SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | BAD CHEMICALS, GOOD CHEMICALS: CHALLENGES FROM THE PAST AND OF THE FUTURE |
| Discussion Leader: Richard Luthy (Stanford University) |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | John Connolly (Anchor QEA)
"Factors controlling PCB release during dredging in the Hudson River" |
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Julie Zimmerman (Yale University)
"Meeting Global Water Challenges through Green Chemistry and Engineering" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:45 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | ELEMENT CYCLING |
| Discussion Leader: Alan Stone (Johns Hopkins University) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Brad Tebo (Oregon Health & Science University)
"Molecular insights into the biogeochemistry of manganese(II) oxidation" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Anne Kraepiel (Princeton University)
"Metals in soils: limitation of biological processes?" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Laurent Charlet (University of Grenoble / CNRS)
"Selenium biogeochemical cycle" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | WATER QUALITY ISSUES IN CHINA |
| Discussion Leader: Jiang Guibin (Research Center for Eco-Environ. Sciences, CAS) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Eddy Zeng (Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, CAS)
"Regional and Global Implications of Water Pollution in China" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Hefa Cheng (Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, CAS)
"National Campaigns for Better Water Pollution Control and Treatment in China" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | WATER TREATMENT AND REUSE |
| Discussion Leader: Michael Elovitz (US EPA) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Shane Snyder (Southern Nevada Water Authority)
"Occurrence and Fate of Pharmaceuticals and EDCs during Water Reuse Applications" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | William Mitch (Yale University)
"The Halide Effect: From AOP Treatment of Recycled Waters to Indirect Photolysis in Estuaries to the Global Carbon Cycle" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Timothy Strathmann (University of Illinois)
"Metal Catalysts for Water Treatment: Surface Chemistry, Fouling, and Sustainability" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | NEW APPROACHES IN PATHOGEN RESEARCH |
| Discussion Leader: Kara Nelson (UC Berkeley) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Benito Marinas (University of Illinois)
"Emerging Waterborne Viral Pathogens: Inactivation Kinetics and Mechanisms" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Nathalie Tufenkji (McGill University)
"A Bug's Life: Pathogen Transport and Survival in Groundwater Environments" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | ORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN WATER AND ICE |
| Discussion Leader: Ching-Hua Huang (Georgia Tech) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Petr Klán (Masaryk University)
"Photochemistry and Photophysics of Organic Molecules in Ice and Snow" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Kathrin Fenner (Eawag, ETH Zurich)
"Transformation Products of Organic Contaminants in Aquatic Resources: New Avenues for their Identification and Exposure Assessment" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Martin Elsner (Helmholtz Zentrum, München)
"Stable Isotope Fractionation: Studying Pollutant Transformation Mechanisms in the Environment" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | CHEMISTRY OF NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER |
| Discussion Leader: Patricia Maurice (University of Notre Dame) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Aron Stubbins (Old Dominion University)
"Variations and commonalities in dissolved organic matter chemistry and reactivity across aquatic environments and how we should look for them" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Lihini Aluwihare (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Univ. of California, San Diego)
"Dissolved organic matter cycling in the marine environment" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | OCEAN AND COASTAL WATER QUALITY |
| Discussion Leader: Rainer Lohmann (University of Rhode Island) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Elsie Sunderland (Harvard University)
"Mercury cycling and bioavailability in coastal and marine ecosystems: Insights from global modeling" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Chris Langdon (University of Miami)
"Ocean Acidification" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Alexandria Boehm (Stanford University)
"Oceans and human health: Occurrence, fate, and transport of pathogen indicators and pathogens in beach sands" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH |
| Discussion Leader: Martin Scheringer (ETH Zurich) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Sandra Steingraber (Ithaca College)
"Living Downstream: Water, Cancer, and Environmental Human Rights" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | TBA (selected talks from poster presenters) |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |