Center for Environmental Science and Technology Co-sponsors Third Annual Environmental Symposium

Sponsored by the Center for Environmental Science and Technology (CEST) and the Graduate School, the third annual Symposium on Notre Dame Environmental Education and Research (NDEER) was held on November 10, 2004, in conjunction with the "Faith, Ethics, and the Environment" conference sponsored by the Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values.

“As always, the purpose of the symposium” says Patricia A. Maurice, professor of civil engineering and geological sciences and director of CEST,
“was to highlight the depth and diversity of environmental research occurring throughout the University. We have developed closer ties among a large, multidisciplinary group of faculty across campus over the past three years, and we are looking forward to next year’s discussions.”

The 2004 keynote speaker was James Fredrickson, senior staff scientist and laboratory fellow at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, who presented “Microbial Metal Reduction: Genomics to Geochemistry.” Fredrickson specializes in microbial ecology and environmental microbiology. He also serves as a coordinator in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Subsurface Science Program.

For more information about NDEER or CEST, visit http://www.nd.edu/~cest.

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