Abstract Submission-ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY SYMPOSIA-Boston, MA, August 22-26, 2010

Dear Colleagues,

I invite you to join us and share your research results and progress in your research at the 240^th ACS National Meeting in Boston, MA, August 22-26, 2010.  Abstract submission is open now through March 22, 2010: Follow the link (http://abstracts.acs.org) to sign in using your ACS ID and password, or you may create an ID on the abstract submission webpage.  For meeting registration and accommodations, visit www.acs.org/meetings.  Other inquiries should be directed to the symposium organizers (symposia titles and contact information of organizers are found below) or program chair.

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY SYMPOSIA-Boston, MA, August 22-26, 2010

Program Chair: D. D. Dionysiou, University of Cincinnati, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 765 Baldwin Hall, Cincinnati, OH 45221, email: dionysios.d.dionysiou@uc.edu

SYMPOSIA

Black Carbon as Geosorbent and Beyond: Contaminant Sorption, Soil Fertilization, and Carbon-Negative Strategy (Cosponsored with GEOC).  Sophie Minori Uchimiya, Sophie.Uchimiya@ARS.USDA.GOV; Joseph J. Pignatello, Joseph.Pignatello@ct.gov; Johannes Lehmann, CL273@cornell.edu

C. Ellen Gonter Environmental Chemistry Awards Symposium. Todd Anderson, todd.anderson@tiehh.ttu.edu (Submission of Abstracts to this Symposium is only by Invitation)

Chemistry of AOP Radicals During Water and Wastewater Treatment.  Fernando Rosario-Ortiz, fernando.rosario@colorado.edu; Stephen P. Mezyk, smezyk@csulb.edu; Dionysios Dionysiou, dionysios.d.dionysiou@uc.edu

Drinking Water Chemistry: Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (Cosponsored with AEESP).  Andrea M. Dietrich, andread@vt.edu; Marc A. Edwards, edwardsm@vt.edu

Emerging Applications in Membrane Science and Technology, including Session in Honor of Benny D. Freeman.  Isabel C. Escobar, isabel.escobar@utoledo.edu; T.S. Chung, chencts@nus.edu.sg; Bart Van der Bruggen, Bart.Vanderbruggen@cit.kuleuven.be; Jamie Hestekin, jhesteki@uark.edu

Environmental Applications and Implications of Nanotechnology (Graduate student presentation awards sponsored by Q-Sense, a division of Biolin Scientific).  Kai Loon Chen, kailoon.chen@jhu.edu; Chad Vecitis, chad.vecitis@yale.edu; Young-Shin Jun, ysjun@seas.wustl.edu; April Gu, april@coe.neu.edu

Environmental Health Volatiles and Aerosols: Novel Direct Measurement Methods Relevant to Lung Disease.  Jane Hill, jane.hill@uvm.edu; Britt Holmén, britt.holmen@uvm.edu

Heterogeneous Catalysis for Environmental and Sustainable Energy Applications (Cosponsored with CATL).  Alexander Orlov, aorlov@notes.cc.sunysb.edu; Marco Castaldi, mc2352@columbia.edu; Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, mflytzan@tufts.edu; Benjamin Wilhite, bwilhite@engr.uconn.edu; Miray Bekbölet, bekbolet@boun.edu.tr

Mining Waste: Geochemistry, Treatment, and Beneficial Reuse.  Rachel Brennan, rbrennan@engr.psu.edu; Souhail Al-Abed, al-abed.souhail@epa.gov

Molecular Tools for Assessing Exposure to Environmental Pathogens.  Jordan Peccia, Jordan.Peccia@yale.edu

Surface and Interfacial Phenomena in Environmental Processes (Cosponsored with COLL and GEOC).  Huichun (Judy) Zhang, huzhang@siue.edu; Eric J. Weber, Weber.eric@epa.gov; Timothy J. Strathmann, strthmnn@ad.uiuc.edu

Sustaining Water Quality.  Satinder (Sut) Ahuja, sutahuja@atmc.net; William Cooper, wcooper@uci.edu; Matthew Larsen, mclarsen@usgs.gov