The University of Iowa

Iowa PFAS Conference

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Day 1: April 15, 2025, 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. CDT

Registration, Welcome, and Morning Keynote
Time	Event
7:30 - 8:15	Registration and Check-in (Breakfast will be provided)
8:15 - 8:30	Welcome (Breakfast will be provided)
8:30 - 9:20	Matt Simcik, Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota The Environmental Chemistry of PFAS
9:20 - 9:30	Break

Session I
Time	Event
9:30 - 9:55	Kendra Markland, U.S. Geological Survey A Statewide Assessment of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Small Iowa Streams Affected by Varying Land Uses and Inputs
9:55 - 10:20	Alissia Milani, University of Wisconsin-Madison Environmental Chemistry and Technology Program Investigating PFAS Input from Wet Deposition to Lake Superior
10:20 - 10:45	Matthew Graesch, Iowa Department of Natural Resources PFAS in Iowa Drinking Water Sources: Chemical and Geospatial Patterns
10:45 - 11:00	Break

Session II
Time	Event
11:00 - 11:25	Joseph A. Charbonnet, Iowa State University, Civil & Environmental Engineering PFAS Fate and Transport in Six Iowa Wastewater Treatment Facilities
11:25 - 11:50	Matthew Nagorzanski, Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination Quantifying PFAS Contamination and Identifying Trends in Various Iowan Ground and Surface Waters
11:50 - 12:15	Megumi Shimizu, SCIEX Simultaneous Quantitation of Ultrashort-, Short- and Long-chain PFAS in Different Water Matrices

Lunch and Afternoon Keynote
Time	Event
12:15 - 1:15	Lunch (provided)
1:15 - 2:05	Nirupam Aich, Richard L. McNeel Associate Professor of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Advancing Sustainable Nanotechnology Solutions for PFAS Separation and Destruction
2:05 - 2:15	Break

Session III
Time	Event
2:15 - 2:40	Greg LeFevre, University of Iowa, Civil and Environmental Engineering PFAS in an Iowa Wastewater Effluent Dominated Stream: Occurrence, Potential Sources, and Transport
2:40 - 3:05	Abdullahi Adeola, Iowa State University PFAS Contamination in the Ames Watershed: Seasonal, Hydrological, and Anthropogenic Influences
3:05 - 3:30	Casy Fath, Barr Engineering Key Design Considerations for PFAS Soil Investigations: Forensic Evaluation with Standard Lab Methods
3:30 - 3:45	Break

Session IV and Networking and social Hour
Time	Event
3:45 - 4:10	Debojit Tanmoy, University of Iowa, Civil and Environmental Engineering Composite Alginate Bead Media to Capture PFAS from Urban Stormwater Runoff
4:10 - 4:35	Tahereh Moghtaderi, Rutgers University Spectral Induced Polarization Response to Anionic, Zwitterionic, and Cationic PFAS in Contaminated Soils
4:35 - 5:00	Becca Vermace, Barr Engineering Removing and Destroying PFAS at Minnesota Municipal Water Resource Recovery Facilities is Unaffordable
5:00 - 6:00	Networking and Social Hour

Day 2: April 16, 2025, 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. CDT

Registration, Welcome, and Morning Keynote
Time	Event
7:30 - 8:15	Registration and Check- In (Breakfast will be provided)
8:15 - 8:30	Welcome
8:30 - 9:20	Marisol Sepúlveda, Professor, Department of Forestry & Natural Resources, Purdue University Use of New Approach Methodologies for Studying the Ecotoxicity of PFAS
9:20 - 9:30	Break

Session I
Time	Event
9:30 - 9:55	Adam Schanen, Metrohm USA An Exploration of Sample Prep Techniques for Non-targeted Analysis of PFAS using Combustion Ion Chromatography
9:55 - 10:20	Shannon Meppelink, USGS Central Midwest Water Science Center Investigating the Prevalence of “Forever” Contaminants (Microplastics and PFAS) in Small Agricultural Streams: The Importance of a Multi-matrix Approach
10:20 - 10:45	Cory Scanlan, Waters Corporation Approaches to Non-Targeted Analyses of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Environmental Samples Using HRMS with Ion Mobility
10:45 - 11:00	Break

Session II
Time	Event
11:00 - 11:25	Evan Walters, Biotage Troubleshooting Solid Phase Extraction Chemistry for EPA Methodology
11:25 - 11:50	Emily Parry, Agilent Technologies Procedures for Sensitive Analysis of Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) in Biological Samples
11:50 - 12:15	Omotoyosi Adeyanju, Iowa State University, Department of Animal Science Uterine Impacts of Perfluorooctanoic Acid Exposure and Additive Effect of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Co-exposure

Lunch and AfternooN Keynote
Time	Event
12:15 - 1:15	Lunch (provided)
1:15 - 2:05	Susan Buchanan, Clinical Associate Professor and Director, Great Lakes Center for Reproductive and Children’s Environmental Health University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health PFAS and Health: How We Are Exposed and Risks to Health
2:05 - 2:15	Break

Session III
Time	Event
2:15 - 2:40	Evan Chu, PromoChrom Technologies Optimizing Efficiency and Reducing Labor for PFAS Extraction in Tissue and Serum Samples
2:40 - 3:05	Collins Antwi-Boasiako, Iowa State University, Department of Animal Science Investigating Ovarian Effects of Perfluorooctanoic Acid in Post-pubertal Pigs during Thermal Neutral and Heat Stress Conditions
3:05 - 3:30	Prapti Singh, University of Iowa, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Quantification Of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Plasma and Follicular Fluid of Patients Undergoing Infertility Treatment in Iowa
3:30 - 3:45	Break

Session IV, Closing Remarks, and Networking
Time	Event
3:45 - 4:10	Maria Estefania Gonzalez-Alvarez, Iowa State University, Department of Animal Science PFOA Partitions to the Ovary and Affects the Ovarian Biotransformation Microenvironment
4:10 - 4:35	Sruthi Atluri, Des Moines University Respiratory Function and Symptoms among Residents Living near a Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Contamination Site in Eastern Iowa
4:35 - 5:00	Kyle Dukes, Biotage An Automated Sample Preparation Approach for the Determination of Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) from Human Biological Fluids using UHPLC-MS/MS
5:00 - 6:00	Closing Remarks and Networking