Technical Program
The technical program will be organized around the following major themes:
- Innovations in Bioremediation Technologies
- Bioremediation Implementation Practices
- Application of Bioremediation to Complex Sites
- Bioremediation of PFAS
- Biodegradation of Emerging Contaminants
- Plastics
- Advanced Tools for Assessing Bioremediation
- Advances in Natural Attenuation
- Managing Petroleum Hydrocarbon-Impacted Sites
- Innovative Biological Approaches to Waste Management
- Resilient and Sustainable Remediation
- Munitions Response
- Biotechnology for Sustainable Industry
- Synthetic Biology
- Microbial Ecology
- Biomanufacturing
The technical program will be developed through an intense, multilevel review by the Program Committee, seen below, and the Session Chairs.
Program Committee
Symposium Chairs
Pamela Chang, PMP (Battelle)
Kent Sorenson, Ph.D., PE (Allonnia)
Technical Steering Committee
Hunter Anderson, Ph.D. (SERDP/ESTCP)
Ian Brookman (Environmental Earth Sciences International)
James J. Collins, Ph.D. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Elizabeth Edwards, Ph.D., PE (Department of Chemical
Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto)
David L. Freedman, Ph.D. (Clemson University)
Paul Hatzinger, Ph.D. (Biotechnology Development and Applications Group, APTIM)
Kate Kucharzyk, Ph.D. (Battelle)
Frank Loeffler, Ph.D. (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
Tamzen W. Macbeth, Ph.D., PE, BCEE (CDM Smith)
Dayal Saran, Ph.D. (Allonnia LLC)
Rick Wice, PG (GSI Family of Companies)