Kevin Farley

Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Kevin Farley is a Professor and the Blasland, Bouck and Lee Faculty Chair in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Manhattan College in Riverdale, New York.  He received his B.E. in Civil Engineering and his M.E. in Environmental Engineering from Manhattan College, and his Ph.D. in Civil-Environmental Engineering from MIT.  His research focuses on water quality modeling, sediment contamination, bioaccumulation of toxic chemicals, and metals.  Current research projects include studies on the mobilization of metals from contaminated sediments, on the development of a chemical speciation-transport model for metals in lakes, and on contaminant fate and bioaccumulation modeling of PCBs, dioxin/furans, PAHs, pesticides and mercury in the Hudson River and New York-New Jersey Harbor. 

 In addition, Dr. Farley has served as a technical advisor and consultant on issues related to water quality, water quality modeling, sediment contamination and bioaccumulation of toxic contaminants.  This has included scientific review panels for the EPA Chesapeake Bay Program, the National Research Council Committee on Remediation of PCB-Contaminated Sediments, the EPA Science Advisory Board panel reviewing the agency’s risk assessment framework for metals, and the UNEP International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management Metals Workgroup.  Dr. Farley has also served as chair of the Hudson River Foundation panel assessing the effectiveness of the Upper Hudson PCB dredging program, and is currently serving as a member of the Science and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) for the NY-NJ Harbor Estuary Program, and as a member of the Ecotoxicity Technical Advisory Panel (ETAP) for the international nonferrous metal industries.  He is also a member of the American Chemical Society, the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, and the New York Water Environment Association.

Education

  • PHD, Massachusetts Inst. of Tech.
  • ME, Manhattan College
  • ME, Manhattan College
  • BE, Manhattan College

Courses Taught

  • CEEN 305      Energy and the Environment
  • ENGS 204      Environmental Engineering Principles
  • ENVG 505      Surface Water Quality Modeling
  • ENVG 506      Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes
  • ENVG 703      Environmental Fate and Effects of Toxic Contaminants
  • ENVG 704      Advanced Water Modeling Quality
  • ENVG 731      Special Topics
  • ENVG 732      Thesis
  • Publications and Scholarly Activities

    Journal Articles

    Garman E.R., Meyer J.S., Bergeron C.M., Blewett T.A., Clements W.H., Elias M.C., Farley K.J., Gissi F., Ryan A.C. Validation of bioavailability‐based toxicity models for metals. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2020, 39:107-117.

    Carbonaro R.F., Farley K.J., Delbeke K., Baken S., Arbildua J.J., Rodriguez P.H, Rader K.J. Modeling the fate of metal concentrates in surface water. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2019, 38:1256-1272.

    Wilson J.M., Farley K.J., Carbonaro R.F. Kinetics of FeII-polyaminocarboxylate oxidation by molecular oxygen. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2018, 225:116-127.

    Meyer J.S., Farley K.J., Garman E.R. Metal mixtures model evaluation project: 1. Background. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2015, 34:726-740.

    Farley K.J., Meyer J.S., Balistrieri L.S., De Schamphelaere K.A.C., Iwasaki Y., Janssen C.R., Kamo M., Lofts S., Mebane C.A., Naito W., Ryan A.C., Santore R.C., Tipping E. Metal mixtures evaluation project: 2. A comparative evaluation of four modeling approaches. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2015, 34: 741-753.

    Farley K.J., Meyer J.S. Metal mixtures model evaluation project: 3. Lessons learned and steps forward. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2015, 34: 821-832.

    Greene, R.W., Di Toro, D.M., Farley, K.J., Phillips, K.L., Tomey, C.  “Modeling Water Column Partitioning of Polychlorinated Biphenyls to Natural Organic Matter and Black Carbon.” Environ. Sci. Technol. 2013, 47:6408–6414.

    Lindsay, D.R., Farley, K.J., Carbonaro, R.F., “Oxidation of CrIII to CrVI during chlorination of drinking water.” J. Environ. Monit. 2012, 14:1789-1797.

    Burkhard, L.P., Arnot, J.A., Embry, M.R., Farley, K.J., Hoke, R.A., Kitano, M., Leslie, H.A., Lotufo, G.R., Parkerton, T.F., Sappington, K.G., Tomy, G.T., Woodburn, K.B., 2011. “Comparing Laboratory and Field Measured Biota-Sediment Accumulation Factors.” Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. 2012, 8:32-41.

