Scope

Symposium on "Chemical-Biological Interactions in Contaminant Fate"

220th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, 20-25 August 2000, Washington, DC

Sponsor: ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry (ENVR), Co-sponsor: ACS Division of Geochemistry (GEOC)

The paper version of this announcement is available for use with Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Submitting Abstracts

DEADLINE: The deadline past on Friday, 7 April 2000.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: "Do speakers need to register?"
A: Yes.

Q: "Where do I get information on hotels and registration?"
A: See: http://www.acs.org/meetings/washington2000/.

Organizers

• Paul Tratnyek, Associate Professor
  Department of Environmental Science and Engineering
  Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
  20000 NW Walker Rd, Beaverton, OR, 97006-8921

  Phone: 503-690-1023, Fax: 503-690-1273, Email: tratnyek@ese.ogi.edu

• Peter Adriaens, Associate Professor
  Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
  University of Michigan
  1352 Beal Street
  Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125

  Phone: 734-763-1464, Fax: 734-763-2275, Email: adriaens@engin.umich.edu

• Eric Roden, Associate Professor
  University of Alabama
  Department of Biological Sciences
  Room A122 Bevill Bldg. 7th Ave.
  Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0206

  Phone: (205) 348-0556, Fax: (205) 348-1403, Email: eroden@biology.as.ua.edu

Invited Speakers

The symposium will consist primarily of submitted papers. However, to help define the scope and caliber of the symposium, we have invited a few speakers. The following have agreed to participate:

• Frank Chapelle
• Thomas H. Christensen
• Jan Dolfing
• Hans Christian Bruun Hansen
• Kim Hayes
• Derek Lovley
• Bruce Rittmann
• Rene Schwarzenbach
• Lew Semprini
• John Zachara

Program

The final program for the whole program of the Division of Environmental Chemistry is available as one PDF file.

Other Symposia

Other symposium scheduled for the same meeting that may be of interest:

• Chemical Speciation and Reactivity in Water Chemistry and Water Technology: A Symposium in Honor of James J. Morgan
  Invitees include Morgan, Stone, Erel, Pankow, O'Melia, Morel, and Jackson
  Organized by Hering and Schnoor.
• Electrochemical Methods for Environmental Analysis of Trace Metal Biogeochemistry
• Sequestration of Organic Solutes in Natural Organic Matter and Mineral Aggregates
  Invitees include Walt Weber, Pignatello, and Bill Ball
• Biogeochemistry of the Microbial Alteration of Terrestrial Organic Matter (Geochemistry Division)
  Organized by Timothy Filley and John Hedges
• Environmental Chemistry: Emphasis on EPA and EPA Supported Research Organized by EPA.
• Surfactants, Polymers, and Colloids in the Aquatic Environment
  Organized by Michal Borkovec, and Menachem Elimelech

Meeting Logistics

See: http://www.acs.org/meetings/washington2000/.