10th International Phytotechnologies Conference Agenda
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
8:00
Workshop Registration at Convention Center Bar
9:00
Workshop Departure/Return Times – Workshop vehicles will depart from Convention Center Entrance
10:00 – 16:30
Workshop 1: Green Roof Workshop
10:00 – 16:30
Workshop 2: Onondaga Lake Visit
8:30 – 16:30
Workshop 3: Practicing Phytotechnologies
14:00 – 16:30
Workshop 4: Walking Tour of SUNY-ESF
9:30 – 16:30
Workshop 5: Finger Lakes Winery Tour
10:00 – 15:00
Conference Registration at Convention Center Bar
16:00
17:00 – 20:00
Conference Registration at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Gateway Center
17:15
Reception at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Gateway Center
Buses will depart from the Convention Center Entrance at 16:45
Welcome
Dr. Cornelius B. Murphy Jr., President, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Wednesday, 2 October 2013
7:00
Check-in and Continental Breakfast at Convention Center Bar and in Convention Center A & B
8:30
Welcome and Introduction in Cotillion Room
Dr. Lee Newman, Associate Professor, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Dr. Jason White, Chief Scientist, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station and President of IPS
Katherina Searing, Associate Director for Professional Education and Non-credit Programs, SUNY
College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Dr. Barbara Zeeb, Professor, Royal Military College of Canada
9:00
Plenary Session in Cotillion Room
How it All Began: My Own Journey and Some Visions of the Future of Phytotechnologies for Inorganics
Dr. Alan J.M. Baker, Professor, School of Botany, The University of Melbourne
10:40
11:10
12:10
Gordon Award Recipient Speech
Dr. Nelson Marmiroli, Professor, University of Parma
Break, Poster Viewing (1A-103A), and Sponsor & Exhibitor Interactions in Convention Center A & B
Quick Talk Presentations: 1. Melati Ferianita Fachrul, 2. Zehra Sapci
Mini Plenary Session in Cotillion Room
Session 1: Guangshu Zhai
Session 2: Andre Gerth
Session 3: Timothy Volk
Session 4: Mary Beth Leigh
Session 5: Elisha Tel-Or and Yongming Luo
Session 6: Liz Rylott
Lunch in Cotillion Room and Poster Viewing (1A-103A) in Convention Center A & B
Wednesday, 2 October 2013 (continued)
13:45
Concurrent Sessions
1: Persistent Organic
Pollutants
2: Constructed Wetlands
3: Production of Biofuels
and Plant Biomass
Ballroom West
Ballroom Center
Ballroom East
Session Chairs:
Barbara Zeeb & Guangshu Zhai
13:45 Taking Advantage of Native
Colonizers to Phytoextract of
Persistent Organic Pollutants
(POPs) at Contaminated Field
Sites in Canada – Zeeb
Session Chairs:
David Tsao & James Jordahl
Experimental Study of Flow
patterns through aquatic
vegetation – Anim
Session Chairs:
Eugenia Olguin & Timothy Volk
Utilization of energy plants for
phytoremediation purposes –
its working? – Vanek
14:05
Plant-mediated Dissipation of
Lindane from Soil – Abhilash
Dewatering and Treatment of
Fishfarm Sludge in Vertical Flow
Treatment Wetlands Planted
With Macrophytes – Biang
A Biorefinery for the
Production of Biogas from
Aquatic Plants and Biodiesel
from Microalgae and
Wastewater – Olguin
14:25
Phyto Treatment of
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Demonstrated in Laboratory and
Field – Liang
Field Assessment of A
Constructed Wetland Used for
Slag Leachate Remediation –
Hunter
Altered nitrogen source
impacts plant biomass and cell
wall formation – Coleman
