Nanoparticles in the Environment | Online Seminar Series
The IIES is pleased to offer a FREE online seminar series on Nanoparticles. The series runs every Wednesday from April 20 to June 29, 2022.
Contributing Institutions and Organizations: Institute of Soil Science (CAS, Nanjing), University of Montreal (Canada), Institute of High Energy Physics (CAS, Beijing), Carnegie Mellon University (USA), Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (USA), Trent University (Canada), Nanjing University (China).
Each week join a faculty member from one of the contributing universities who will share their research and expertise. Lectures run approximately an hour in length with a short Q&A to follow. The talks are FREE and available to anyone interested. The seminars are live each week and will begin at:
08:00 AM EDT (GMT -04:00)
*Be sure to check your local timezone.
Schedule
This course has passed.
| DATE | LECTURE | TOPIC | LECTURER | AFFILIATION |
| April 20 | 1 | Part 1: General Introduction to Nanoparticles Introduction to Nanoparticles in the environment | Professor Fei Dang | Institute of Soil Science (CAS, Nanjing, China) |
| April 27 | 2 | Part 2: Analytical Methods for Nanoparticles Analytical techniques for the detection, characterization and quantification of nanomaterials in the environment | Professor Kevin Wilkinson | University of Montreal (Canada) |
| May 4 | 3 | Part 2: Analytical Methods for Nanoparticles Synchrotron radiation-based analysis at nanomaterial-bio interface | Professor Liming Wang | Institute of High Energy Physics (CAS, Beijing) |
| May 11 | 4 | Part 3: Applications Of Nanoparticles Nanoparticle Enabled Agriculture: A path to global food security? | Professor Jason White | Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (US) |
| May 18 | 5 | Part 3: Applications Of Nanoparticles Targeted Delivery of Environmentally-Responsive Nanomaterials for Crop Protection | Professor Greg Lowry | Carnegie Mellon University (US) |
| May 25 | 6 | Part 3: Applications Of Nanoparticles From Medicines to Make-up: An Introduction to the Human Applications and Uses of Nanomaterials | Dr. Craig Poland | Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh (UK) |
| June 1 | 7 | Part 4: Nanoparticles Biogeochemistry Fate of silver nanoparticles in lake water | Professor Holger Hintelmann | Trent University (Canada) |
| June 8 | 8 | Part 4: Nanoparticles Biogeochemistry Effects of nanoplastics on toxicity, bioaccumulation, degradation, and transport of organic pollutants | Professor Rong Ji | Nanjing University (China) |
| June 15 | 9 | Part 5: Environmental and Health Implications of Nanoparticles Effect of Nanoparticles on Ecological Community Structure | Professor Martina Vijver | Leiden University (The Netherlands) |
| June 22 | 10 | Part 5: Environmental and Health Implications of Nanoparticles Assessing Risks to the Aquatic Environment from Nanosilver | Professor Emeritus Chris Metcalfe | Trent University (Canada) |
| June 29 | 11 | Part 5: Environmental and Health Implications of Nanoparticles Passage of exogeneous fine particles from the lung into the extra-pulmonary organs and insights into the bio-particle interface | Professor Sijin Liu | Chinese Academy of Sciences (China) |
Registration confirmation emails are sent out upon registration – be sure to check your JUNK folder 🙂
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