2020 9TH NANO CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Friday, Nov. 13 At Whova virtual platform

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8:30 AM EST - 1:00 PM EST

Welcome

8:30 AM- 9:00 AM

Conference Organizers, Candace Tsai, UCLA; Vinka Craver, U of Rhode Island, Wunmi Sadik, SNO

Concurrent Session 1 9:00 AM - 10:50 PM in Zoom

1A Epidemiology/Nanomedicine

Zoom host: Matt Dahm

Chairs: Matt Dahm, NIOSH; Gaku Ichihara, Tokyo U; Jared Brown, U of Colorado; Jonathan Shannahan, Purdue U.

9:00-9:10

Chairs’ Talk

 

9:10-9:30

Nanomaterials as carries for delivery of chemicals widely used in medical and agricultural applications

Mariya Khodakovskaya

9:30-9:50

Nano Silver Mitigates Biofilm Formation via FapC  Amyloidosis Inhibition

Feng Ding

9:50-10:10

Dynamic Imaging Analysis of In Vivo Behaviour of Micro/Nanoparticles Labelled with Over-1000 nm Near-Infrared Fluorophore

Masakazu Umezawa

10:10-10:30

Understanding workplace exposures and potential health effects of carbon nanotubes and nanofibers in the United States

Kaitlin Kelly-Reif

10:30-10:50

Roundtable Discussion

 

1B Risk Governance/Global Challenge

Zoom host: Sally Tinkle/Alba Avila

Chairs: Sally Tinkle, Science/Tech Policy Institute; Lynn Bergeson, Bergeson & Campbell PC; Ulla Birgitte Vogel, Denmark National Research Center; Alba Avila, U of los Andes.

9:00-9:20

Chair’s talk: Opening remarks and introduction to current RG and policy

Sally Tinkle

9:20-9:40

The ‘Why’, ‘Who’, and ‘How’ of a  Nanotechnology Risk Governance

Ben Trump

9:40-10:00

Governance of nanomaterials

Janeck J Scott-Fordsmand

10:00-10:20

The role of social science in operationalizing RG

Daan Schuubiers

10:20-10:40

caLIBRAte web-based nano-risk innovation governance framework

Keld Alstrup Jensen

10:45-10:50

Roundtable Discussion

 

1C Food and Agriculture

Zoom host: Gregory Lowry

Chair: Gregory Lowry, Carnegie Mellon U

9:00-9:20

Chair’s talk: Nanomaterials for Agriculture: Will we really ever realize any benefits?

Greg Lowry

9:20-9:40

Nanoscale micronutrients to enhance crop disease resistance: Unintended consequences in the rhizosphere?

Jason White

9:40-10:00

Targeted foliar delivery of nanomaterials with cargoes to plant cells and organelles

Juan Pablo Giraldo

10:00-10:20

Nanomaterials Enable Delivery of Genetic Material Without Transgene Integration in Mature Plants

Markita Landry

10:20-10:40

Temperature-responsive delivery platforms for controlled foliar delivery of plant protection agents

Yilin Zhang

10:40-10:50

Developing nanocarriers for delivery of double stranded RNA as a biological pest control agent

Jason Unrine

1D Nanotoxicology and Human Health Risk Assessment

Zoom host: Alison Elder
Hazard Evaluation Session

Chairs: Alison Elder, U of Rochester; Jenny Roberts, NIOSH

9:00-9:10

Chairs’ talk

Elder and Roberts

9:10-9:30

Developing Characterization Factors for Silver Nanoparticles: Case Studies for Mesocosms

Sila Temizel-Sekeryan

9:30-9:50

Combined in vitro-in vivo dosimetry enables the comparison of in vitro doses and exposure levels: a proof of concept using titanium dioxide toxicity data

Daina Romeo

9:50-10:10

Development of an Integrated Approach to Testing and Assessment for grouping High Aspect Ratio

Fiona Murphy

10:10-10:30

Performance testing of the hazard assessment module in the NanoSafer Control Banding tool

Keld Alstrup Jensen

10:30-10:50

Concepts of biological similarity applied to ensure safe use of next generation nanomaterials

Wendel Wohlleben

1E Sustainable water treatment and remediation

Zoom host: Onur Apul
Photo- and electro-catalytic remediation processes

Chairs: Navid Saleh, U of Texas Austin; Onur Apul, U of Maine

9:00  - 9:20

Chairs’ talk: Sustainable Water Treatment and Remediation

Saleh and Apul

9:20 – 9:40

Developing boron nitride as an earth-abundant UVC photocatalyst for rapid PFAS destruction

