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Biography

Gerald Kauffman is Director of the 91Ô­´´ Water Resources Center (91Ô­´´WRC), one of the 54 National Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR) supported by the U.S. Geological Survey at 54 land grant universities in the fifty states, D.C., and three island territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands.Ìý The 91Ô­´´WRC is a research center in the Institute for Public Administration in the Biden School of Public Policy & Administration.Ìý Dr. Kauffman holds a faculty appointment as Associate Professor in the Biden School of Public Policy & Administration, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Geography Department and teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in watershed science and policy, hydrology, and hydraulics.ÌýDr. Kauffman serves on the admissions committee of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Water Science and Policy and on the Environmental Academic Affairs Council that oversees undergraduate environmental science/studies majors at the 91Ô­´´.Ìý

Dr. Kauffman provides water science and policy assistance to governments in Delaware and the Delaware Valley through the land-grant public service, education, and research role of the 91Ô­´´.ÌýDr. Kauffman serves as Delaware's first Water Master appointed by the Delaware Water Supply Coordinating Council Act and co-chairs the Christina Basin Clean Water Partnership, an interstate effort between the EPA, Delaware River Basin Commission, Delaware, and Pennsylvania to restore the watershed that provides 60 percent of the First State's drinking water supply.

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Degrees

Ph.D., Marine Science and Policy, 91Ô­´´Ìý (2014)

MPA, Water Policy, 91Ô­´´ (2003)

Certified Public Manager Program (Level III), Graduate Program in Public Administration, Rutgers University (1988)

B.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering with a concentration in Water Resources, Rutgers University (1981)

Experience

2003 – Present Director, Water Resources Center, 91Ô­´´

2021Ìý–ÌýPresent Associate Professor, 91Ô­´´

2014 – Present​ Assistant Professor, 91Ô­´´â€‹

​1997 – 2015 Project Director, Water Resources Agency, Institute for Public Administration, 91Ô­´´Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýÌý

1993 – 1997 Water Resources Agency for New Castle County (Newark, Del.)Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýÌý

1989 – 1993 Donohue and Associates, Consultants (Chicago, Ill.)

1981Ìý– 1989 New Jersey Department of Transportation and Department of Environmental Protection (Trenton, N.J.)

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Affiliations

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

American Water Resources Association (AWRA)

Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR)

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Courses Taught

UAPP 411/611 Regional Watershed Management

CIEG 440 Water Resources Engineering

GEOG 432/632 Environmental Hydrology

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Appointments

Director, 91Ô­´´ Water Resources Center, one of the 54 National Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR) supported by the U.S. Geological Survey at land grant universities in the 50 states, District of Columbia, and three island territories.Ìý2015Ìý–Ìýpresent.

Assistant Professor, faculty appointment by the 91Ô­´´, Department of Geography, College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment.Ìý2016Ìý–Ìýpresent.

Assistant Professor, faculty appointment by the 91Ô­´´, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering. 2015Ìý–Ìýpresent.

Assistant Professor, faculty appointment by the 91Ô­´´, Biden School of Public Policy and Administration, 2014 –Ìýpresent.

Director, 91Ô­´´, Water Resources Agency.Ìý2003Ìý–Ìýpresent.

Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, Science and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC).Ìý2010Ìý–Ìýpresent.

91Ô­´´, Undergraduate Environmental Academic Affairs Council.Ìý2009Ìý–Ìýpresent.

Co-chair, 91Ô­´´WATER Project. 2008Ìý–Ìýpresent.

State Water Coordinator (Water Master), appointed by the Governor and General Assembly under the Delaware Water Supply Coordinating Council Act. 2000Ìý–Ìýpresent.

Co-chair, Christina Basin Clean Water Partnership, a program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Delaware River Basin Commission, State of Delaware, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.Ìý1995Ìý–Ìýpresent.

Resource Protection Area Technical Advisory Committee (RPATAC), appointed by the New Castle County Executive, by authority of the New Castle County Unified Development Code.Ìý1996Ìý–Ìýpresent.

Faculty Advisor, 91Ô­´´, Student Section of the American Water Resources Association (AWRA).Ìý2007Ìý–Ìýpresent.

Research Interests

WaterÌýScience and Policy;ÌýRiver Basin Governance, Economics, and Policy;ÌýHydrology andÌýHydraulics, Environmental Policy.