    Burkhard, L.P., Arnot, J.A., Embry, M.R., Farley, K.J., Hoke, R.A., Kitano, M., Leslie, H.A., Lotufo, G.R., Parkerton, T.F., Sappington, K.G., Tomy, G.T., Woodburn, K.B., 2011. “Comparing Laboratory and Field Measured Bioaccumulation Endpoints.” Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. 2012, 8:17-31.

    Farley, K. J., Carbonaro, R. F., Rader, K. J., Fanelli, C. J., Costanzo, R., Di Toro, D. M. “TICKET-UWM: A Coupled Kinetic, Equilibrium and Transport Screening Model for Metals in Lakes.” Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2011, 30:1278-1287.

    Landeck Miller, R.E., Farley, K.J., Wands, J.R., Santore, R., Redman, A.D., Kim, N.B.  “Fate and Transport Modeling of Sediment Contaminants in the New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary.” Urban Habitats 2011, (in press).

    Diamond, M.L., Gandhi, N., Adams, W.J., Atherton, J., Bhavsar, S.P., Bulle, C.,  Campbell, P.G.C., Dubreuil, A., Fairbrother, A., Farley, K., Green, A., Guinee, J., Hauschild, M.Z., Huijbregts, M.A.J., Humbert, S., Jensen, K.S., Jolliet, O., Margni, M., McGeer, J.C.,  Peijnenburg, W.J.G.M.,  Rosenbaum, R., van de Meent, D., Vijver, M.G. “The Clearwater Consensus: The Estimation of Metal Hazard in Fresh Water.” Int J Life Cycle Assess 2010, 15:143–147.

    Georgas, N., Rangarajan, S., Farley, K.J., Jagupilla, C.K. “AVGWLF-based Estimation of Nonpoint Source Nitrogen Loads Generated within Long Island Sound Watershed.” J. Amer. Wat. Res, Assoc. 2009, 45:715-733.

    Farley, K.J., Rader, K.J., Miller, B.E.  “Tableau Input Coupled Kinetic Equilibrium Transport (TICKET) Model.”  Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42, 838–84439.

    Rangarajan, S., Munson, K.A., Farley, K.J., Tedesco, M.  “ A Decision Support Framework to Facilitate Nitrogen Load Reductions in the Long Island Sound (LIS) Watershed.” Water Practice 2008, 2, 1-15.

    Bisceglia, K.J., Rader, K.J., Carbonaro, R.F., Farley, K.J., Mahony, J.D., Di Toro, D.M.  "Iron(II)-catalyzed Oxidation of Arsenic(III) in a Sediment Column."  Environ. Sci. Technol. 2005, 39, 9217-9222.

    Dombrowski, P.M., Wei, L., Farley, K.J., Mahony, J.D., Capitani, J.F., Di Toro, D.M. “Computed and Observed Redox Chemistry of Methyl Arsenic Species.” Environ. Sci. Technol. 2005, 39(7); 2169-2176.

    Rader, K.J., Dombrowski, P.D., Farley, K.J., Mahony, J.D., Di Toro, D.M.  “Effect of Thioarsenite Formation on Arsenic (III) Toxicity.”  Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2004, 23, 1649-1654.

    Hellweger, F.L., Farley, K.J., Lall, U., Di Toro, D.M.  “Greedy Algae Reduce Arsenate.” Limnol. Oceanog. 2003, 48, 2275-2288.

    Ford, R.G., Bertsch, P.M., Farley, K. J. "Changes in Trace Metal Partitioning During Hydrous Iron Oxide Aging." Environ. Sci. Technol. 1997, 31, 2028-2033.

    Brandes, D., Farley, K. J. "Importance of Phase Behavior on the Removal of Residual DNAPLs from Porous Media by Alcohol Flooding." Water Environ. Res., 65, 869-878, 1993.

    Farley, K.J. "Predicting Organic Accumulation in Sediments near Marine Sewage Outfalls." J. Environ. Engr. 1990, 116, 144-165.

    Farley, K.J., Morel, F.M.M., "The Role of Coagulation in the Kinetics of Sedimentation.," Environ. Sci. Technol. 1986, 20, 187-195.

    Farley, K.J., Dzombak, D. A., Morel, F.M.M., "A Surface Precipitation Model for the Sorption of Cations on Metal Oxides," J. Colloid Interf. Sci. 1985, 106 226-242.