Michael Wong

9:40 – 10:00

Effect of NOM adsorption in different water matrices on the degradation of phenol using TiO2

Riya Ann Mathew

10:00 – 10:20

Boron Doped Diamond Nanoparticle-Based ElectRhodes Enable Efficient Electrochemical Treatment of Water

Rishabh Bansal

10:20 – 10:40

Plasmon-Enabled Degradation of Aqueous Organic Micropollutants by Janus Gold Nanorods

Haoran Wei

10:40-10:50

Roundtable Discussion

 

1F Occupational and environmental exposure assessment

Zoom host: Jürgen Brune

Chairs: Michael Riediker, Swiss Center for OEH; Jürgen Brune, CO school of Mines

9:00-9:20

Chairs’ talk

Riediker and Brune

9:20-9:40

A Study of Protective Clothing to Prevent Nanoparticle Exposure and Surface Contamination

Aigerim Maksot

9:40-10:00

Characterization of aerosolized particles generated from machining of nanoclay-enabled composites

Todd Stueckle

10:00-10:20

Identification of Nano-Sized Silica in Sugarcane Ash and Toxicity on Human Proximal Convoluted Tubule Cells

Keegan L Rogers

10:20-10:40

Sensitizing potential of gold nanoparticles and pulmonary immune reactivity to gold particles in dermally-sensitized mice

Katherine Roach

10:40-10:50

Roundtable Discussion

 

Break 10:50 PM - 11:00 PM in Remo

Concurrent Session 2

11:00 PM - 12:50 PM in Zoom

2A Fate and Transport+ Ecotox

Zoom host: Frank Van Der Kammer

Chair: Frank Van Der Kammer, U of Vienna

11:00-11:20

Chair’s talk

Frank Van Der Kammer

11:20-11:40

Molecular-level insight into Adverse Outcome Pathway for complex metal oxide nanomaterial exposure using Chironomus riparius

Nicholas J Niemuth

11:40-12:00

The short-term effects of Mn2O3 nanoparticles on nitrification and the bacterial community under low and high dissolved oxygen conditions

Duc Phan

12:00-12:20

Physiological and molecular changes of plants generationally-exposed to cerium oxide nanoparticles

Cyren Rico

12:20-12:40

New aquatic toxicity testing guidance document brings clarity to ecotoxicology testing of nanomaterials

Elijah Petersen

12:40-12:50

Lead phosphate deposition in porous media: Implication for lead remediation in soils

Juntao Zhao

2B Risk Governance/Global Challenge

Zoom host: Sally Tinkle/Alba Avila

Chairs: Sally Tinkle, Science/Tech Policy Institute; Lynn Bergeson, Bergeson & Campbell PC; Ulla Birgitte Vogel, Denmark National Research Center; Alba Avila, U of los Andes.

11:00-11:20

Chair’s talk: Setting the sage for regulation and Nanotechnology:  Evolving Regulatory and Policy Implications

Lynn Bergeson

11:20-11:40

Regulation of Nanomaterials Under the Toxic Substances Control Act

Jeffrey Morris

11:40-12:00

Grouping of nanoforms released into aquatic and benthic systems: Development of an Integrated Approach to Testing and Assessment within the EU project GRACIOUS.

Simon Little

12:00-12:20

Towards health-based ‘nano reference values’ as a pragmatic alternative for OELs

Maaike Visser

12:20-12:50

Roundtable Discussion

 

2C Food and Agriculture

Zoom host: Gregory

Chair: Juan Pablo Giraldo, UC Riverside, and Gregory Lowry, Carnegie Mellon U

11:00-11:20

Incorporation of zinc oxide nanoparticles into different mesocosms on alkaline, zinc-deficient native soil of New Mexico

Illya A. Medina Velo

11:20-11:40

Nanoparticles - and rhizosphere metabolites - interactions are influenced by environmental stress, the plant and root- associated microbes

Anne Anderson

11:40-12:00

Monitoring Plant Health with Near-Infrared Fluorescent H2O2 Nanosensors

Su-Ji Jeon

12:00-12:20

Augmented In Vitro Bacterial Infection Curtailment in Porcine Epithelial Cell using Enrofloxacin loaded Poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid (PLGA) Nanocarriers

