PEOPLE 2023-Special Sessions

Title/Topic

Impacts and Cleanup of Inland and Marine Oil Spills

Organizers/Speakers

Organizers, Keynote Speakers:
Name: Dr. Lindsay J. Hounjet; Dr. Stanislav R. Stoyanov
Title/Position: Research Scientist; Senior Research Scientist
Institution: Natural Resources Canada, CanmetENERGY Devon
E-mail: Lindsay.Hounjet@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca; Stanislav.Stoyanov@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca
Profile webpage: https://profils-profiles.science.gc.ca/en/profile/dr-lindsay-jhounjet; https://profils-profiles.science.gc.ca/en/profile/dr-stanislav-r-stoyanov
Potential Presentation Topic: Petroleum distribution tendencies in sediment-laden aquatic systems


Potential Speaker:
Name: Dr. Amy Bilton; Dr. Jordan Bouchard
Title/Position: Professor; Postdoctoral Fellow
Institution: University of Toronto
E-mail: bilton@mie.utoronto.ca; jordan.bouchard@mail.utoronto.ca
Profile webpage: https://werl.mie.utoronto.ca/people/
Potential Presentation Topic: Treatment of decanted oily water

Potential Speaker:
Name: Jong Jin Lee
Title/Position: PhD Student
Institution: Memorial University of Newfoundland
E-mail: jongjl@mun.ca
Potential Presentation Topic:
Biodegradability of an oil spill solidifier

Potential Speaker:
Name: Dr. Anic Imfeld
Title/Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Institution: Concordia University (Montreal)
E-mail: anicimfeld@gmail.com
Profile webpage: https://www.geotop.ca/en/node/896
Potential Presentation Topic: Distinguishing oil from natural DOM in water by fluorescence EEMS analysis

Potential Speaker:
Name: Guihua Dong
Title/Position: PhD Student
Institution: Memorial University of Newfoundland
E-mail: gdong@mun.ca 
Potential Presentation Topic: Advanced oxidation processes for oily water treatment

Title/Topic

Microplastics and Nanoplastics: Challenges and Advances in Characterization, Risk Assessment, and Management

Organizers/Speakers

Name: Tong Yang
Title/Position: Postdoctoral fellow
Institution: McGill University
E-mail: tong.yang2@mail.mcgill.ca 

Name: Florent Blancho
Title/Position: Postdoctoral fellow
Institution: McGill University
E-mail: florent.blancho@mcgill.ca 

Name: Jun-Ray Macairan
Title/Position: Postdoctoral fellow
Institution: McGill University
E-mail: jun-ray.macairan@mcgill.ca 

Title/Topic

Sustainable Transport, Logistics and the Environment

Organizers/Speakers

Name: Dr. Fereshteh Mafakheri
Title/Position: Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair (CRC - Tier II)
Institution: École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP), Université du Québec, Montreal, QC, Canada
E-mail: fereshteh.mafakheri@enap.ca
Profile webpage: https://enap.ca/enap/fr/EnseignantUniversite.aspx?sortcode=1.2.11.17.21.22&view=expertise& indid=121883 https://www.decimalab.info/

Title/Topic

Infrastructure Systems and the Environment

Organizers/Speakers

Name: Dr. Fuzhan Nasiri / Dr. Rebecca Dziedzic
Title/Position: Associate Professor / Assistant Professor
Institution: Concordia University
E-mail: fuzhan.nasiri@concordia.ca / rebecca.dziedzic@concordia.ca
Profile webpage: https://www.concordia.ca/faculty/fuzhan-nasiri.html https://www.concordia.ca/faculty/rebecca-dziedzic.html

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