    O'Connor, D.J., Mueller, J.A., Farley, K.J., "Distribution of Kepone in the James River Estuary." J. Environ. Engr. 1983, 109, 397-413.

    Books and Book Chapters

    Van Sprang P., Verdonck F., Waeterschoot H., Vercaigne I., Vetter D., Schade J., Rader K., Farley K., Carbonaro R., Oorts K., Verougstraete V., Merrington G., Peters A., Battersby R.V. Chapter 9 - Specific Methodologies/Tools to Support Assessment. In: Risk Management of Complex Inorganic Materials: A Practical Guide, Verougstraete V. (ed), Academic Press, London UK, 2018, pp. 145-168.

    Farley K.J. Water Quality and Sustainability of the Hudson River Estuary. In: Ahuja S. (ed.)  Comprehensive Water Quality and Purification, 2014, vol. 4, pp. 106-119. United States of America: Elsevier.

    Farley, K.J., Wands, J.R., Damiani, D.R., Cooney, T.F.  “Transport, Fate and Bioaccumulation of PCBs in the Lower Hudson River,” in The Hudson River Estuary, J.S. Levington and J.R. Waldman (eds), Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, 2006, pp. 368-382.

    Baker, J.E., Bohlen, W.F., Bopp, R.F., Brownawell, B., Collier, T.K., Farley, K.J., Geyer, W.R., Nairn, R., Rosman, L.  “PCBs in the Upper and Tidal Freshwater Hudson River Estuary: The Science behind the Dredging Controversy,” in The Hudson River Estuary, J.S. Levington and J.R. Waldman (eds), Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, 2006, pp. 349-367.

    Paquin, P.R., Farley, K.J., Santore, R.C., Kavvadas, C.D., Mooney, K.G., Winfield, R.P., Wu, K-B., Di Toro, D.M.  Metals in Aquatic Systems: A Review of Exposure, Bioaccumulation, and Toxicity Models.  Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Pensacola FL, 2003, 168pp.

    Farley, K.J., Thomann, R.V. “Fate and Bioaccumulation of PCBs in Aquatic Environments,” In Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Third Edition, W.N. Rom (ed), Lipincott-Raven Publishers, Philadelphia, PA, 1998, pp. 1581-1593.

    Farley, K.J., Germann, G.G., Elzerman, A.W. "Differential Weathering of PCB Congeners in Lake Hartwell, South Carolina," in Chemistry of Lake Watersheds, L. Baker (ed), American Chemical Society Advances in Chemistry Series, American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., 1994.

    Boyd, G. R., Farley, K. J. "NAPL Removal from Groundwater by Alcohol Flooding:  Laboratory Studies and Applications," In Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soils and Groundwater, P.T. Kostechi and E.J. Calabrese (eds), Lewis Publishers, Chelsea, MI, 1992.

    Other Reports and Publications

    Farley K.J., Baker J.E., Bohlen W.F., Geyer W.R., Litten S., Ralston D.K. “An Independent Evaluation of the PCB Dredging Program on the Upper Hudson and Lower Hudson River.” Final Report, Hudson River Foundation, June 2017.  http://www.hudsonriver.org/download/2017-06-01Report-HRFDredgingProgramEvaluationFinal.pdf

    Farley, K.J., Rader, K.J., Fanelli, C.J., Carbonaro, R.F. “Further Development of Tier 1 Unit World Model: Addition of Iron and Manganese Oxides.”  International Copper Association, December 2008.

    Farley, K.J., Carbonaro, R.F., Di Toro, D.M.  “Unit World Model: Tier 1 Hazard Ranking Model for Metals in Lakes,” Final Report. Submitted to the International Council of Mining and Metals (ICMM), 47 pages, December 2007.

    Baker, J.E., Bohlen, W.F., Bopp, R., Brownawell, B., Collier, T.K., Farley, K.J., Geyer, W.R. “PCBs in the Upper Hudson River: The Science behind the Dredging Controversy,” A White Paper Prepared for the Hudson River Foundation, http://hudsonriver.org/hrfpcb 102901.pdf October 2001.

    Tracy, J.C., Bonner, J., Chapra, S., Farley, K., Lick, W., Thibodeaux, L.  “Peer Review of Models Predicting the Fate and Export of PCBs in the Lower Fox River Below DePere Dam,” Tracy, J.C. and Keane, C.M. (eds.), Report submitted to the American Geological Institute, 88 pages, April 2000.

