UC TSR&TP Ninth Annual Symposium Set for Santa Cruz
Completed in 1994, the Earth and Marine Sciences Building contains offices and laboratories for about 175 faculty, researchers, and graduate students in the departments of earth sciences, marine sciences, the Institute of Tectonics, and the Institute of Marine Sciences.
On Saturday, March 30, 1996, the UC Toxic Substances 
Research
and Teaching Program (UC TSR&TP) will host its Ninth Annual Research Symposium
at UC Santa Cruz. Each year, UC TSR&TP sponsors a Research Symosium to showcase
the research it supports. Every student and researcher affilitated with UC TSR&TP
has been invited to share posters and discussions about their work in such fields
as environmental engineering, the biological health effects of toxicants and
ecotoxicology, to name a few. Hosted by A. Russell Flegal, Professor of Earth
Sciences at UC Santa Cruz, the Symposium will begin at 10:00 a.m. in the B-206
lecture hall in the Earth and Marine Sciences Building at UC Santa Cruz. "This
is an excellent opportunity for people to learn about the research currently
being supported by our program," says Program Manager, Melissa Mardesich.
"I strongly encourage anyone interested in learning more about environmental
research to attend this event."
The morning session will include research presentations from three UC TSR&TP faculty. Dr. Michael Johnson, UC Davis, will present a talk on Defense Conversion and Mare Island Opportunities. Dr. Johnson is the principal investigator of a multi-campus research project on ecological risk assessment, remediation, and restoration of a wetland and nearshore estuarine site. Dr. John Melack, UC Santa Barbara, will make a presentation on New UC Programs in Environmental Public Policy. He will share information on the new School of Environmental Science and Management at UCSB and a systemwide effort to develop a Socioeconomic Policy Studies Program on Toxicity Issues. Dr. Arthur Winer, TSR&TP Associate Director, UC Los Angeles, will present an overview of selected studies concerned with the emissions, atmospheric trans-formations, environmental distribution and human health impacts of toxic air contaminants in California occurring on the southern campuses with TSRTP or related funding, with highlights of their implications for better characterizing human exposure, developing more comprehensive approaches to risk assessment, or facilitating control of the emissions of air toxics in California.
The event will also include presentations by students and a poster session of program-funded research. A buffet lunch in Cowell Dining Hall will be hosted by the program. If you would like more information or are interested in attending, please contact the TSR&TP Director's Office at 916/752-2097 or tsrtp@ucdavis.edu.
The Joseph M. Long Marine Laboratory has running seawater capabilities (pictured above) that increase opportunities for research laboratory buildings, a dolphin research complex, outdoor tanks fo robserving marine mammals (pictured below), and a public acquarium. Optional tours of LML are available during the afternoon session of the UC TSR&TP Ninth Annual Symposium.
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