1. Agenda

EMT Research Symposium Agenda

Agenda is subject to change.

Time

Event

Speaker
7:45 - 8:15am Registration & Breakfast
Introductions
8:15am Introduction to 2025 EMT Research Day

Kim Anderson,
EMT Department Head
8:25am Collaborations building Prosperity Widely Shared Staci Simonich,
CAS Dean
8:35am The Collaborative Spirit of EMT Research

Shawn Donkin,
CAS Associate Dean
Collaborative Theme I: Pesticide Safety & Education (Sponsored by ThermoFisher Scientific)
8:45am EMT Faculty:
Collaborators lead the way on outreach to prevent pesticide impacts

Kaci Buhl,
Professor of Practice, EMT
9:15am EMT Faculty:
Collaborative team efforts driving success in pesticide risk communication		 Serhan Mermer,
Assistant Professor, EMT

9:45 -
10:15am
 

 Morning Coffee Break (Sponsored by Millipore Sigma)
Collaborative Theme II: Water Pollutants (Sponsored by Agilent)
10:15am EMT Faculty:
Harnessing high-resolution mass spectrometry and non-targeted approaches for environmental monitoring and toxicology		 Manuel
Garcia-Jaramillo,
Assistant Professor, EMT
10:45am Collaborator:
Venoms and drugs in water

Jeroen Kool,
Associate Professor,
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Collaborative Theme III: Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (Sponsored by HP)
11:15am EMT Faculty:
Decoding PFAS: Building the infrastructure and team to reveal chemical structure and toxicity relationships		 Robyn Tanguay,
Distinguished Professor, EMT
11:45am Collaborator:
Enhancing collaboration: Harnessing AI/ML approaches for data integration		 David Reif,
NIH/NIEHS/DTT
12:15 - 1:30pm Lunch Break: Poster Awards Announcements
1:30pm

EMT Student:
Using collaboration to bridge understanding of adaptive and innate immune dysfunction from PFAS exposures

 Macon Carroll,
Doctoral Student, EMT
(DeWitt Lab, EMT)
2:00pm

Chemistry Student:
Uncovering hidden PFAS in fluoropolymers: A collaborative Approach

 Mitchell Kim-Fu,
Doctoral Student, Chemistry
(Field Lab, EMT)
Collaborative Theme IV: Micro- and Nanoplastics

2:30pm

 EMT Faculty:
Establishing convergent research on micro- and nanoplastics risk		 Stacey Harper,
Professor EMT/CBEE

3:00 -
3:15pm

 Afternoon Coffee Break
3:15pm Collaborator:
State-of-the-science on micro- and nanoplastic risk research		 Brittany Cunningham,
EMT Alumnus,
EPA Risk Assessor

3:45pm

Collaborator:
A micro- and nanoplastics specific risk assessment framework

 Wayne Landis,
Professor Emeritus,
Western Washington University
4:15pm

Collaborator:
Growing and harmonizing research on micro- and nanoplastic risk

 Susanne Brander,
Associate Professor,
FWCS/EMT Adjunct
4:45pm Summative comments and acknowledgements

Stacey Harper &
Jamie DeWitt
5:00 - 7:00pm Posters & Reception
7:00pm

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Session Sponsors