    Farley, K.J., Thomann, R.V., Cooney, T.F., Damiani, D.R., Wands, J.R.  “An Integrated Model of Chemical Fate and Bioaccumulation in the Hudson River Estuary,” Final Report, Submitted to the Hudson River Foundation, 170 pages, March 1999.

    Paquin, P., Santore, R., Farley, K., Wu, K.B., Mooney, K., DiToro, D.M.  “Literature Review of Fate and Transport, Chemical Equilibrium and Bioaccumulation/Toxicity Models for Metals,” Draft Report, Prepared for the International Lead Zinc Research Organization, the International Copper Association, Ltd., and the Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association, 117 pages + appendix, February 1999.

    Morgan, S.M., Lee, C.M., Farley, K.J., “Innovative Recovery Options for Metal Finishers,” Metal Finishing, 1997, 95, 20-24.

    Marshall, M.J., Farley, K.J. "Sediment Contamination in Streams and Rivers," South Carolina Water Resources Research Institute, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 1995.

    Elzerman, A.W., Farley, K.J., Dunnivant, F.M., Cooper, C. "Predicting the Future Fate of PCBs in Lake Hartwell," South Carolina Water Resources Research Institute, Clemson University, Technical Completion Report 139, Clemson, SC, 1994.

    Farley, K.J., Falta, R.W., Brandes, D., Milazzo, J.T., Brame, S.E. "Remediation of Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Groundwaters by Alcohol Flooding," Final Report, Submitted to South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Research Fund, 1993.

    Bramlett, M., McCray, J., Farley, K.J., Falta, R.W., Daniels, M. “A Summary of Literature on Subsurface DNAPL Remediation," Report, Submitted to SCUREF, Westinghouse Savannah River Company, 1993.

    Farley, K.J., Boyd, G.R., Patwardhan, S. "Hydrocarbon Contamination in Groundwaters," South Carolina Water Resources Research Institute, Clemson University, Technical Completion Report 134, Clemson, SC, 1993.

    Farley, K.J., Ford, R.G., Goel, A. "Volume Reduction and Stabilization of F006 Sludges," Final Report, Submitted to Chemical Waste Management, 1991.

    Farley, K.J., Castro, A.P. "Effects of Stratification on the Deposition of Organic Material Near Marine Sewage Outfalls," Final Report, Submitted to the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project Authority, 1990.

    Farley, K.J. "A Simplified Deposition Calculation (DECAL) for Organic Accumulation Near Marine Outfalls," Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Marine and Estuarine Protection, Report No. EPA 430/09-88-001, Washington, DC, 1987.

    Farley, K.J., Harleman, D.R.F., Morel, F.M.M. "Ponding of Effluents from Fossil Fuel Steam Electric Power Plants," Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Energy Laboratory, Report No. MIT-EL 84-007, Cambridge, MA, 1984.

    Farley, K.J. "Sorption and Sedimentation as Mechanisms of Trace Metal Removal," Ph.D. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., 1984.

    O'Connor, D.J., Farley, K.J., Mueller, J.A. "Mathematical Models of Toxic Substances in Estuaries with Application to Kepone in the James River," Final Report, Submitted to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1981.

  • Professional Experience and Memberships

    Professional Experience

    2015-pres

    Blasland, Bouck and Lee Faculty Chair, Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY

    2005-2011

    Director, Environmental Engineering Graduate Program, Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY

    2004-pres

    Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY

    2002-2010

    Associate (part-time), HydroQual, Inc., Mahwah, NJ

    1996-pres

    Director, Institute in Water Pollution Control, Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY

    1995-2004

    Associate Professor, Environmental Engineering, Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY

    1993-1995

    Associate Professor, Environmental Systems Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC

    1987-1993

    Assistant Professor, Environmental Systems Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC

    1984-1987

    Senior Engineer, Tetra Tech, Inc., Roslyn, VA

    1979-1984

    Graduate Research Assistant, Civil & Environmental Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA

    1977-1979

    Research Engineering, Environmental Engineering Program, Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY

    Committees and Advisory Panels

    2017-2018

    Review Panel, An Independent Evaluation of the Upper Hudson Dredging Program, Hudson River Foundation

    2012-present

    Ecotoxicity Technical Advisory Panel (ETAP), cooperative research arm for the international nonferrous metal industries.