Sachin Paudel

12:20-12:40

Copper sulfide nanoparticles suppress Gibberella fujikuroi infection in Oryza sativa seeds by multiple mechanisms: Contact-mortality, nutritional modulation and phytohormone regulation

Jason White

12:40-12:50

Soybean Looper (Chrysodeixis includens (Walker)) population dynamics after prolonged exposure to zein nanoparticles

Colin Bosner

2D Nanotoxicology and Human Health Risk Assessment

Zoom host: Alison Elder
Nanotoxicology session

Chairs: Alison Elder, U of Rochester; Jenny Roberts, NIOSH

11:00-11:10

Chairs’ talk

Elder and Roberts

11:10-11:35

Assessment of aerosol emission of consumer products – 3D Printing Pen and textile spray coating

Frank S. Bierkandt

11:35-12:00

Sex Differences in Acute and Subchronic Lung Inflammatory Responses to Nickel Nanoparticles

Dorothy J You

12:00-12:25

Sensitizing potential of gold nanoparticles and pulmonary immune reactivity to gold particles in dermally-sensitized mice

Katherine Roach

12:25-12:50

Sensitizing potential of gold nanoparticles and pulmonary immune reactivity to gold particles in dermally-sensitized mice

Ramune Reliene

2E Sustainable water treatment and remediation

Zoom host: Onur Apul

Chairs: Navid Saleh, U of Texas Austin; Onur Apul, U of Maine

11:00  - 11:20

Multifunctional MoS2-Supported Nanocomposites for Water Decontamination

Kfir Shapira

11:20 – 11:40

Nano-enabled Side-Emitting Optical Fibers for Delivery of UV-C Light to Prevent Biofilms on  the International Space Station and Water Storage Tanks in Rural Communities

Zhe Zhao

11:40 – 12:00

Microporous Sorbents for the Rapid and Efficient Adsorption of Phosphate from Eutrophic Waters

Mohamed H. Hassan

12:00 – 12:20

Graphene oxide iron nanohybrids loaded polyethersulfone-cellulose nanofiber beads : Fabrication of arsenic removal filter system

Tonoy Das

12:20 – 12:40

Nanowire-Assisted LEEFT Promotes the Performance of Ozonation for Bacterial Inactivation by Disrupting Cell Membrane

Jianfeng Zhou

12:40-12:50

Roundtable Discussion

 

2F Occupational and environmental exposure assessment

Zoom host: Jürgen Brune

Chairs: Michael Riediker, Swiss Center for OEH; Jürgen Brune, CO school of Mines

11:00-11:20

Occupational exposure modelling tools: requirements and lessons learnt

A. S. Fonseca

11:20-11:40

Development of handling energy factors for converting dustiness data to emission rates

A. S. Fonseca

11:40-12:00

Size-specific probabilistic material flow analysis of titanium dioxide releases to the environment

Yuanfang Zheng

12:00-12:20

Probabilistic modelling of nanobiomaterial release from medical applications into the environment

Marina Hauser

12:20-12:50

Roundtable Discussion

 

1:00 PM EST – 3:00 PM EST

Business meeting

1:00 PM – 1:30 PM in Zoom

International conference UK Host presentation. OEH committee, SNO Board members and all are welcome.

Plenary 3

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM in Zoom
Occupational safety and health perspectives on nanotechnology and advanced manufacturing

Paul Schulte, NIOSH

Plenary 4

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM in Zoom

Kenneth Dawson, University College Dublin

Break 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM in Remo
Concurrent Session 3 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM in Zoom

3A Fate and Transport

Zoom host: Frank Van Der Kammer

Chair: Frank Van Der Kammer, U of Vienna

3:00-3:20

Real-time speciation of dissolved and nanoparticulate silver released from nano-enabled textiles

Kathryn R. Riley

3:20–3:40

Co-investigation of the efficiency and effects of pristine and sulfidated nanoscale zerovalent iron for soil remediation

Ziwei Han

3:40–4:00

Transport of Nanoscale Plastics Through Porous Media: Role of Particle Size and Solution Chemistry

Mehnaz Shams

4:00–4:20

TBD

 

3B Education

Zoom host: Deb Newberry

Chair: Deb Newberry, Newberry Technology Associates

3:00-3:25

Nanotechnology: Not Just for Scientists

Deb Newberry

3:25–3:50

Regenerative Education and Nanotechnology Leadership: 5 Lenses

Lisa Julian Keniry

3:50–4:15

Evolution of Nanotechnology Education from Specialized Courses to General Education

