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Environmental Sciences: Water
June 20-25, 2010
Holderness School
Holderness, NH
Chairs:
Kristopher McNeill & Tamar Kohn

The 2010 "Environmental Sciences: Water" conference will continue the tradition of being a forum for the most recent and stimulating research in the areas of environmental engineering, environmental chemistry, and aquatic sciences. An organizing principle for the upcoming meeting is a focus on research that advances a molecular-level understanding of aquatic environmental systems. This meeting also occurs during a time of rapid change in the environmental landscape due to pressures from a changing climate, increased global economic development, and their associated impacts on natural resources. Consequently, this meeting will additionally focus on environmental issues that are expected to increase in importance in the coming decades. These topics will include (1) worsening environmental quality in oceans and coastal zones, (2) water quality issues in emerging economies, and (3) novel tools and methods to study and anticipate change in aquatic environments.

Contributors
National Science Foundation (Environmental Engineering and Sustainability)
Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors
Royal Society of Chemistry
SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm)
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmWelcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff
7:40 pm - 9:30 pmBAD 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 amBreakfast
8:45 amGroup Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pmELEMENT 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 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmWATER 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 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmWATER 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 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmNEW 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 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmORGANIC 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 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pmBusiness 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 pmCHEMISTRY 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 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmOCEAN 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 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmENVIRONMENT 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 amBreakfast
9:00 amDeparture
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