University of Massachusetts Amherst and Adventus Americas, Inc. Recognize Future Environmental Science Leaders. Announcing the winners of our Student Award program

Adventus joined the University of Massachusetts Amherst to recognize talented, emerging environmental scientists during the 22nd Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments and Water. Three $1,000 awards were given for the best student presentations from among the 22 participants during the conference presented by the Northeast Regional Environment Public Health Center and The School of Public Health. The award judges included Fayaz Lakhwala (Adventus Americas), Chris Mitchell (ENSR International), Frank Peduto (SPECTRA Environmental Group), Susan Henry (AEHS), and George Shaw (W.L. Gore Associates).

Dr. Paul Kostecki, Vice Provost for Research at University of Massachusetts Amherst, offered an optimistic perspective on this public and private sector partnership saying, "For the third consecutive year, Adventus has recognized the value of fostering student involvement in industry events such as this conference. I continue to challenge other far-sighted firms to join us in seeing the Student Award program as a superb way to bring the state-of-the-art information presented here to the next generation of scientists."

"These impressive young environmentalists all displayed superb thought leadership and presentation skills. Selecting the winning themes was extremely difficult, although the industry will surely be hearing more from these students in years ahead," said Dr. Fayaz Lakhwala, Director of Engineering for Adventus Americas, who led the panel of judges to select the winners. "As Adventus continues to develop the next generation of remediation biotechnologies, it is our privilege to showcase the important role partnerships with the academic community and private sector organizations can play. Adventus Americas is committed to continue sponsoring this exciting event and congratulates all the participants - especially our award winners."

This year's contest winners were:

Ms. Megan Lord-Hoyle of the Royal Military College of Canada, Environmental Sciences Group, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada won for her platform "Bioaccessibility: Improving Risk Assessments for Contaminated Sites."

Mr. Ashish K. Sahu of the University of Massachusetts Amherst won for his platform titled "Perchlorate Reduction in a Packed Bed Bioreactor Using Elemental Sulfur."

Ms. Christina L. Stauber of the University of Massachusetts Amherst won for her poster presentation titled "The Use of Local Carbon Sources in Encouraging Acid Mine Drainage Bioremediation." Her work was presented during the Acid Mine Drainage session.

The winning students and their presentation themes were presented during both platform and poster sessions.

Other participants in this year's contest were:

• Carmen M. Neculita (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Montreal, QB Canada)
• Andrea Slesarova (Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice, Slovak Republic)
• Veysel Demir (San Antonio, TX)
• Fang Lin (Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang, P.R. China)
• Elsbeth Hearn (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA)
• W.C. Li (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, PR China)
• Judite S. Vieira (University of Porto, Portugal)
• Jennifer L. Hatch (University of Illinois, Urbana, IL)
• Lars Rehmann (Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario Canada)
• Caitlin Bell (University of Illinois, Urbana, IL)
• Yang Zhang (University of Illinois, Urbana, IL)
• Aiman Q. Jaragat (Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY)
• Cory McDonald (Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI)
• Kanwertej S. Sra (University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario Canada)
• Kimberly M. Reinauer (University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL)
• Erika Williams (University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON Canada)
• Man Jae Kwon (University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, Urbana, IL)
• K.Samanta (Jadavpur University, Kolkota, India)
• Sharungbam Geeta Devi (University of Pune and Bhabha Atomic Research Center, India)

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