Miao Li, University of Iowa Superfund Research Program trainee and recent graduate, gave an oral presentation about his KC Donnelly Externship experience at the Superfund Research Program National Conference in Durham, NC.

Dr. Andres Martinez from the University of Iowa Superfund Research Program and Dr. Wendy Heiger-Bernays of the Boston University Superfund Research Program co-presented a session on airborne PCBS at New Bedford Harbor at the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry meeting in Orlando in November 2016.

In early December 2016, twelve members of the Iowa Superfund Research Program participated in the NIEHS Environmental Health Sciences FEST in Durham, North Carolina. Over 1200 people attended the first-ever sciences FEST.

Dr. Hans Joachim Lehmler, Synthesis Core Leader, presented at the International Symposium on Microsomes and Drug Oxidations at the University of California-Davis in October 2016. Dr. Lehmler presented on the "Metabolism of Polychlorinated Biphenyls."

On Wednesday, October 26, Ashlee Johannes, Marisa Salomon Beltran, and Eric Uwimana of the University of Iowa Superfund Research Program (ISRP) traveled to East Chicago, Indiana, to engage eighth grade students at Joseph L. Block Jr High School in learning about polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).

Researchers and trainees from the Iowa Superfund Research Program presented at the Ninth International PCB Conference in Kobe, Japan, in October 2016.

Dr. Gabriele Ludewig of the University of Iowa Superfund Research Program was awarded the prestigious John Doull Award at the 2016 Central States Society of Toxicology(CSSOT) meeting in November 2016.