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Lifetime Members
Excellence at Queens College and the John Moss Award For Excellence in College
Teaching from the National Association of Geology Teachers. His research studies
since 1967 have included sedimentation on the Moon, as a Principal Investigator in
NASA's Lunar Sample Study Program, and shipboard studies of continental shelf,
coastal and estuarine areas in the Northeast, as well as ground and aerial studies
of the effects of hurricanes on coasts and urban centers.

His recent research deals with the effects of hurricanes on coasts, urban centers
and inland areas, in predicting hurricane damage and in critically analyzing our coastal
management policies in a time of sea level rise. He has carried out ground and aerial
studies of most recent hurricanes as well as forensic studies of older (16th-20th century) hurricanes.

He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America and a Member of The American Meteorological Society, Society of Sedimentary Geologists, National Association
of Geology Teachers, American Association of Petroleum Geologists and is a Certified
Professional Geologist.

Dr. Coch is an expert on Northern Hurricanes and has been a consultant to the
N.Y. City Emergency Management Organization and the N.Y.S. Office of Emergency
Management. He has presented hurricane seminars to emergency management and
government officials in every county in southern New York as well as insurance, reinsurance and risk management groups nationwide. In 2003, he was chosen as a Sigma
Xi Distinguished Lecturer for 2004-2007, and presented lectures on his research at
educational and research facilities in the U.S. and Canada.

Programs including aspects of his hurricane research have aired on the CNN,
PBS, Weather, Discovery, History and National Geographic Channels, and in local,
national and international news programs and periodicals.

Coch, N. K., 1994. Hurricane hazards in the Northeast U.S. In: Finkl, C.W. (ed.),
Coastal Hazards, Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 12, pp. 115-147.

For a complete list of Dr. Coch's publications or
his contact information, please visit:
http://www.qc.cuny.edu/Academics/Degrees/DMNS/sees/People/Pages/
FacultyResearch.aspx?ItemID=23

Selected Publications:
Coch, N.K., 2006. The unique vulnerability of the Northeast U.S. to hurricane damage. Geologic Society of America, Abstract with programs, National G.S.A. Meeting (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
Coch, N.K., 2003. How coastal changes and development amplified damage in the
1935 Hurricane in the Florida Keys: Lessons for the future. Geologic Society of
America, Volume 35.
Coch, N. K., 2002. America's first natural disaster: The hurricane of 1635 and implications for New England. Geologic Society of America, Volume 35.

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