I have been a hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey since 1973, and have conducted numerous hydrogeologic studies in both upstate New York and on Long Island. My principal interests include the application of surface geophysical techniques to hydrogeologic investigations, ground water-surface water interactions in both valley-fill and coastal plain aquifers, numerical simulation of valley-fill aquifers, and hydrogeologic characterization of unconsolidated and bedrock aquifers. I hold a B.S. degree in Earth Sciences from Adelphi University, and an M.S. degree in Water Resources Engineering from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. I have authored or co-authored more than 25 scientific papers and reports on such topics as the floodwave-response technique of determining aquifer diffusivity, the application of continuous seismic reflection profiling to hydrologic studies, the effect of urbanization on stream base flow, and the hydrogeologic characterization of valley-fill aquifers. I am an avid sailor and amateur historian, and hail from the effete North Shore of Long Island.