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www.minersoc-emg.org
Meetings
Environmental
Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry Research 2010
Date: 19th April 2010
Venue: British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, UK
Oral & poster presentations are welcome in any branch of
Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry including:
Microbial, bacterial-, fungus-, lichen-, worm-mineral
interactions; Mineral weathering and soils; Mineral and
geochemical interactions of carbon capture and storage;
Stability, structure and crystallinity of
‘environmental’ minerals; Minerals in contaminated
environments; Role of minerals in biogeochemical cycles;
Biogeochemistry of redox reactions; Mineral surface
processes; Research addressing environmental mineralogy
in Industry also welcome.
The abstract deadline is 30
March 2010.
The keynote speaker will be
Professor Kath Morris
(BNFL
Research Chair Research Centre for Radwaste
Disposal, School of Earth, Atmospheric and
Environmental Sciences, The University of
Manchester)
Mud, Minerals and Microbes: A Tale of
Radioactive Contaminants?
There is NO registration fee for this meeting.
Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
A travel bursary of up to £50 is
available for PhD students giving a
presentation. A prize of £50 will also be given
for the best student poster.
For further details, please contact:
Tony Milodowski, Mineralogy, Petrology &
Biostratigraphy Laboratories/Radioactive Waste
Team, British Geological Survey, Keyworth,
Nottingham, NG12 5GG;
Email:
aem@bgs.ac.uk
Venue details:
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/contacts/offices.html
Caroline Peacock, School of Earth and the
Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT
Email:
C.L.Peacock@leeds.ac.uk
Geochemical Speciation &
Bioavailability of Trace Elements: Progress, Challenges & Future
Trends
Date: 7 – 8th September 2010
Venue: Lancaster University, UK.
Sponsors: Environmental Mineralogy Group and the Royal Society
of Chemistry-Environmental Chemistry Group
Elemental speciation analysis is increasingly recognised as key
to understanding the behaviour of pollutants in aquatic and
terrestrial environments. Models that are able to predict
elemental reactivity, bioavailability and transport are needed
to better assess short and long-term risks from trace elements
in the environment. As yet, geochemical models are limited in
the extent to which they incorporate the formation kinetics and
transport properties of metal and radionuclide complexes, and
colloidal associations, in a fully mechanistic way.
This two day conference aims to bring together geochemists,
aquatic chemists, mineralogists, biologists, toxicologists and
engineers to discuss recent progress in this field and identify
avenues for future research and collaboration. Thus, it gives us
great pleasure to invite scientists, technologists, students,
legislators, government officials, and all those who are
interested in studying and predicting the speciation and
bioavailability of key trace elements in the environment to
participate in this conference.
The conference comprises plenary poster sessions and nine
keynote lectures by experts in the field : (1) Dr. Jon Petter
Gustafsson (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) (2) Prof.
Erik Smolders (Leuven University, Belgium) (3) Dr. Dmitrii Kulik
(Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland) (4) Prof. Willem Van
Riemsdijk (Wageningen University, Netherlands) (5) Prof Herman
Van Leeuwen (Wageningen University) (6) Dr. Scott Young
(Nottingham University) (7) Prof. Stan Van den Berg (Liverpool
University) (8) Dr. Hao Zhang (Lancaster University) (9) Dr.
Steve Lofts (Centre of Ecology and Hydrology, Lancaster).
Registration & payment:
Participation is limited to 70 delegates due to space
restrictions thus, pre-registration is encouraged. Registration
will be £90 per person (if paid by 30th April 2010, £110
thereafter) with a student rate of £55 per person (before 30th
April 2010, £75 thereafter). Registration includes refreshments,
lunches, conference dinner, car parking, book of abstracts etc.
B&B accommodation will be at the University campus, with ensuite
rooms at £46 per night. Deadline for abstract submission for
poster presentations is 30th July 2010. Abstracts should be
emailed to l.ahmed@lancaster.ac.uk.
Registration and further information can be found at http://www.minersoc-emg.org/events/GeoSpec2010.html
Contact Details
Conference Organisers: Dr Imad Ahmed (Lancaster University;
email: I.ahmed@lancaster.ac.uk ) & Dr. Elizabeth Bailey
(Nottingham University; email: liz.bailey@nottingham.ac.uk).
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