Schedule
All talks will take place in the St. Lawrence Room. Please upload your presentation before the session you will be presenting in.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31st, 2014
7:00 – 10:00 pmMeet and Greet Social inthe Cedar Knoll House
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2014
7:30-8:00 Breakfast at the Watermark Restaurant
8:00-8:15 Welcome and Introduction (St. Lawrence Room)
Session 1: Biogeochemistry and Mining (Chair:Trent University)
8:15-8:30David Camacho, McMaster University
Towards new monitoring tools for microbial acid generation in mine tailings contexts
8:30-8:45Samuel R. Morton, University of Ottawa
Development of an aquifer capability screening tool: pilot study, Clarence-Rockland, ON
8:45-9:00Michelle Reid, McMaster University
Sulfur biogeochemistry in an Athabasca oil sands composite tailings deposit undergoing reclamation wetland construction
9:00-9:15Sean Winland-Gatez, McMaster University
A community-level analysis of iron-sulfur geochemical effects on microbiological mercury methylation in contaminated sediments
9:15-9:30PriyankaChandan, University of Toronto
Understanding mercury sources and biogeochemical cycling in natural systems using stable Hg isotopes
9:30-9:45Shirley Ngai, University of Western Ontario
Determining effects of warming temperature and changing precipitation on physical and chemical properties of Uinta Mountain Lakes, Utah, USA.
9:45-10:00Daniel Gregoire, University of Ottawa
Maintaining redox homeostasis in an anoxygenicphototroph and its effects on mercury redox cycling
10:00-10:30Coffee Break
Session 2: Biogeochemistry and Mining Continued
(Chair: National de la RechercheScientifique (INRS)/Universite de Montreal)
10:30-10:45Daniel Arriaga Flores, McMaster University
Microbial Fe-S-C cycling in oil sands fluid fine tailings
10:45-11:00Tara Colenbrander Nelson, McMaster University
Sulfur cycling in oil sands composite tailing by non-endemic sulfur metabolizing microbial communities
11:00-11:15Francois Clayer, INRS
Modeling methane diagenesis in the sediments of a seasonally anoxic lake basin
11:15-11:30Ed Bryson, University of Ottawa
Geochemical characterization of stream waters in the MacMillan Pass, Yukon: Metal mobility and implications for mineral exploration.
11:30-11:45AnežkaRadková, Queen’s University
Geochemical behavior of antimony in mine drainage and tailings
11:45-12:00DamilareOgungbemide, Trent University
Investigation of fugitive dust emissions from a mine tailings site in Southern Ontario
12:00-1:00Lunch at the Watermark Restaurant
Session 3: Toxicology (Chair: University of Ottawa)
1:00-1:15Kira N. MacDougall, Queen’s University
Acute toxicity of diisoheptylphthalate and diisononylphthalate in Oryziaslatipes
1:15-1:30Claire Laperuque, INRS
Atmospheric deposition of organochlorine contaminants in Southern Québec lakes
1:30-1:45Sandy Edmison, Royal Military College of Canada (RMC)
Bioaccessibility of arsenic in plants
1:45-2:00Julia Matheson, University of Western Ontario
Effects of changing ocean acidity on the growth, physiology, and toxicity of the marine raphidophyte Heterosigmaakashiwo.
2:00-2:30ReneShahmohamadloo and Kevin White, University of Guelph
Effects of triclosan and triclocarban on emergence and growth of agricultural crops in biosolidsamended soil
2:30-2:45Michele Parisien, RMC
Environmental and human health risk associated with cadmium in an organic matter rich soil
2:45-3:00RabiaNasir, Wilfrid Laurier University
Cu Toxicity to Americamysisbahia in estuarine environments: Effects on growth, survival and sexual maturation
3:00-3:30Coffee Break
Session 4: Toxicology Continued (Chair: McMaster University)
3:30-3:45Mackenzie Denyes, RMC
Production and characterization of carbon sorbents for in situ remediation technologies
3:45-4:00PrachiDeshpande, Wilfrid Laurier University
Nickel and copper mixture toxicity to Daphnia pulex-pulicaria in soft water
4:00-4:15Philippe El-Akl, Universite de Montreal
Relating truly dissolved cerium to its bioavailability
4:15-4:30Camille Guilleux, INRS
Silver uptake by liposomes used as a model membrane
4:30-4:45Mason L. Lam, Queen’s University
Teratogenicity and gene expression effects of two phthalate diesters in Siluranatropicalis frog embryogenesis
4:45-5:00CedrickBeaubien, INRS
Toxicity of three lanthanides on the green alga Chlorella fusca
5:00-5:15Lori Manoukian, Queen’s University
Environmental risks associated with mining high-sulfidationepithermal gold deposits
5:15-6:00 pmBreak
5:30-6:30 pmPoster Session (St. Lawrence Room)
7:00-8:00 pm Dinner at the Watermark Restaurant
8:00-10:00 pmSocial the Cedar Knoll House
