GEOC Call for Symposia: ACS Fall 2022 Meeting

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The Fall 2022 ACS National Meeting will be held from August 21-25 in Chicago, IL. 

Geochemistry Division Call for Papers

Dear Colleagues,

It is now time to propose symposia for the Geochemistry program at the upcoming Fall 2022 ACS Meeting (August 21 – 25, 2022 in Chicago, IL). The meeting theme is "Sustainability in a Changing World".

If you are interested in organizing a symposium, please send an email to Program Chair-Elect Eric Pierce (pierceem@ornl.gov) by December 31, 2021 at 12 PM EST, and include the information below. Proposals may be received after this date but may not be available when MAPS opens for abstract submission.

• Title of the proposed symposium

• A brief description of the symposium

• Name, affiliation, and contact information of the organizer(s)

• Potential co-sponsoring divisions/programs

Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:

• Soil organic carbon

• Microbially-driven geochemical cycles in freshwater systems

• Geochemical cycles in the Earth Critical Zone

• Planetary geochemistry

• Mineral-water interface structure and reactivity

• Mineral nucleation and growth

• Reactivity of biogenic minerals

• Geochemistry of subsurface CO2

• Reactivity of nano-particles and nano-pores

• Transport, uptake, and remediation of environmental contaminants