SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Human-Altered Landscapes |
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm | Discussion Leader: Diane McKnight (University of Colorado, Boulder, CO) |
7:50 pm - 8:30 pm | Peter Groffman (Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY)
"The Bio-Geo-Socio-Chemistry of Nitrogen in Urban Watersheds" |
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
8:40 pm - 9:20 pm | George Hornberger (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN) |
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 | Biogeochemistry of Marine Systems |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Bettina Voelker (Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO)
"Introduction" |
9:10 am - 9:50 am | Colleen Hansel (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA)
"Microbial and Geochemical Cooperation in the Biomineralization of Manganese" |
9:50 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
10:05 am | Coffee Break |
10:35 am - 11:15 am | Dagmar Wöbken (University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria)
"Investigating the Function of Uncultured Microorganisms Using Stable Isotopes and Molecular Tools - From the Process-Level to Single Cells" |
11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | George Luther III (University of Delaware, Lewes, DE)
"Changing the Manganese Paradigm: The Importance of Soluble Mn(III) in the Environment"
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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 | Unconventional Contaminants |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Amy Pruden (Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA) |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Kara Lavender Law (Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, MA)
"Plastic Pollution in the Marine Environment: The Emerging Science of a Familiar Contaminant"
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8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Thomas Bucheli (Agroscope, Institute for Sustainability Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland)
"Mycotoxins in the Aquatic Environment: Only the Tip of the Iceberg?"
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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 | Analytical Tools for Probing Environmental Processes |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Howard Fairbrother (Johns Hopkins University)
"Introduction" |
9:10 am - 9:50 am | Samuel Arey (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland)
"Analyzing Reactive Species in Water with Quantum Chemistry"
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9:50 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
10:05 am | Coffee Break |
10:35 am - 11:15 am | André Simpson (University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Canada)
"NMR in Environmental Research: From Molecular Interactions to Global Scale Processes"
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11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Peter Vikesland (Virginia Polytechnical Institute, Blacksburg, VA)
"Nanoparticle-Enabled Contaminant Sensing"
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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 | Environmental Epigenetics |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Carlos Sonnenschein (Tufts University, Boston, MA)
"Introduction" |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Raquel Chamorro-Garcia (University of California, Irvine, CA)
"Transgenerational Effects of Water-Borne Obesogens"
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8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Janine LaSalle (University of California, Davis, CA)
"Epigenetics at the Interface of Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors in Autism"
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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 | Interfacial Processes |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Peggy O'Day (University of California, Merced) |
9:10 am - 9:50 am | Catherine Peters (Princeton University, Princeton, NJ)
"Geochemistry of Caprock Fracture Dissolution and CO2 Leakage in Geologic Carbon Sequestration"
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9:50 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
10:05 am | Coffee Break |
10:35 am - 11:15 am | Tom Clarke (University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK)
"Controlling Electron Transfer at the Microbe-Mineral Interface"
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11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Wonyong Choi (Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea)
"Redox Chemical Transformation Accelerated in Ice and Its Environmental Implications"
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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 in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Drinking Water Quality |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: William Cooper (University of California, Irvine, CA)
"Introduction" |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Charles Werth (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL)
"Development of Novel Catalytic Nanomaterials for Removal of Oxyanions in Drinking Water"
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8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Tamar Kohn (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland)
"Disinfection Revisited: How Viruses Die, and How They Outsmart Us to Prevail"
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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 | Science-Based Decisions |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: William Arnold (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN)
"Introduction" |
9:10 am - 9:50 am | Edward Kolodziej (University of Nevada, Reno, NV)
"Conserved Structure, Conserved Risk: Environmental Transformations of Steroidal Contaminants"
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9:50 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
10:05 am | Coffee Break |
10:35 am - 11:15 am | Bryan Brooks (Baylor University, Waco, TX)
"What Have We Learned from Fish on Prozac?"
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11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Lee Ferguson (Duke University, Durham, NC)
"Finding the Causative Stressors: Effects-Directed Analysis in Environmental Science"
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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 IV |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Communicating Important Environmental Science |
7:30 pm - 8:20 pm | Panel Discussion |
| "Working Effectively at the Science-Policy Interface: Conceptual Basis and Experiences from Institutional and Individual Perspectives" |
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- Janet Hering (EAWAG, Switzerland)
- David Dzombak (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA)
- Sarah Green (Michigan Technical University, Houghton, MI)
- Richard Luthy (Stanford University, Stanford, CA)
- Deborah Swackhamer (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN)
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8:20 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
8:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Student Poster Presentations |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion Leader: Timothy Vadas (University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT) |
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm | TBA (Student Poster Presenter) |
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:05 pm | TBA (Student Poster Presenter) |
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm | TBA (Student Poster Presenter) |
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm | Discussion |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Closing Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |