Registration is now open for the 2026 Hudson-Delaware (HDC) SETAC Regional Chapter Meeting, which will take place in person on April 13th, 2026 at the Manhattan University, Riverdale, NY.
The registration fee is $75, which covers a continental breakfast and lunch. Early registration will close on April 6th, and late registration will be $85.
Please follow this link to see draft agenda.
Registration will be FREE for student members of the chapter! Student presenters are eligible to compete for best poster or platform award at the meeting. *Pending number of student submissions
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Dibs Sarkar
Green Technologies for Remediation of PFAS in Soil and Water.
Dr. Sarkar is a broadly trained environmental geochemist with research interests in environmental remediation, risk assessment, and green technology development. He is a professor of environmental engineering and the founding director of Stevens Center for Sustainability at Stevens Institute of Technology. Dibs graduated with a PhD in geochemistry from the University of Tennessee and worked as a postdoctoral scientist in soil and water chemistry at the University of Florida. He is a Professional Geologist licensed in Texas. Thus far, Dibs has advised 35+ PhD and MS/ME students, 25+ postdoctoral associates, and many visiting scholars. He has published 200+ journal articles, 20 book chapters, and 300+ technical abstracts and conference proceedings. He has edited 3 books, authored 1 research monograph, and has so far generated more than $18 million in grant funding as a PI or Co-PI to support the research activities of his group. Dibs is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, and a Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America. He is the founding principal of SIROM Scientific Solutions, LLC, an environmental R&D startup incorporated in New Jersey. He is the editor-in-chief of Springer's Current Pollution Reports and serves on the editorial board of several other journals.
Topics for the 2026 Meeting:
- Chemicals of emerging concern (e.g., PFAS, microplastics, pharmaceuticals and personal care products), including relevant research
- Environmental toxicology and stress response
- Environmental risk assessment, engineering, remediation, and restoration - with a focus on Superfund/hazardous waste sites and/or river cleanups in NJ and NY
- Advances in research, analysis, and monitoring of chemical contaminants
- Policy, management, and communication
Meeting address:
Kelly Commons Building (see Campus Map)
4513 Manhattan College Parkway
Riverdale, NY 10471
*Meeting Venue is a short 5-minute walk from the Van Cortlandt Park–242nd St Subway Station (#1 Train)
Evening social details coming soon.
