- Leslie Nanninga
- Feb 27, 2024
Updated: Feb 29, 2024
INSIDE THIS EDITION
President's Corner
Meet the Board
Sean Anderson, PhD (Cal State Channel Islands)
Paper Highlights
"Mercury in Neotropical birds: a synthesis and prospectus on 13 years of exposure data" by Chris Sayers
"Semi-automated, high-content imaging of drug transporter knockout sea urchin (Lytechinus pictus) embryos" by Evan Tjeerdema
Registration and Information
2024 SoCal SETAC Annual Meeting
SoCal SETAC Spring Dinner Meeting
Calendar of Events
- Leslie Nanninga
- Feb 20, 2024
We are excited to announce that registration is now open for the 2024 Annual Meeting for the Southern California Chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SoCal SETAC).
The meeting will be held April 21 - 23 in Lake Arrowhead and we are pleased to announce a program with special sessions: "POPs! Goes SoCal: Concentrations and Hazards from Persistent Organic Pollutants in Southern California" on Monday the 22nd, and "PACIfiC: Plastic and litter pollution Assessment and Control In southern California", Tuesday the 23rd. In addition to these timely topics, we will have two General Sessions covering a diverse array of material.
This year, we are also excited to offer training courses on: “The microplastics policy and regulation landscape: how to navigate it” (Sunday April 21, 1:30–3:30 PM), and “Spectroscopy fundamentals and best practices for analysis and reporting of microplastics data” (Sunday April 21, 4:00–6:00 PM).
The call for abstracts for platform or poster presentations is now open and will close on March 18th.
We look forward to seeing you soon!
- Leslie Nanninga
- Jan 24, 2024
Sr. Environmental Scientist (Specialist)
California Dept. of Pesticide Regulation
The California Dept. of Pesticide Regulation is looking to recruit a new senior scientist with ecotoxicology, environmental or aquatic toxicology background to join the Environmental Monitoring Branch.
This position is based in Sacramento, CA. The Surface Water Protection Program (SWPP) at the California Department of Pesticide Regulation is currently looking to fill a vacant Sr. Environmental Scientist (ES) position. We are particularly interested in hearing from applicants who are passionate about environmental monitoring and research and would excel working for a state regulatory agency. The SWPP is a science and data-driven program that is home to a diverse team of ~15 scientists including modelers, environmental scientists, ecotoxicologists, ecologists, and more. Our current vacancy is for someone with environmental toxicology, aquatic toxicology or ecotoxicology experience. The successful applicant will act as a lead evaluator of aquatic or ecotoxicology data and serve as a technical advisor for the Surface Water program. Additionally, this Sr. ES position will also support some of our monitoring where the successful applicant would help lead or support pesticide monitoring efforts across the State of California. While we would like to focus our recruitment efforts to balance out our agricultural monitoring work, we are most focused on finding someone with related technical expertise and are further open to hearing from a range of applicants who possess a diversity of skills such as field data collection, statistical or analytical skills, and scientific writing. Since this is a senior position, applicants are expected to have project management and leadership abilities.
Specific information on the position can be found here. The current application closing date is February 10, 2024.
Additional information regarding the duty statement is found on the job posting.
Additionally, myself or members of the SWPP team would be more than happy to field questions regarding our current vacancy or what it is like working as a state scientist.
Xin Deng, PhD. Sr. Environmental Scientist (Supervisory) Surface Water Protection Program
email: xin.deng@cdpr.ca.gov