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2014
7:30-8:00 Breakfast at the Watermark Restaurant
Session 5: Method Development (Wilfred Laurier University)
8:00-8:15Samantha Clay, McMaster University
Identifying microbial carbon sources during ethanol, toluene, and MTBE biodegradation in an experimental aquifer system using isotopic analysis
8:15-8:00Maya Ashoka, Wilfrid Laurier University
Evaluation of fluorescence quenching as a speciation method for divalent metal cations and lanthanides in model and natural systems
8:15-8:30Nicholas Baggaley, Queen’s University
Optimization of a green chemistry method for the synthesis of nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI)
8:30-8:45Carol Cheyne, University of Toronto
Using lead isotopes to understand contamination and to verify sediment dating methods in two northern Ontario lakes
8:45-9:00IldephonseNduwaez, Universite de Montreal
Speciation of samarium using an ion-exchange resin
9:00-9:15Kim Proulx, Universite de Montreal
Separation, detection and characterization of engineered nanoparticles in environmental matrices using hydrodynamic chromatography coupled to light scattering and multiple off-line detectors
9:15-9:30Alyssa Dunbar, University of Ottawa
Optimizing surficial geochemical sampling methods as a tool for future exploration of blind VMS deposits
9:30-9:45Felix Morin, University of Ottawa
Development, application and ecotoxicological validation of microbial biosensors of oxidative stress
9:45-10:00Marc-Andre Suthiere, RMC
Fuel cells: clean energy for the future
10:00-10:30Coffee Break
Session 6: Remediation (Queens University/RMC)
10:30-10:45Katie Kendra, McMaster University
Bacterial community responses to fen-style reclamation development in Athabasca oil sands composite tailings
10:45-11:00KawinaRobichard, Universite de Montreal
Innovation of a bioremediation system for hydrocarbon and metal contaminated soils using an ecosystem- based approach in a sub-arctic climate
11:00-11:15Scott Robinson, Wilfrid Laurier University
Effect of mixing on phosphate removal in effluent wastewater
11:15-11:30Holly Gray, Wilfrid Laurier University
Nitrogen and phosphorus recycling from wastewater treatment plant effluents using commercially available sorbents
11:30-11:45Kelly Milliken, RMC
Preparation of solid support resins for the removal of radionuclides from contaminated water
11:45-12:00Kelly Martin, McMaster University
Examination of carbon sources on microbial mediated arsenic release in contaminated Bangladesh drinking wells
12:00-12:15Lauren Bradford, McMaster University
Tracking changes in microbial population size and carbon source using lipid and isotope analysis
12:15-12:30Closing Remarks
Poster Presentations
Adelaide Jane Fearnley, Royal Military College of Canada
The protective effect of sub lethal levels of iron on apoptotic stimuli
Alexandra Carvajal, Wilfrid Laurier University
Determination of lanthanides speciation in freshwater using the fluorescence quenching technique
Brandon Khan, University of Ottawa
Impacts of gamma (y-) sterilization on the physio-chemical properties of bactierogenic iron oxides (BIOS)
Chris Cooper, Wilfrid Laurier University
Influence of dissolved organic carbon concentration and source on chronic nickel toxicity to the mysid, americamysisbahia
Gaganprit Gill,Wilfrid Laurier University
Nickel binding to marine/estuarine organic matter determined using Ni2 ion selective electrode: implications for biotic ligand model development
IldephonseNduwaezu,Universite de Montreal
Speciation of samarium using an ion-exchange resin
Jake Nesbitt,Queens University
Combination of principal component analysis and mineral liberation analysis
Jessica Henry, Royal Military College of Canada
The interrelationship between hormesis and anti-apoptosis
Leosveys Alessandra Diaz, Universite de Montreal
Characterization of nanoparticles by analytical ultracentrifuge
Lorena Torres, Universite de Montreal
Characterization of alkylammonium surfactant self-assembly at solid/liquid interfaces using a combined TIR RAMAN/SHG technique
Maria Eloisa Sia, University of Western Ontario
Effects of fish stocking on sedimentary chlorophyll-a concentration in oligo-mesotrophic
Mary Coulas,University of Western Ontario
Canadian food security: loal food policy in municipal agendas
Melissa JocelyneDjap,McGill University
Removal of CECs from wastewater using AclarusOzonation technology
SébastienMaillette, Universite de Montreal
Agglomeration and heterocogulation of nanosilver in freshwaters
Shegufa Merchant, Trent University
Synthesis and Molecular weight control in entirely lipid derived Aliphatic polyester diols