Geoffrey D. Bothun

4:15–4:40

Creating the Nano-Safety Program – Lessons learned in creating a novel nanotechnology educational focus

Walt Trybula

4:40–5:30

Roundtable Discussion

 

3C Food and Agriculture

Zoom host: Gregory Lowry

Chair: Gregory Lowry, Carnegie Mellon U

3:00-3:20

Effectiveness of nanoagrochemical application: Dissolution and aggregation of metal oxide nanoparticles in soybean root exudates

Pabel Cervantes

3:20–3:40

spICP-MS Characterization of Cu-NP Agrichemical Transformation After Foliar Application to L. sativa

Stephanie Laughton

3:40–4:00

Capturing Release Rates from Polymeric Nanoparticles by Asymmetric Flow Field-Flow Fractionation (AF4) with Fluorescence Detection

Sheyda Shakiba

4:00–4:20

5 nm Pluronic F68 Micelles and Glycine Betaine Increase Wheat Seedling Growth and Water Content During Drought

Anthony Cartwright

4:20–4:40

Green Iron Nanoparticles-sorbed Phosphate as a Potential Fertilizer for Spinach (Spinacia oleracea)

Hoang NK. Pham

4:40-5:30

Discussion-path forward

All

3D Smart Nanosensor for Rapid Screening

Zoom host: Silvana Andreescu

Chairs: Wunmi Sadik, NJ Institute of Technology; Silvana Andreescu, Clarkson U

3:00-3:25

Chair’s talk: UPAC Biosensor for Screening Emerging Pathogens

Wunmi Sadik

3:25–3:50

Detection and monitoring of airborne pathogens using an electrostatic precipitation-based portable low-cost sampler

Shantanu Sur

3:50–4:15

Monitoring Plant Health with Near-Infrared Fluorescent H2O2 Nanosensors

Suji Jeon

4:15–4:40

Cerium based Nano and Microscale Materials for Sustainable Water Systems

Silvana Andreescu

4:40–5:05

Continuous in situ sensing of marine pollutants through functionalized noble metal nanostructures

Geoffrey D. Bothun

5:05-5:30

Roundtable Discussion

 

3E Sustainable water treatment and remediation

Zoom host: Onur Apul

Chairs: Navid Saleh, U of Texas Austin; Onur Apul, U of Maine

3:00-3:20

Sustaining Silver Nanoparticles Release and Microbial Inactivation from Ceramic Water Filters with a Navajo Pottery Technique

Lewis Stetson Rowles

3:20–3:40

Novel Graphene Oxide and Molybdenum Disulfide Composite Membranes with Improved Desalination and Antifouling Performance

Iftaykhairul Alam/Indranil Chowdhury

3:40–4:00

Ultrafast Graphene Oxide Nanofiltration Membranes for Dye Desalination

Nirupam Aich

4:00–4:20

Biofouling mitigation on reverse osmosis membrane by modification with antibacterial and antiscaling materials

Ali Ansari

4:20–4:40

Biofilm dispersal from conductive membrane surfaces: cleaning kinetics and energy consumption analysis

Francois Perreault

4:40-5:30

Concluding Remarks

Saleh and Apul

3F Green/Advanced Materials/Sustainability

Zoom host: Barbara Karn

Chairs: Chuck Geraci, NIOSH; Candace Tsai, UCLA; Barbara Karn, SNO

3:00-3:20

Introduction to session on Sustainability and Energy

Barbara Karn

3:20–3:50

Green and Advanced Technology and Sustainability

Chuck Geraci/Candace Tsai

3:50–4:15

The Influence of ZnO Nanoparticles on Producing Bioenergy in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants

Seyed M. Heidari

4:15–4:40

Global life cycle impacts of manufacturing the selected engineered nanomaterials: case studies on nano-silver, nano-titanium dioxide and carbon nanotubes

Sila Temizel-Sekeryan

4:40–5:05

Reaching and teaching practitioners through Wikipedia: a NIOSH case study

John P. Sadowski

5:05-5:30

Highly tunable polyamide membranes through controlled interfacial polymerization based on hydrogels

Zeou Dou

5:30 PM EST - 6:00 PM EST

Awards and Closing Remarks

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM In Remo

Include poster, student awards, emerging investigator