14:45
Accumulation and Fractionation
of PCBs in Different Parts of
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) – Teng
Performance and Mechanisms
of Contaminant Removal from
Wood Leachate in a Treatment
Wetland – Tao
Developing Camelina sativa
as a dedicated biofuel crop:
enhanced oil yield and
quality via manipulating
triacylglycerols synthesis
pathway – Parkash
15:05
Transgenic Plants in
Rhizo/Phytoremediation of
Polychlorinated Biphenyls and
Evaluation of their Endophytic
Microflora – Novakova
Aerobic Cometabolism of a Suite
of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in
Flow-Through Wetland-Plant
Mesocosms – Struckoff
The Effects of Planting
Density and Fertilization rate
on Phytoextraction of Trace
Elements Using Sunflower as
Bio-fuel Plants – Kim
15:25
Method to assess
phytoremediation potential of
plants – Reddy
Remediation of Shallow
Groundwater Impacted With
Chlorinated Ethenes Utilizing an
Engineered Wetland – Sauer
Salinity Gradients and
Biomass Accumulation in a
Planted Willow Ring – Mirck
15:45
Break, Poster Viewing (1A-103A), and Sponsor & Exhibitor Interactions in Convention Center A & B
Quick Talk Presentations: 3. Brigitta Tóth, 4. Sheikh Saeed Ahmad
Wednesday, 2 October 2013 (continued)
16:15
Concurrent Sessions
4: Plant Associated
Microorganisms
5: Aquatics and Metal
Remediation
6: Explosives
Ballroom West
Ballroom Center
Ballroom East
Session Chairs:
Jaco Vangronsveld & Michel Mench
Session Chairs:
Yongming Luo & Elisha Tel-Or
Session Chairs:
Liz Rylott & Om Parkash
16:15
Plant-associated bacteria: an
important key to a successful
application of phytoremediation –
Vangronsveld
Phytoremediation in China:
Advances and Perspectives – Luo
Plant community response to
explosive soil contamination
and potential for airborne
detection – Via
16:35
Effect of plant growth promoting
bacteria, Pseudomanas putida
UW4 on plant biomass yield and
phytoremediation of mixed PAHcontaminated soil – Afegbua
Plant Based Technologies for the Phytodetoxification of the
Removal of Toxic metals and
environmental pollutant 2,4,6Organic Pollutants – Tel-Or
trinitrotoluene (TNT) is
mediated by glutathione
transferases – Rylott
16:55
Shift in Naphthalene-Degrading
Bacterial Communities Associated
with Rhizoremediation of Diesel –
McFarlin
Phytoremediation of ChromiumVI Contaminated Groundwater
by a Rhizofiltration Pilot Kalogerakis
Grasses and bacteria joining
forces: bioaugmented
rhizoremediation with
common bent for clean-up of
2,4,6-trinitrotoluene – Thijs
17:15
Interaction of Cd/Zn
hyperaccumulating plant (Sedum
alfredii) and rhizosphere bacteria
on metal uptake and removal of
phenanthrene – Li
The Study on Cadmium
Accumulation by Eichhornia
crassipes under water pollution
conditions – Shuvaeva
Proteomic profiling of Vetiver
grass (Chrysopogon zizanoides)
under 2,4,6 Trinitrotoluene
(TNT) stress – Das
17:35
An Arabidopsis model for seed
endophyte-assisted plant growth
upon Cd exposure – Truyens
An Engineered
PhytoremediationSM System for
Hydraulic Control of Brackish
Groundwater – Gestler
Rapid Phytoforensics for
Energetics – Burken
17:55
Root Growth Responses,
Mercury in Cell Walls and
Protoplasts and Mercurybinding Thiol Peptides of Water
Hyacinth under Mercury
Exposure – Rivero
18:25
Buses depart for Conference Dinner from Convention Center Entrance
18:50
Conference Dinner at the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology
Thursday, 3 October 2013
8:00
Check-in and Continental Breakfast at Convention Center Bar and in Convention Center A & B
