MEETING AGENDA

8:00 a.m.                     Doors Open

8:00-8:40 a.m.            Check In and Breakfast

8:40-9:00 a.m.            President’s Welcome – Meredith Bohannon (DCPH-A)

                                      IMET Welcome – TBA (IMET)

                                      Announcements and SETAC Update – Meredith Bohannon (DCPH-A)

                                      NASAC Announcement – Mara Walters

                                      Ice Breaker - Connie Mitchell (HESI)

9:00-10:20 a.m.         MORNING PLATFORM PRESENTATIONS

   9:00-9:15 a.m.        Michella Salvitti (University of Maryland - Eastern Shore)

                                      Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances (PFAS) retention in Atlantic Blue Crabs and the Maryland Coastal Bays

    9:15-9:30 a.m.        Sabine Malik (University of Maryland - College Park)

                                 Impact of Urban Legacy Contaminants on Reproduction in the Male Mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus)

    9:30-9:45 a.m.       Mara Walters (Virginia Institute of Marine Science)

                                      Exposure to UV radiation alters the plastic additive content of microplastics of four different polymer types

    9:45-10:00 a.m.     Xiaojue Chen (University of Maryland - College Park)

                                      Impacts of Azoles on Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation (Anammox) Process under Different Substrate Conditions

    10:00-10:20 a.m.   Barnett Rattner (United States Geological Survey)

                                      Building a Better Mousetrap: Ecological Hazards of Anticoagulant Rodenticides and Potential Solutions

10:20-10:50 a.m.       COFFEE BREAK and POSTER VIEWING

10:50-11:35 a.m.       KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Dr. Kevin Sowers (Institute for Marine and Environmental Technology) 

                                     Bioremediation: A Low Impact, Sustainable Approach for In Situ Treatment of PCB Contaminated Sediments

11:35-1:50 p.m.         LUNCH and LAB TOURS

    11:35-12:20 p.m.   Group 1: Lab Tour / Group 2: Lunch

    12:20-1:05 p.m.     Groups 1 and 2: Lunch

    1:05-1:50 p.m.       Group 1: Lunch / Group 2: Lab Tour

1:50-3:55 p.m.            AFTERNOON PLATFORM PRESENTATIONS

    1:50-2:05 p.m.        Anna Welsh (United States Geological Survey)

                                      Mountaintop coal mining generated aluminum and its potential effects on juvenile crayfishes

    2:05-2:20 p.m.       Jay Anderson (Photo Thermal)

                                      Measuring weathered/oxidized particles from >50um to <500nm using sub-micron IR spectroscopy

    2:20-2:35 p.m.       Darius Stanton (American Cleaning Institute)

                                      iSTREEM® (In-STREam Exposure Model)

    2:35-2:50 p.m.       Eguono Omagamre (University of Maryland - Eastern Shore)

                                     Stressed Soy vs Empowered Armyworm: Perfluorobutanoic Acid Perturbs Insect-Plant Interaction

    2:50-3:05 p.m.       COFFEE BREAK

    3:05-3:15 p.m.      Vanessa Wuerthner (United States Environmental Protection Agency)           

                                     An Overview of EPA’s Approaches to Determining Effects of Pesticides on Federally Listed Species and EPA’s Endangered                                                 Species Act Workplan   

     3:20-3:35 p.m.     Mary Beth Claude (United States Environmental Protection Agency)

                                    Ecological risk assessment framework and how the existing paradigm accommodates novel approaches

     3:35-3:55 p.m.     Dean Naujoks (Potomac Riverkeeper Network)

                                    Riverkeeper Coal Ash Investigations

4:00-5:30 p.m.          POSTER SESSION and POSTER JUDGING

5:30 p.m.                   Student Presentation Winners Announced

5:35-6:00 p.m.          Pictures/Wrap-Up

6:00 p.m.                   Walk to National Aquarium

6:15-7:00 p.m.          Walking Tour of Aquarium

7:00-9:30 p.m.         Reception in Dolphin Viewing Area/Jellyfish Exhibit