    2010-2013

    UNEP International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management (Metals Workgroup)

    2009-2011

     

    ILSI Health and Environmental Sciences Institute (HESI) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) “Bioaccumulation Project: Lab-Field Bioaccumulation Workgroup.”

    2006-2007

    TEC Science Panel, Target Ecosystem Characteristics for the Hudson Raritan Estuary, Hudson River Foundation

    2003-2005

    Panel Member, U.S. EPA, Science Advisory Board Metals Risk Assessment Framework Review Panel

    2003-2008

    Steering Committee, Environmental Consortium of Hudson River Colleges and Universities

    2000-2002

    Panel Member, Delaware River Basin Commission, PCB Model Expert Panel, Toxics Advisory Committee

    1999-2001

    Committee Member, National Academy of Science, Committee on Remediation of PCB-Contaminated Sediments

    1999-2003

    Model Evaluation Group (MEG) Member, U.S. EPA, Chesapeake Bay Program Modeling Subcommittee

    1997-1999

    Science and Technical Review Committee, EPA Region 2, Hudson River PCB Superfund Reassessment

    Professional Memberships

    2016-pres

    Member, New York Water Environment Association (NYWEA)

    1995-pres

    Member, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)

    1987-2001

    Member, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)

    1987-2011

    Member, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)

    1984-pres

    Member, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • Honors, Awards, and Grants

    GRANTS

    • Current Research Support

      • New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDoT) through the Hudson River Foundation, “NY/NJ Harbor Contamination Reduction Project: CARP 2.” Farley KJ (2017-2021), $232,000.

       

      Previous Research Support: Manhattan College

      • Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP), “Predicting the Fate and Effects of Resuspended Metal Contaminated Sediments.” Farley, K.J., and Carbonaro, R.F. (2010-2015), $281,000.
      • International Lead Zinc Research Organization (ILZRO) and Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association (NiPERA), “Metal Mixtures Model Evaluation (MMME).” Farley, K.J., (PI) (2013), $40,000.
      • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Superfund Research Program. “Carcinogenic Metals and Their Interactions with Other Toxicants: Research Translation Core.” Farley, K.J. and Carbonaro, R.F. (2009-2012) $140,000.
      • National Institute of Environmental and Health Sciences, Superfund Research Program. “Effect of Natural Organic Matter on Bioavailability and Mobilization of Metals.” Farley, K.J., and Carbonaro, R.F. (2009-2012), $148,000.
      • Hudson River Foundation (HRF), “CARP Sediment Transport and Organic Carbon Model Refinements for the Mainstem Hudson.” Farley, K.J. (2009-2011), $152,000.
      • National Institute of Environmental and Health Sciences, RO1 Program. “Toxicity and Mobilization of Metals and Metal Mixtures in Sediments,” Farley, K.J., and Carbonaro, R.F. (co-PIs) (2006-2009), $387,644.
      • International Commission of Mining and Metals (ICMM), “Continued Development of the Tier 1 Unit World Model for Metals in Lakes,” Farley, K.J. and Carbonaro, R.F. (2006-2007) $50,000.
      • International Commission of Mining and Metals (ICMM), “Developing a Unit World Model for Critical Loadings of Metals in Aquatic Environments,” Farley, K.J. and Carbonaro, R.F. (2004-2005) $40,000.
      • S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2, “A Decision Support Tool to Facilitate Nitrogen Load Reductions in the Long Island Sound (LIS) Watershed,” Farley, K.J. (2004-2006) $80,800.
      • S. Environmental Protection Agency, Center for Metals in the Environment, “Developing a Model to Predict the Persistence of Metals in Aquatic Environments,” Farley, K.J. (2003-2005) $63,500.
      • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Superfund Basic Research Program. “Water-Sediment Model and Criteria for Arsenic and Chrome,” Di Toro, D.M., Farley, K.J., Carbonaro, R.F. and Mahony, J.D. (2000-2006), $925,000.
      • Hudson River Foundation, "Fate and Bioaccumulation of Toxic Contaminants in New York-New Jersey Harbor," Farley, K.J. (1999-2000), $50,000.
      • US EPA, Office of Water, "Bioavailability, Trophic Transfer, and Fate of Pollutants in the Aquatic Environment," (1997-2000), Thomann, R.V. and Farley, K.J., $220,000.
      • Hudson River Foundation, "An Integrated Model of Organic Chemical Fate and Bioaccumulation in the Hudson River Estuary," (1995-99), Thomann, R.V. and Farley, K.J., $350,000.