2025 Annual Meeting

SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

SETAC

2025 Ozark‐Prairie and Mid‐South Joint Chapter Meeting

May 12–13, 2025

Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, MO

Monday, May 12, 2025

6:00 pm-??? Drinks, food, and socializing

Where:          4 Hands at The District, 17081 N Outer 40 Road Chesterfield, MO 63005

What:             Informal networking with fellow SETAC members.  Food and drink will be available for purchase.

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Bayer Crop Science, 700 Chesterfield Pkwy W, Chesterfield, MO 63017 (more information on page 25) Enter thru main entrance and go into Building AA – Meeting is in AA 1825-4

8:00-8:30 am   Morning Gathering Time /Registration- Coffee Provided

8:30-8:35      Sarah Hileman (OP-SETAC President)

“Welcome to OP-SETAC!”

8:35-8:45      Nile Kemble (SETAC North America Past President and SETAC Vice President)

“SETAC Overview”

8:45-8:50      Corinne Sweeney (OP-SETAC Student Representative)

“SETAC North America Student Advisory Council Overview”

9:00-10:00    Keynote Speaker:  Kristen Baum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
                          (See bio on page 6)

“Advancing Monarch Butterfly Education, Conservation, and Research in Uncertain Times”

10:00-10:15 Break

10:15-10:30 Jess Warr*, University of Central Oklahoma

“ECOLOGICAL DISTURBANCE IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: LEGACY EFFECTS OF ORPHANED WELLS ON VEGETATIVE COMMUNITIES AND METABOLIC PHENOTYPE OF FREE-LIVING RODENTS”

* Indicates student presentation competing for a travel award

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 (Continued)

10:30-10:45 Audrey Bone, Bayer Crop Science
“Predicting Avian Toxicity of Pesticides- Where are we at and where should we go?”

10:45-11:00 Karimot Shobowale*, Arkansas State University

“Spatiotemporal Variation of Water Quality and Nutrient input within the Eleven Point River, Arkansas” 

11:00-11:15 Ismael Rodea Palomares, Bayer Crop Science

“A pragmatic prioritization of endangered species for effects modelling purposes”

11:15-11:30 MD TANVIR HASAN KAJOL*, Arkansas State University

“Surface Water Quality for a Proposed Two-stage Ditch Program, Upper Cache River Watershed, Arkansas”

11:30-11:55 Steve Levine, Bayer Crop Science

“Introduction to OECD’s New Guidance Document on the Generation, Reporting, And Use of Research Data for Regulatory Hazard and Risk Assessments”

11:55-12:00 Poster Flash talk - Corinne Sweeney, University of Missouri

12:00-1:00    Lunch (provided on-site, included with registration)/Networking

1:00-2:30      Poster Session – In FF building

2:30-2:45      Jean M. Brownell*, Washington University in St. Louis

“Assessing point-of-use carbon filters as passive sampling devices to monitor organic contaminants in drinking water” 

2:45-3:00      Helena Wheeler*, Arkansas State University

“Assessing The Relationship Between Soil Structure and Composition and Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Community Composition Within WRE-ACEP Wetlands In Northeastern Arkansas”

* Indicates student presentation competing for a travel award

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 (Continued)

3:00-3:15      Josh Fischer, Corteva Agriscience

“Environmental Risk Assessment – Similarities and Differences between Crop Protection Chemistry and Plant-Incorporated Protectants”

3:15-3:30      Chris Theodorakis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

“ACUTE AND CHRONIC TOXICITY AND OXIDATIVE STRESS BY METALLIC NANOPARTICLES IN EARLY LIFE STAGE FATHEAD MINNOWS (Pimephales promelas)”

3:30-3:45      Tim Fredricks, Bayer Crop Science

“Global nectar and pollen pesticide residue database with a user interface tool for calculating residue per unit dose for different pesticide application methods”

4:00                Closing and Awards

6:00-???        Evening Social, BYOB (Dinner provided, included with registration)

at Faust Park: 15025 Faust Park Dr. Chesterfield, MO 63017
(more information on page 27)

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 (FOR TOUR PARTICIPANTS ONLY) See page 28 for tour info

Bayer Crop Science, 700 Chesterfield Pkwy W, Chesterfield, MO 63017 (more information on page 25) Enter thru main entrance and go into Building AA

10:00am       Arrival for Optional Tour: Bayer CropScience R&D (pre-registration required)

10:15-12:00pm         Optional Tour: Bayer CropScience R&D (pre-registration required)