Tentative Program ECSS 2004

Tentative Program ECSS 2004

Friday, March 19, 2004

3:30-3:45 Welcome and Opening Remarks

3:45-4:30 Opening Keynote: Gordon Brown

4:30-7:30 Reception and Poster Session

5:00-6:00 Judging Poster Sessions I, II, III

6:00-7:00 Judging Poster Sessions IV, V, VI

Saturday, March 20, 2004

8:00-8:45 Breakfast Served

8:45-9:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:00-10:15 Oral Session I: Surface and Spectroscopic Studies

9:00-9:15 Ramesh Ravella, Synthetic Mica for Potential Remediation of Metal Contaminated Soils and water

9:15-9:30 Kerri A. Pratt, Surface studies of the thermal degradation of a perfluoropolyether adsorbed onto gamma-alumina

9:30-9:45 Joseph F. Jones, Time and force scales of preferential adhesion of E. coli bacteria

9:45-10:00 Ekaterina A. Paramonova, Measurement and analysis of microbial sticking coefficients for water treatment materials

10:00-10:15 Christopher E. Spiese, Characterization of heavy metal content in acid mine drainage using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

10:15-10:45 Coffee Break

10:45-12:00 Oral session II: Ecology

10:45-11:00 Patrick W. Ryan, Decomposition dynamics along a human disturbance gradient in headwater floodplain wetlands in Pennsylvania

11:00-11:15 Joel Moore, Effects of giant sequoias on soil chemistry

11:15-11:30 Hugo A. Castillo, Iron-reducing biofilm communities abate odors from swine manure slurries

11:30-11:45 Jenny M. Edwards, Causes for differential calcium accumulation among diverse forest trees: the role of root distribution

11:45-12:00 Anthony R. Buda, Stream chemistry responses to the 1990 Clean Air Act amendments on the northern Appalachian plateau (1990-2003)

12:00-1:00 Lunch Served

1:00-2:15 Oral Session III: Nutrient Cycling

1:00-1:15 Jennifer F. Biddle, Unlocking the secrets of the deep: analysis of microorganisms in deep sea sediment through FISH-SIMS

1:15-1:30 Elisabeth M. Hausrath, Influences of methanogens on mineral dissolution

1:30-1:45 Gretchen M. Koch, Photosynthetic oxidation of iron in thermophilic, pH-neutral microbial mats

1:45-2:00 Christopher K. Junium, Organic matter diagensis and nitrogen isotopes in cretaceous black shales

2:00-2:15 James Moran, Selection of catalytic DNA for harvesting phylogenetically specific 16s RNA from bulk RNA samples

2:15-2:30 Coffee Break

2:30-3:30 Closing Keynote: Gordon Brown

3:30-4:00 Awards