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Conference Presentation

• Lightning Talks Focused on Water Quality
  • Dr. Meg Christie, Marine & Coastal, SEBS, “Anthropogenic alterations of the Raritan River, NJ from pre-European settlement through the present”
  • Dr. Nicole Fahrenfeld, Civil & Environmental Engineering, SOE, “Putting the micro- in microplastics:  an investigation of biofilm communities” (2017 R3C mini-grant recipient)
  • Kaixuan Bu, Marine & Coastal, SEBS, “Temporal Heavy Metal Distribution and Bioaccumulation in the Lower Raritan River” (2018 R3C mini-grant recipient)
  • Dr. Abigail Porter, Environmental Science, SEBS, “Microplastic can Mobilize Pharmaceutical Transforming Microorganisms”
  • Phil Sontag, Environmental Sciences, SEBS, “Examining Influence of Raritan River-Bay Dissolved Organic Matter and Extracellular Enzyme Hydrolysis on Methylmercury Uptake in Phytoplankton” (2018 R3C mini-grant recipient)
  • Dr. Donna Fennell, Environmental Science, SEBS, “Tracking Organohalide Reduction in the Raritan River Basin” (2018 R3C mini-grant recipient)
  • Michael Stepowyj, Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute, “Spatial Distribution of Contaminants in Lower Raritan River Sediments”
• Micro:  Emerging Contaminants Panel and Discussion
  • Dr. Keith Cooper, Biochemistry & Microbiology, SEBS, Rutgers (moderator)
  • Dr. Brian Buckley, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Rutgers
  • Dr. Donna Fennell, Environmental Sciences, SEBS, Rutgers
  • Dr. Sandra Goodrow, Science/Research/Environmental Health, NJDEP
  • Dr. John Reinfelder, Environmental Sciences, SEBS, Rutgers
• Macro:  Addressing Concerns through Basin-wide Watershed Management Planning
  • Dr. Richard Lathrop, Johnson Family Chair for Water Resources and Watershed Ecology, Rutgers
  • 10 Key Indicators of Watershed Health in the Raritan (2-page handout)
  • World Cafe Session Summary ~ coming soon!
• Data Blitz – Seven Lightning Talks on Broad Range of Raritan Issues
  • Michael Pisauro, The Watershed Institute, “The Watershed Institute’s Model Stormwater Ordinance”
  • Johnny Quispe, Ecology and Evolution, SEBS, “Marsh Response to Sea Level Rise: Survival of Tidal Marshes in the Raritan River”
  • Angela Gorczyca, New Jersey Water Supply Authority, “Raritan River Basin’s Most Wanted List”
  • Mehdi Rahmati, Electrical & Computer Engineering, SOE, “Enabling Real-time Dynamic Control and Adaptation of Networked Robots in Resource-constrained and Uncertain Environments”
  • Nick Zemlachenko, New Jersey Water Supply Authority, “Peters Brook Residential Rain Barrel Rebate Program”
  • Dr. Richard Lathrop, Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, SEBS, Rutgers, “Monitoring water quality and marsh surface elevation on the Lower Raritan”
  • Anthony Vastano, Marine & Coastal, SEBS, “Evaluating Fish Passage on the Raritan River: The Results of a Six Year Study” (2017 R3C mini-grant recipient)
• Poster Session
  • Jessica Bonamusa, Interstate Environmental Commission, “Interstate Environmental Commission’s Coordinated Volunteer Pathogen Monitoring Program”
  • Kaixuan Bu, Marine & Coastal, SEBS, Rutgers, “Temporal Heavy Metal Distribution and Bioaccumulation in the Lower Raritan River” (2018 R3C mini-grant recipient)
  • Meg Christie, Marine & Coastal, SEBS, Rutgers, “Anthropogenic alterations of the Raritan River, NJ from pre-European settlement through the present”
  • Jason Cincotta, Alexis Lo, Andrew Malkinski, Erika Shellinck, Holly Nelson, Lisa Jensen and Christina Kaunzinger, Landscape Architecture, SEBS & Rutgers Golf Course, Rutgers, “Ecological Transformation of the Rutgers Golf Course”
  • Nicole Fahrenfeld, Civil & Environmental Engineering, SOE, Rutgers, “Putting the micro- in microplastics:  an investigation of biofilm communities” (2017 R3C mini-grant recipient)
  • Donna Fennell, Environmental Science, SEBS, Rutgers, “Tracking Organohalide Reduction in the Raritan River Basin” (2018 R3C mini-grant recipient)
  • Subhasis Giri, Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis, SEBS, Rutgers, “Water Security Assessment of current and future scenarios through an integrated modeling framework in the Neshanic River Watershed”
  • Subhasis Giri, Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis, SEBS, Rutgers, “Evaluating the Impact of land uses on stream integrity using machine learning algorithms”
  • Subhasis Giri, Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis, SEBS, Rutgers, “Assessing the impacts of land use on down stream water quality using a hydrologically sensitive area concept”
  • Angela Gorczyca, New Jersey Water Supply Authority, Rutgers, “Raritan River Basin’s Most Wanted List”
  • Rupika Ketu, Human Ecology, SEBS, Rutgers, “Environmental History for Watershed Protection: the Lower Raritan’s Industrial Impact”
  • Daryl Krasnuk, Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership, “Identifying Open Space Areas for Stream Restoration using GIS Suitability Analysis”
  • Deborah Kratzer, Division of Water Monitoring & Standards, NJDEP, “Non-tidal Raritan River Watershed Protection Plan”
  • Colin Marx, Jillian Dorsey and Dr. Jean Marie Hartman, Landscape Architecture, SEBS, Rutgers, “Status of Forests in the Lower Raritan Watershed” (2018 R3C internship mini-grant recipient)
  • Harold Ofori and Malcolm X Shabazz High School Biogeochemistry Team, “Activities of Extracellular Enzymes and Substrate Specificity of Peptidases in Raritan Bay, NJ“
  • Michael Pisauro, The Watershed Institute, “The Watershed Institute’s Model Stormwater Ordinance.”
  • Abigail Porter, Environmental Science, SEBS, Rutgers, “Microplastic is a Means for Transporting Naproxen-Transforming Microbes in the Environment”
  • Johnny Quispe, Ecology and Evolution, SEBS, Rutgers, “Marsh Response to Sea Level Rise: Survival of Tidal Marshes in the Raritan River”
  • Mehdi Rahmati, Electrical & Computer Engineering, SOE, Rutgers, “Enabling Real-time Dynamic Control and Adaptation of Networked Robots in Resource-constrained and Uncertain Environments”
  • Phil Sontag, Environmental Sciences, SEBS, Rutgers, “Examining Influence of Raritan River-Bay Dissolved Organic Matter and Extracellular Enzyme Hydrolysis on Methylmercury Uptake in Phytoplankton” (2018 R3C mini-grant recipient)
  • Michael Spina, Biohabitats, “Green is the New Blue: Integrated Water Strategies for the Built Environment”
  • Michael Stepowyj, Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute, Rutgers, “Spatial Distribution of Contaminants in Lower Raritan River Sediments”
  • Anthony Vastano, Marine & Coastal, SEBS, Rutgers, “Evaluating Passage Performance of American Shad and River Herring at the Island Farm Weir on the Raritan River” (2017 R3C mini-grant recipient)
  • Nick Zemlachenko, New Jersey Water Supply Authority, “Peters Brook Residential Rain Barrel Rebate Program”