August 19 – August 23, 2012
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ACS Theme: Materials for Health and Medicine
CALL FOR PAPERS
Submit your abstracts beginning December 23, 2011 at http://abstracts.acs.org. The deadline for abstract submission is March 19, 2012. Contact AGRO Program Chair, John Clark, (413)545-1052 for questions on the AGRO program.
Award Symposia
AGRO International Award for Research in Agrochemicals
Sponsored by DuPont
Tom Sparks, Dow AgroSciences
Sterling B. Hendricks Memorial Award
Sponsored by USDA-ARS
Organized 2012 by AGFDInnovation in Chemistry of Agriculture
Sponsored by BASF
Scott Jackson, BASF, 919-547-2349, scott.jackson@basf.com
AGRO New Investigator Award
Sponsored by Dow AgroSciences
Cathleen Hapeman, USDA-ARS, 301-504-6451, cathleen.hapeman@ars.usda.gov
AGRO Education Awards for Undergraduate and Graduate Student Travel: Research Poster Presentations
Sponsored by Bayer CropScience
Diana Aga, University of Buffalo, 716-645-4220, dianaaga@buffalo.edu
Marja Koivunen, Marrone Bio Innovations, 530-750-2880, mkoivunen@marroneorganics.com
Technical Symposia
Environmental Fate, Transport and Modeling/Monitoring of Agricultural Chemicals
Scott H. Jackson, BASF, 919-547-2349, scott.jackson@basf.com
Paul Hendley, Syngenta Crop Protection, 336-632-6112, paul.hendley@syngenta.com
Natalia Peranginangin, Syngenta Crop Protection, 336-632-7389, natalia.peranginangin@syngenta.com
Fate and Exposure of Urban Applied Pesticides in the Context of Human and Ecological Risk Assessments
Stuart Z. Cohen, Env’l. & Turf Services, Inc. 301-933-4700, ets@ets-md.com
Pamela Rice, ARS, USDA, 612-624-9210, pamela.rice@ars.usda.gov
John M. Clark, UMASS-Amherst, 413-545-1052, jclark@vasci.umass.edu
Human Health and Transgenic Crops
Stephen O. Duke, USDA-ARS, 662-915-1036, stephen.duke@ars.usda.gov
Agnes Rimando, USDA-ARS, 662-915-1037, agnes.rimando@ars.usda.gov
Integrated Vector and Resistance Management
Jeffrey R. Bloomquist, UF – Gainesville, 352-273-9417, jbquist@epi.ufl.edu
Troy D. Anderson, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, 540-231-1862, anderst@vt.edu
Is Your Analytical Method Good Enough?
Julie Eble, Critical Path Services, 610-558-3001 ext. 100, Julie.Eble@criticalpathservices.com
Steve Lehotay, USDA-ARS, 215-233-6433, steven.lehotay@ars.usda.gov
Maximum Residue Levels of Agricultural Chemicals on Food
Heidi Irrig, Syngenta, 336-632-7243, heidi.irrig@syngenta.com
Phil Brindle, BASF Agricultural Solutions, 919-547-2654, philip.brindle@basf.com
Jamin Huang, Bayer CropScience, 919-549-2634, jamin.huang@bayer.com
Mechanisms of Insecticidal Action and Resistance: New Compounds and Recent Advances
David Soderlund, Cornell University, 315-787-2364, dms6@cornell.edu
John Clark, UMASS-Amherst, 413-545-1052, jclark@vasci.umass.edu
Natural Products for Pest Management
Stephen O. Duke, USDA-ARS, 662-915-1036, sduke@olemiss.edu
Marja Koivunen, Eurofins Agroscience Services, 559-341-2029, marjakoivunen@eurofins.com
Joel R. Coats, Iowa State University, 515-294-4776, jcoats@iastate.edu
John J. Beck, USDA-ARS, 510-559-6154, john.beck@ars.usda.gov
Next Generation Biofuels and Bioproducts: Advances and Challenges
Ashli Brown, Mississippi State University, 662-325-7814, abrown@bch.msstate.edu
Amrith Gunasekara, California Department of Food and Agriculture, 916-654-0433, amrith.gunasekara@cdfa.ca.gov
Cathleen Hapeman, USDA-ARS, 301-504-6451, cathleen.hapeman@ars.usda.gov
Arland Hotchkiss, USDA-ARS, 215-233-6448, arland.hotchkiss@ars.usda.gov
Darrell Sparks, Mississippi State University, 662-325-7814, dsparks@bch.msstate.edu
Perfecting Communication of Chemical Risk
Jim Seiber, UC-Davis 530-752-1141, jnseiber@ucdavis.edu
Ivan Kennedy, Univ. of Sydney, 61407949622, ivan.kennedy@sydney.edu.au
Kevin Armbrust, armbrust@mscl.msstate.edu
John Johnston, FSIS/USDA, john.johnston@fsis.usda.gov
Tom Potter, ARS/USDDA, tom.potter@ars.usda.gov
Keith Solomon, Univ. of Guelph, ksolomon@uoguelph.ca
Pesticide and Fumigant Emissions from Agricultural Systems
Scott R. Yates, USDA-ARS, 951-369-4803, scott.yates@ars.usda.gov
Laura McConnell, USDA-ARS, 301-504-6298, laura.mcconnell@ars.usda.gov
Jim Seiber, University of California-Davis, 530-752-2490, jnseiber@ucdavis.edu
Cathleen Hapeman, USDA-ARS, 301-504-6451, cathleen.hapeman@ars.usda.gov
Pesticides: Bridging the Gaps between Chemistry, Exposure Science, Epidemiology and Health Risks
Jim Gray, Gray Executive Direction, 800-345-5109 james.gray@24D.org
Keith Solomon, University of Guelph, (519) 824-4120, ksolomon@uoguelph.ca
Pesticide Environmental Fate Properties: Measurement, Prediction, Limitations, and Reliability
Thomas L. Potter, USDA-ARS, 229-386-7073, tom.potter@ars.usda.gov
Scott A. Senseman, Texas AM University, 979-845-5375, s-senseman@tamu.edu
Ronald Parker, USEPA-OPP, 703-305-5505, parker.ronald@epa.gov
Protection of Agricultural Productivity, Public Health and the Environment – General Session
John M. Clark, UMASS-Amherst, 413-545-1052, jclark@vasci.umass.edu
Reactive Nitrogen (Nr) from Agriculture: Emission, Consequence, and Management
Steven Trabue, USDA-ARS, 515-294-0201, steven.trabue@ars.usda.gov
Viney Aneja, North Carolina State University, 915-515-7808, vpaneja@ncsu.edu
Laura McConnell, USDA-ARS, 301-504-6298, laura.mcconnell@ars.usda.gov
Bret Schichtel, National Park Service, 970-491-8581, schichtel@cira.colostate.edu
Phil Silva, USDA-ARS, 270-781-2260, phil.silva@ars.usda.gov
Synthesis and Chemistry of Agrochemicals
Tom Stevenson, DuPont Crop Protection, 302-366-5744, thomas.m.stevenson@usa.dupont.com
Vid Hegde, Dow Agrosciences, vbhegde@dow.com