| Sunday, November 10, 2024 |
| 8:30-10:00 AM Awards and Plenary |
| Announcements |
Conference Organizers |
| NanoPitch Awards |
SNO |
| 8:45-9:45 |
Plenary VII: Marissa Giroux (U.S. EPA) |
Nanoplastics Quantification & Ecological Effects: Challenges, Successes, and Future Directions |
| 9:45-10:00 |
Comments from SNO |
SNO |
| 10:00-10:30 AM Break |
| 10:30 AM-12:30 PM Concurrent Sessions |
| 5A Emerging Research in NanoPlastics |
| Chair: François Perreault (Université du Québec à Montréal) |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Wen Zhang (NJIT) |
Current Approaches and Challenges for Nanoplastics Detection/Characterization |
| 11:00-11:20 |
Boya Xiong (U Minnesota) |
Novel insights into nanoplastics release in natural environment |
| 11:20-11:40 |
Kenneth Mensah (U Maine) |
Subduing coulombic forces actuates nanoplastic-nanobubble floc formation: An advancement in environmental nanoplastics remediation via flotation |
| 11:00-12:00 |
Bjoern Reinhard (Boston U) |
Nanoplastics Weathering and Hydrophobic Carcinogen Mobilization |
| 12:00-12:20 |
Xiupei Zhou (UMass Amherst) |
Interactions Between Nanoplastics and Antibiotics: Implications for Nanoplastics Aggregation in Aquatic Environments |
| 12:20-12:30 |
Chair François Perreault |
Session Summary and Discussion |
| 5B Translating Nano EHS to NanoPlastics |
| Chair: Adeyemi Adeleye (Columbia), Yiming Su (Utah State) |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Howard Fairbrother (Johns Hopkins) |
Spatial, Temporal and Reversible Uptake of Nanoplastics by Plants |
| 11:00-11:20 |
Nubia Zuverza-Mena (CAES) |
Uptake of Micro-Nanoplastics and Environmental Pollutants in Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is Size-Dependent |
| 11:20-11:40 |
Junjie Tang (Utah State) |
Effectiveness of Biochar on Nanoplastics Uptake and Toxicity Reduction in Lettuce |
| 11:00-12:00 |
Jorge Gonzalez Estrella (Oklahoma State) |
Toxicity implications of inorgnic and organic compounds adsorbed onto microplastics |
| 12:00-12:20 |
Jeffrey Farner (U Alberta) |
Sorption Behavior of Trace Organic Chemicals on Carboxylated Polystyrene Nanoplastics |
| 12:20-12:30 |
Chairs Adeyemi Adeleye and Yiming Su |
Session Summary and Discussion |
| 1:00- 1:30 PM: Box Lunch (Included in Registration) |
| 1:30 PM: Conference Ends. See you in November 2025! |