Dear Colleagues,
With the Goldschmidt 2024 abstract submission deadline quickly approaching on March 29th please consider submitting an abstract to our session: “11f A Geochemical Perspective Toward Environmental Solutions”. We are excited to welcome Tyler Sowers (US EPA) as our keynote speaker, along with Samantha Ying (UC Riverside), Robert Root (University of Arizona), and Siva Bandaru (UC Berkeley). We are eager to share our passion for this area of research, especially work with synchrotron-based methods, as we bring together an energetic and motivated community interested in using our collective geochemical knowledge to design use-inspired solutions to current environmental contamination issues. We would be delighted to have you join us!
Please contact us with any questions,
-Brandy, Sarick, and Case
11f - A Geochemical Perspective Toward Environmental Solutions
Theme 11: Environmental Geochemistry and Human Health
Keynote Speaker: Tyler Sowers, US EPA
Description
Fundamental geochemical knowledge is often at the center of optimal design and implementation of soil and water remediation strategies. For example, in toxic metal(loid) clean-up via soil amendments, phytoremediation, or chemical injections to stimulate in-situ bioremediation of surface and groundwaters, molecular-scale understanding of underlying geochemical drivers has proven essential in successful remediation of a variety of contaminants across ecosystems. Recent advances in synchrotron-based X-ray characterization techniques and the growing use of genomic data have made it possible to identify complex molecular-scale pathways of contaminant geochemical cycling and ensuing bioavailability in the field. This multidisciplinary session aims to showcase environmental remediation projects that have benefited from geochemical approaches and understanding, with a particular emphasis on remediation of inorganic pollutants (e.g., Pb, Cd, Hg, N, P, U, As). We specifically encourage presentations that integrate molecular-scale data with macroscopic measurements to directly investigate the fate of metal(loid) and/or nutrient-derived contaminants at small or large-scale field sites. Laboratory investigations of polluted water or soils derived from contaminated field sites are also welcomed. We look forward to an inspiring session that includes presentations from early-career to senior scientists with diverse expertise to delve into key geochemical processes underpinning environmental remediation.
Conveners
Brandy Stewart
SLAC/University of Minnesota
Case van Genuchten
Department of Geochemistry, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Sarick L Matzen
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities