Spring 2023 Dinner Meeting - March 22nd

SoCal SETAC is pleased to invite you to our Spring Dinner Meeting on March 22nd from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Join us at the Old Spaghetti Factory in Fullerton to hear from our guest speaker Dr. Bhavna Shamasunder who will discuss environmental injustice in Los Angeles. A three-course dinner will precede Dr. Shamasunder's presentation and will be a great time to catch up with our SoCal SETAC community. To ensure all of our safety during this in-person gathering, we are requiring that all attendees be fully vaccinated/boosted or provide a negative COVID test within three (3) days of the event. Thank you in advance for your cooperation and we look forward to safely seeing you there!

Register here!

JOB POST: Senior Environmental Specialist - Ocean Monitoring

Senior Environmental Specialist - Ocean Monitoring

Orange County Sanitation District

Under direction of the Environmental Supervisor, the Senior Environmental Specialist performs a variety of complex environmental studies and field work in support of the District's National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) ocean discharge permit. Specifically, this position will have primary responsibility for the management and development of the District’s OMP Toxicity Monitoring Program for Effluent and Receiving Waters, in addition to other supporting roles in the OMP.

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SoCal SETAC 2023 Annual Meeting - REGISTRATION OPEN

We are excited to announce that registration is open for the 2023 Annual Meeting for the Southern California Chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SoCal SETAC). Representatives of the Desert Southwest Chapter (DSW) will also be joining us (covering AZ, NM, NV and western TX) and we look forward to welcoming new faces into the SoCal group.

The meeting will be held April 17-18 in Lake Arrowhead and we are pleased to announce a program with special sessions: Talkin’ Trash: Micro/Macroplastics and Beyond on Monday the 17th, and Multiple Stressors in the Environment, Tuesday the 18th. In addition to these timely topics, we will have two General Sessions covering a diverse array of material. We cannot wait to connect with new colleagues and catch up with friends in person.

The call for abstracts for platform or poster presentations is now open and will close on March 9th.

You can find registration information here and abstract submission information here.

We look forward to seeing you soon!