Thursday, January 20, 2005
Call for papers: In-situ methods and Investigations in Environmental Science, ACS Meeting, Washington, DC
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Announcement and Call for Papers
for a symposium about
"In-situ Methods and Investigations in Environmental Science"
230th Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Division of Geochemistry
August 28 - September 1, 2005
Washington, DC
Organizers: Bernd Nowack (ETH Zurich), Phil Bennett (University of Texas), Anthony Hay (Cornell University)
Keynote speakers:
Jennifer Field, Oregon State University
Kevin Jones, Lancaster University
Mark Conrad, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Bernhard Wehrli, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Bill Davison, Lancaster University, UK
Chemical and biogeochemical reaction rates and processes studied under controlled conditions in laboratory systems can rarely be directly transferred to the field. Reasons for this include the inherent heterogeneity of natural systems, uncontrolled boundary conditions (e.g. water flow, temperature, microbial interactions), and competition reactions.
This symposium will address recent advances in characterizing chemical, geological and microbial processes in situ, including new field techniques for sampling, experiments, and analysis. This could also involve characterizing element or pollutant cycling and bioavailability in water, sediments, soils, or macro-scale laboratory experiments. We invite contributions that investigate the in situ aspects of:
- organic and inorganic reactions
- dissolution, weathering and phase transformation of mineral phases
- sampling techniques (e.g. DGT or passive samplers)
- analytical techniques (e.g. XAFS methods, X-ray CT, or magnetic resonance imaging)
- speciation of metals
- use of stable isotopes
- bioavailability of pollutants and bioassays
- pollutant biodegradation and microbial activity
- rhizosphere processes
- sampling techniques (e.g. DGT or passive samplers)
- analytical techniques (e.g. XAFS methods, X-ray CT, or magnetic resonance imaging)
- speciation of metals
- use of stable isotopes
- bioavailability of pollutants and bioassays
- pollutant biodegradation and microbial activity
- rhizosphere processes
Please consider contributing a poster or oral presentation to this symposium. To be considered for a presentation, potential presenters are required to submit a short abstract to ACS by April 26, 2005, using the ACS online system (OASYS) at http://oasys.acs.org/ . OASYS will become available for abstract submission on February 28. Instructions for submitting the abstract are available at this web site.
For details, please contact the symposium co-chairs.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Washington!
Best regards,
Bernd Nowack, Phil Bennett and Anthony Hay
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PD Dr. Bernd Nowack
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (ITOe), ETH Zuerich
Grabenstrasse 3
CH-8952 Schlieren
Switzerland
Phone:+41 1 633 61 60
Fax:+41 1 633 11 23
email: nowack@env.ethz.ch
http://www.ito.umnw.ethz.ch/SoilProt/staff/nowack
PD Dr. Bernd Nowack
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (ITOe), ETH Zuerich
Grabenstrasse 3
CH-8952 Schlieren
Switzerland
Phone:+41 1 633 61 60
Fax:+41 1 633 11 23
email: nowack@env.ethz.ch
http://www.ito.umnw.ethz.ch/SoilProt/staff/nowack
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