Scientific Committee Topic 7

International Chair		National Chair
Dimitrios Karpouzas, University of Thessaly		Piet Seuntjens, UGent
Subtopics		Chairs	Reviewers
7.1	Measuring and predicting pesticide fate in soil, water, atmosphere and crops: from micro- to macro-scale	Colin Brown, University of York Pamela Rice, USDA-ARS	Sara Penketh, Envigo Pamela Rice, USDA-ARS Annette Rosenbom, GEUS Erik van den Berg, Wageningen University & Research
7.2	Pesticides mixtures and interactions with other contaminants: environmental fate processes, exposure and risk assessment	Jay Gan, University of California George Cobb, Baylor University	George Cobb, Baylor University Pamela Rice, USDA-ARS David Shaw, Envigo Marco Trevisan, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
7.3	Laboratory-to-Landscape scale level investigations of the fate and transport of pesticides	Amy Ritter, Waterborne Environmental (USA) Marco Trevisan, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore	Laure Mamy, INRA Piet Seuntjens, UGent Aaldrick Tiktak, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency Marco Trevisan, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
7.4	Advances in sampling and analytical methods for monitoring agricultural chemicals in the environment	Elizabeth Carazo Michelle Hladik, US Geological Survey	Elizabeth Carazo José Diana Di Mavungu, UGent Horacio Heinzen, Universidad de la República Rajib Karmaka, rediff Annette Rosenbom, GEUS
7.5	Environmental fate, metabolism and risk assessment of emerging pesticide groups: natural products and nanopesticides	Rai Kookana, CSIRO (Australia) Dieter Schaefer, Bayer	Rai Kookana, CSIRO (Australia) Dieter Schaefer, Bayer Najam Shakil, Indian Agricultural Research Institute
7.6	Advances in pesticides biodegradation and metabolism: mechanisms, applications and regulatory issues	Dimitrios Karpouzas, University of Thessaly Fabrice Martin-Laurent, French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)	Kathrin Fenner, eawag Dimitrios Karpouzas, University of Thessaly Zisis Vryzas, Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH)
7.7	Contribution of abiotic processes (sorption, volatilization, photolysis and hydrolysis) in pesticide dissipation and metabolism	Claire Richard, University of Clermont Auvergne (France) Erik Van den Berg, Wageningen University & Research	Carole Bedos, INRA Abhishek Mandal, Indian Agricultural Research Institute David Shaw, Envigo Erik Van den Berg, Wageningen University & Research
7.8	Bioavailability and bioaccumulation of pesticides: their role in the environmental fate of pesticides	Kirk Semple, University of Lancaster Zisis Vryzas, Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH)	Evangelos Karanasios Pamela Rice, USDA-ARS Marnik Vanclooster, UC Leuven-Limburg Zisis Vryzas, Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH)
7.9	Mitigation measures to reduce environmental pollution by pesticides through diffuse and point sources	Carlos Rodriguez-Rodriguez, University of Costa Rica Robin Sur, Bayer	Evangelos Karanasios Carole Bedos, INRA Dimitrios Karpouzas, University of Thessaly Robin Sur, Bayer
7.10	Advances in mathematical modeling of pesticides environmental exposure	Laure Mamy, INRA Piet Seuntjens, UGent	Laure Mamy, INRA Annette Rosenbom, GEUS Piet Seuntjens, UGent Aaldrick Tiktak, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency Marnik Vanclooster, UC Leuven-Limburg