8:30
Plenary Session in Cotillion Room
9:30
10:00
10:30
The Challenges We Face Now
Dr. David Tsao, Americas Remediation Technology Manager, BP Remediation Management
Mini Plenary Session in Cotillion Room
Session 7: Heather Henry
Session 8: Douglas Daley
Session 9: Kate Kennen
Break, Poster Viewing (1B-102B), and Sponsor & Exhibitor Interactions in Convention Center A & B
Quick Talk Presentations: 5. Zhaoping Zhong, 6. Muhammad Shafiq
Concurrent Sessions
7: Health and Exposure Risk
8: Covers and Stabilization
Ballroom West
Ballroom Center
Session Chairs:
Heather Henry & Stephen Ebbs
Session Chairs:
Jaconette Mirck & Douglas Daley
Session Chairs:
Clayton Rugh & Kate Kennen
10:30
Use of plants as passive
samplers for volatile organic
compounds (VOCs) in indoor
environments – Doucette
Scaling assisted phytostabilization
from the greenhouse to the field
at the Iron King Mine-Humboldt
Smelter Superfund Site - Gil-Loaiza
The Oncenter green roof: a tool
for managing urban stormwater
- Squier
10:50
Bioaccessibility and bioactivity
of selenium from Sehyperaccumulated cereal
crops: a step towards their use
for developing natural Se
supplements – Nagaraja
Phytotechnology Cover for
Industrial Landfill Closure –
Abbene
The Use of Native Plants on an
Intensive Green Roof: Initial
Results – Toland
11:10
Effect of agricultural residues
as soil amendments on
cadmium accumulation in rice
plants – Suksabye
Assessing bacterial colonization of
plant roots as a bio-indicator of
phytostabilization sustainability
using fluorescent in situ
hybridization (FISH) - Herbertson
Green Roof Runoff
Characterization: nutrient
loading and erosion control on
a newly planted green roof –
Harper
11:30
Regulation of cadmium
accumulation and
bioaccessibility in wheat –
Sankaran
Effects of varied N concentration
on a variety of willow genotypes
– Farrar
Impact of Planted Biofilters on
Contaminant Loads and
Ambient Humidity in Canadian
Residences During the Summer
2013 – Darlington
11:50
Quantifying the Effects of
Horticultural Therapy on Spinal
Cord Injury Patients – Collins
Development of an Alternative
Vegetative Cover Using Shrub
Willows in Central, NY – Volk
Treatment of High Strength
Organic Wastewater Using
Green Walls – Wolcott
12:10
9: Building Integrated
Vegetation
Ballroom East
Lunch in Cotillion Room and Poster Viewing (1B-102B) in Convention Center A & B
Thursday, 3 October 2013 (continued)
13:40
Mini Plenary Session in Cotillion Room
Session 10: Michel Mench
Session 11: Anthony Eallonardo
Session 12: Elizabeth Nichols
Session 13: Michel Mench
Session 14: Tomas Macek
Session 15: Tomas Vanek
14:45
Concurrent Sessions
10: Inorganics I
11: Long Term Results and
Restoration
12: PAH/Petroleum
Remediation
Ballroom West
Ballroom Center
Ballroom East
Session Chairs:
Elena Maestri & Nelson Marmirolli
Session Chairs:
Sheldon Nelson & Donald Leopold
Session Chairs:
Mary Beth Leigh & Walter Eifert
14:45
Critical issues encountered in the
promotion of arsenic
phytoremediation from
laboratory experiments to large
scale application – Lei
Phytoremediation of petroleum
and salt-impacted soils:
Successfully meeting generic Tier
1 standards and making green
technologies work – MacNeill
PAH Removal in Soils at a
Phytoremediation Site in
North Carolina – McEachran
15:05
Uranium uptake by hydroponically
cultivated crop plants and its
potential for environment
decontamination – Vanek
Petroleum Phytoremediation in
Cold Regions, a 16 Year Study –
Leigh
Polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons fate in urban
area: Case Studies in Poland
and Norway – Gawronski
15:25
Identification of the Genes
Expressed in Willows during
Phytoremediation – Pitre
Nitrate Remediation of Soil and
Groundwater Using
Phytoremediation – Nelson
15:45
Role of HMA2 in accumulation of
cadmium in two near isogenic
lines of wheat – Tavarez
Valuation of Phytotechnology
Benefits: More than Just
‘Aesthetically Pleasing’ – Burken
Diesel Oil Degradation
Triggered By Plant Growth
Promoting Bacteria Isolated
From Poplar Trees Growing On
A Diesel Contaminated Plume
– Vangronsveld
Leucanthemum vulgare
flavonoid content during crude
oil phytoremediation – Noori
16:05
Phytoremediation of lead (Pb)
contaminated soils by Transgenic
Helianthus annuus L. – Vasavi
Don’t Call it Dirt! Increasing the
Success of Phytoremediation
and Ecological Restoration
Projects through Soil Science –
Jordahl
16:25
Influence of arsenic and
phosphorus competitive uptake
on arsenic tolerance in bacteria
and arsenic-hyperaccumulator
Pteris vittata L - Ghosh
White Island: From Trash to
Treasure - Conklin
16:45
Phytoremediation to Degrade
Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons
(TPH) using Mixtures of Grass
and Willow Species - McIntosh
Break, Poster Viewing (1B-102B), and Sponsor & Exhibitor Interactions in Convention Center A & B
Quick Talk Presentations: 7. Abid Ali Ansari, 8. O. Ayeni
Thursday, 3 October 2013 (continued)
17:15
Concurrent Sessions
13: Inorganics II
14: Carbon Sequestration
15: Fate and Remediation of
Emerging Pollutants
Ballroom West
Ballroom Center
Ballroom East
Session Chairs:
Alan Baker & Nabeel Niazi
Session Chairs:
Tomas Macek & William Headlee
Session Chairs:
Joel Burken & Tomas Vanek
17:15
Selenium phytoremdiation –
bioremediation system: A long
term sustainable approach to
manage threatened agricultural
areas – Freeman
Oxysterols Increase CO2
Fixation by RuBisCO and the
Activity of the Oxygen Evolving
Complex – Macek
Nitrogen and COD removal from
ink-production wastewater by
Cyperus alternifolius and microbial
communities – Dolphen
17:35
Repeated phytoextraction of
four metal contaminated soils
by Sedum plumbizincicola, a
Cd/Zn hyperaccumulator – Wu
Modeling carbon sequestration
and mitigation of greenhouse
gases in phytoremediation
systems – Gopalakrishnan
Translocation of Organic
Compounds by Plants:
Observations and Predictions –
Limmer
17:55
Miscanthus x giganteus for
phytoremediation of
contaminated soils – Pidlisnyuk
Integrated approach to longterm carbon sequestration and
landslide mitigation using
Vetiver Grass Model – Lavania
Pharmaceuticals in the
environment Model study of in
vitro phytoextraction from
aquatic media – Smrcek
18:15
A Long-term Study to Evaluate
the Phytoremediation Potential
of Pteris vittata L. and
Pityrogramma calomelanos
var. austroamericana – Niazi
Effects of Genotype and
Environment on Carbon
Sequestration of Hybrid Poplars
in the North-Central USA Headlee
Susceptibility of Riparian
Wetland plants to
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
Accumulation – Mudumbi
18:35
Estimation of the applicability
of phytoremediation to As
contaminated soil by tsunami
sediments with native-grown
fern in north-east region of
Japan – Sugawara
Soil carbon sequestration: The
need of hour – Srivastava
Long-Term Variation of
Chlorinated Solvents in Trees –
Holmes
19:10
19:20
Student Outing & Dinner on Own
Transportation to Destiny USA provided. The bus will depart from the Convention Center Entrance.
