| Biology and Molecular Biology |
| 9:30 |
Scott Geib |
Lignin degradation in two wood-feeding insects |
| 9:45 |
Amaya Garcia Costas |
Candidatus Chloracidobacterium thermophilum, the first member of a new phylum of phototrophic microorganisms |
| 10:00 |
Bryn Kimball |
Stream Copper Isotope Values Document Sulfide Mineral Dissolution |
| 10:15 |
Katja Meyer |
The Late Permian Ocean: What's the Big Stink? |
| 10:30 |
Danielle Monteverde |
Biological Role in Manganese Removal from Acid Mine Drainage Streams |
| 10:45 |
Christopher Spiese |
Reduction of dimethyl sulfoxide by marine phytoplankton |
| 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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| Environmental Engineering and Ecology |
| 11:15 |
Burt Thomas |
Deciphering the Acetate Cycle in Peatland Porewaters with Intramolecular Carbon Isotopic Measurements of Acetate |
| 11:30 |
Jessica Hatch |
The Effect Cellulase Enzymes on the Morphology and Crystal Structure of Cellulose |
| 11:45 |
Venkata Pradeep Indrakanti |
Computational studies of CO2 photoreduction on titania - formation of carbonate radicals |
| 12:00 |
Sara Mays |
Relating benthic diatom assemblages to coastal tributary nutrient concentrations |
| 12:15 |
Lisa Steinberg |
Improved Anaerobic Digester Stability with the Use of an Environmentally-Derived Inoculum |
| 12:30 |
Rebecca Stewart |
Spatial synchrony of benthic primary production in a tributary to the Chesapeake Bay |
| 12:45 |
Charles Winslow |
Bacterial Adhesion to Metal Oxide Surfaces in the Presence of Natural Organic Matter |
| 1:00 |
Lunch |
Chem. Build. 301a |
| Agricultural Soil Science and Geochemistry |
| 2:00 |
Joel Moore |
Cross-scale comparison of clay and sheet silicate dissolution kinetics: laboratory to field |
| 2:15 |
Jennifer Nemitz |
Occurrence, Fate, and Transport of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in an Artificial Recharge Systems at Penn State's Living Filter |
| 2:30 |
Jason Stuckey |
Sodium-saturated hydrated mica reduces copper solubility in Cu-contaminated soils |
| 2:45 |
Andrew Siefert |
Top-down trophic interactions in a benthic stream community |
| 3:00 |
Barbara Fricks |
Abiotic reactions play a role in nitrate retention in three agroecosystems |
| 3:15 |
Ashlee Dere |
Minimizing nutrient leaching in coal mine spoil amended with composted or fresh poultry manure and paper mill sludge |
