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 | Human Impact on Global Biogeochemical Cycles: Thresholds or progressive impact? |
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm | Discussion Leader: William Schlesinger (Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY)
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7:50 pm - 8:30 pm | James Gallaway (University of Virginia)
"Nitrogen: Pushing the Limits"
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8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
8:40 pm - 9:20 pm | Scott Doney (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute)
"Ocean Acidification: the Other CO2 Problem"
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9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Biotransformation and Biocatalysis |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Larry Wackett (University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN) |
9:10 am - 9:50 am | Damian Helbling (EAWAG)
"From SBRs to metagenomics: seeking tools to predict biotransformation pathways of organic micropollutants"
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9:50 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
10:05 am - 10:35 am | Coffee Break |
10:35 am - 11:15 am | Dick B. Janssen (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
"Microbial Dehalogenation for Toxic Waste and Chiral Products"
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11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Rebecca Parales (University of California, Davis, CA)
"Bacterial Sensing and Degradation of Nitrotoluenes"
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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 I |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Crisis-Driven Science |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Jerry Schnoor (University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA) |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Elizabeth Kujawinski (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, MA)
"Characterization of Environmental Organic Matter: The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill"
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8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Kelvin Gregory (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA)
"Development of Black Shale Gas and Oil Resources: Water Management Challenges and Microbiology"
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9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Redox and Radical Processes |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: David Waite (University of New South Wales, Australia) |
9:10 am - 9:50 am | Jaehong Kim (Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA)
"Manipulating Light for Environmental Applications"
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9:50 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
10:05 am - 10:35 am | Coffee Break |
10:35 am - 11:15 am | Michael Sander (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland)
"Assessing Redox Processes involving Natural Organic Matter: the Last Chapter (?) of a Never-ending Story"
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11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Chad Vecitis (Harvard University, Cambridge, MA)
"Electrochemical Filtration for Advanced Water Treatment"
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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 II |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Toxicity, Exposure, Risk |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Nancy Denslow (University of Florida) |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | April Gu (Northeastern University, Boston, MA)
"Merging Toxicology and Genomics with Water Science-Toxicogenomics-enabled Technology Platform For Water Toxicity Assessment and Monitoring"
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8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Roman Ashauer (EAWAG, Dubendorf, Switzerland)
"Toxicokinetic-Toxicodynamic Models at the Core of Ecotoxicology - Chemistry Meets Biodiversity"
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9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Microbial Community Structure and Function |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Craig Criddle (Stanford University, Stanford, CA) |
9:10 am - 9:50 am | Katherine McMahon (University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI)
"Eco-Systems Biology of Phosphorus Accumulating Bacteria in Activated Sludge"
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9:50 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
10:05 am - 10:35 am | Coffee Break |
10:35 am - 11:15 am | Susann Muller (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany)
"Cytometric Structure Analytics - Using DNA Patterns for Evaluation and Prediction of Natural Microbial Community Behavior"
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11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Ludmilla Chistoserdova (University of Washington, Seattle, WA)
"Functional Microbial Communities in Freshwater Lakes: from Omics Approaches to Single Organism Physiology"
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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 III |
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 | Emerging Contaminants |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Susan Richardson (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Brian Mader (3M Environmental Laboratory, St. Paul, MN)
"Advances in the Removal of Perfluorochemicals from Water"
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8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Joel Pedersen (University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI)
"Prions: Environmental Contamination and Disease Transmission"
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9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Colloids and Nanoparticles |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Menachem Elimelech (Yale University, New Haven, CT) |
9:10 am - 9:50 am | Heileen Hsu-Kim (Duke University)
"Is this Nano Stuff for Real?: Connecting Nanomaterials Research to Trace Element Geochemistry and Bioavailability"
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9:50 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
10:05 am - 10:35 am | Coffee Break |
10:35 am - 11:15 am | Young-Shin Jun (Washington University, St. Louis, MO)
"Environmental Factors Controlling Nucleation, Growth, and Aggregation of Metal Oxides in Natural and Engineered Aquatic Systems"
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11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Eric Hoek (University of California, Los Angeles, CA)
"Nanotechnology-based Membranes for Desalination and Advanced Water Treatment" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Lifetime Achievement in Aquatic Sciences |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Phil Gschwend (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Ronald Hites (Indiana University, Bloomington, IN)
"Persistent Organic Pollutants" |
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Student Poster Presentations
Three selected from the Student Poster Presentations
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9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |