 142-149. Nancy H. Lin, Myung-man Kim, Gregory T. Lewis, Yoram Cohen. Polymer surface nano-structuring of reverse osmosis membranes for fouling resistance and improved flux performance. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 20, 2010, 4642-4652. Nancy H. Lin, Wen-Yi Shih, Eric Lyster, Yoram Cohen. Crystallization of calcium sulfate on polymeric surfaces. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 356(2), 2011, 790-797. McCool, Brian C., Rahardianto, Anditya, Faria, Jose, Kovac, Kurt, Lara, David, Cohen, Yoram. Feasibility of reverse osmosis desalination of brackish agricultural drainage water in the San Joaquin Valley. Desalination. 261(3), 2010, 240-250. Anditya Rahardianto, Brian C. McCool and Yoram Cohen. Accelerated desupersaturation of reverse osmosis concentrate by chemically-enhanced seeded precipitation. Desalination. 264(3), 2010, 256-267. Zhu, AH, Christofides, PD, Cohen, Y. Effect of Stream Mixing on RO Energy Cost Minimization. Desalination. 261(3), 2010, 232-239. Zhu, A., Rahardianto, A., Christofides, P. D. and Cohen, Y. Reverse Osmosis Desalination with High Permeability Membranes - Cost Optimization and Research Needs. Desalination and Water Treatment. 15, 2010, 256-266.