The bus will loop between Destiny USA and the Convention Center Entrance from 19:10 to 22:30.
For return trips after 22:30, attendees will need to contact the Holiday Inn for the hotel shuttle.
ESF Biobus for the International Journal of Phytoremediation Dinner at Dinosaur BBQ will depart
from Convention Center Entrance
Friday, 4 October 2013
8:00
Continental Breakfast in Convention Center A & B
8:30
Plenary Session in Cotillion Room
9:30
10:00
10:20
What Does the Future Hold
Dr. Lee Newman, Associate Professor, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Mini Plenary Session in Cotillion Room
Session 16: Jason White
Session 17: Guido Fellet
Session 18: Louis Licht & Dennis Hazel
Break, Poster Viewing, and Sponsor & Exhibitor Interactions in Convention Center A & B
Quick Talk Presentation: 9. Jirawan Torit
Concurrent Sessions
16: Plant Nano Particle
Interactions
17: Soil and Carbon
Amendments
18: Storm and Wastewater
Ballroom West
Ballroom Center
Ballroom East
Session Chairs:
Marta Marmirolli & Jason White
Session Chairs:
Ronald Zalesny & Gido Fellet
Session Chairs:
Elizabeth Nichols & Louis Licht
10:20
Accumulation of engineered
nanoparticles in plant foods:
Nutritional bioaccessibility and
dietary exposure risks – Ebbs
Biochar application on hazardous
materials: Variation in
contaminants distribution and
availability on polluted matrices –
Fellet
Design and Testing of a
Wastewater Irrigation System
for Pilot-Scale Poplar Tree
Nitrogen Processing Studies –
Ausland
10:40
Toxicogenomics of CdS
nanomaterials in Arabidopsis
thaliana and Saccharomyces
cerevisiae – Marmirolli
Interpreting Hybrid Poplar
Responses to Soil and Foliar
Applications of Bioenergy
Byproducts via Vector Analysis –
Headlee
Year-round Field-Scale Waste
Water Treatment based on
Phyto Processes – Licht
11:00
Wetlands and
phytoremediation of
nanoparticle metals – Jacob
Using Phyto-Recurrent Selection
to Identify Favorable Populus
Genotypes – Zalesny
The Bambou-Assainissement: a
phytoremediation technology
combining the wastewater
treatment and the production
of high added value biomass –
Piouceau & Panfili
11:20
Changes in Arabidopsis
thaliana gene expression in
response to silver
nanoparticles and silver ions –
Van Aken
Uptake of heavy metals by three
tropical native plants exposed to
landfill leachate - Peña-Salamanca
Greening of a smelter for
sustainable stormwater
management – Ludlow
11:40
Multi-generational Impact of
Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles on
Plant Growth and Oxidative
Stress of Brassica rapa – Ma
In situ Application of Activated
Carbon and Biochar to Minimize
PCB Bioavailability – Denyes
Phytoremediation of irrigation
water with Limnocharis flava,
Thalia geniculata and Typha
latifolia in constructed
wetlands – Korsah
12:00
Phytotechnology for Synthesis
of Nanoparticles – Sahi
Impact of Bio-Char Addition to
Soil on Weathered p, p'–DDE
Accumulation in Zucchini Plants –
Isleyen
Friday, 4 October 2013 (continued)
12:20
Closing Session in Cotillion Room
PhytoTech 2014!
Dr. Nicolas Kalogerakis, Professor, Technical University of Crete
Student Awards
Dr. Barbara Zeeb, Professor, Royal Military College of Canada
Mr. Walter H. Eifert, Vice President and Principal Hydrologist, ELM Site Solutions, Inc.
Closing Comments
Dr. Lee Newman, Associate Professor, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Dr. Jason White, Chief Scientist, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station and President of IPS
13:00
13:00
Conference Adjourns
Adirondack Ecological Center (AEC) Workshop
Vehicles depart at the close of the conference and return on Saturday 5 October at 17:00.