Abstract Submission Open: Session on Hazardous Pollutants in the Subsurface: GOLDSCHMIDT conference 2024 (Chicago, Illinois, USA and online I 18-23 August 2024)
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Dear Colleagues,
We are inviting you to submit an abstract to any of our sessions to be organised at the upcoming GOLDSCHMIDT conference 2024 (Chicago, Illinois, USA and online I 18-23 August 2024).
Ø 10h - Fate and Mobility of Hazardous Pollutants in the Subsurface: This session covers the topics on adsorption, precipitation, dissolution, leachability, and mobility of hazardous pollutants in geological media/soil-groundwater systems.
o Conveners: Dr. Pankaj Kumar Gupta (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, INDIA);Dr. Lagudu Surinaidu (National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, INDIA); Dr Sushil Himanshu (Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, THAILAND)
o Invited speaker: Dr YRS Rao, Scientist G and Head, Deltaic Regional Centre National Institute of Hydrology, India
Ø 10i - (Bio-)remediation of hazardous pollutants in soils, surface and groundwater systems: The session aims to showcase the high technology readiness level studies on (Bio-)remediation of hazardous pollutants, much needed for restoring polluted sites using eco-friendly approaches. This session covers the topics on biostimulation, bioaugmentation, microbiome-based remediation, phytoremediation, algae-based decontamination, nano or biochar materials-based decontamination techniques for hazardous pollutants in soil and groundwater systems.
o Conveners: Dr. Pankaj Kumar Gupta (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, INDIA); Dr. Farah Naaz (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
o Invited speaker: Prof. Anushree Malik, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, title: “Management and remediation of Chromium contaminated Rania-Khan Chandpur Site, India”.
Mark your calendar with these important dates:
§ Grant Application Deadline: 15 March 2024 (early career delegates based in low-income or lower-middle-income countries; students and postdocs in planetary sciences based in the USA, more details here)
§ Deadline for abstract submissions: 15 March 2024
§ Deadline for registration: 1 July 2024
We look forward to receiving your contributions and seeing you at GOLDSCHMIDT 2024!
Best wishes,
Pankaj K Gupta, PhD
Lagudu Surinaidu, PhD
Farah Naaz, PhD
Sushil Himanshu, PhD