International Phytotechnology News

I am an environmental scientist who does tech transfer and application assessment consulting on biotechnology plants and phytoremediation.   I have been asked by Dr. Chittaranjan Kole to serve as an editor for a Springer-Nature series on Advanced Concepts and Strategies in Plant Science. The...

The 2018 Annual Meeting of the Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) is titled

Wetland Science: Integrating Research, Practice, and Policy - An Exchange of Expertise

and will be held in Denver Colorado May 29 - June 1. 

For more information and to register , go to www.swsannualmeeting.org

This generous grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to IPS supports expenses for US-based graduate students and post-doctoral associates to attend the Phytotechnologies Conference in Montreal. 

Please contact Jason White at jason.white@ct.gov for a brief application...

The 14th Conference of the International Phytotechnology Society is in Montreal, Canada from Sept 25-29, 2017. 

“Phytotechnologies: New Sustainable Solutions for Environmental Challenges” is bringing together research scientists, professors, engineers, industries, and landscape professionals to...

June 25-29, 2017

Prague, Czech Republic

Still accepting abstracts! Inquire at the website below ASAP!

Since 1995, this Symposium has served as a platform for researchers interested in the remediation of contaminated environments. The meeting highlights the newest scientific advancements and...

Interstate Technology Regulatory Council

Advancing Environmental Solutions

ITRC Pushes Innovation Window: Announces New Remediation-Plus/Stormwater BMP Team

ITRC is taking its environmental innovation mission to a new level.  Today, this state-led, public-private coalition announces the...

On behalf of the organizing committee, we cordially invite you to join us at the Plant and Animal Genome XXIV Conference, which will be held at the beautiful Town and Country hotel on January 9-13, 2016 in San Diego, California, USA. We welcome you to join us and present at The Phytoremediation...

PHYTO presents the concepts of phytoremediation and phytotechnology in one comprehensive guide, illustrating when plants can be considered for the uptake, removal or mitigation of on-site pollutants. Current scientific case studies are covered, highlighting the advantages and limitations of...

Altavista’s 6-acre Petri Dish: Testing Sustainable Solutions for PCB Contaminated Sediments

This workshop will highlight lab and field work as well as research resulting from 3 years of in-situ PCB degradation and containment in the Town of Altavista, Virginia’s 6 acre waste water overflow pond.

Specialty Crop Research Initiative - Clean WateR3
Reduce, Remediate, Recycle - Enhancing Alternative Water Resources Availability and Use to Increase Profitability in Specialty Crops

A national team of scientists working to encourage use of alternative water resources by the nation’s...

The Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University invites applications for a postdoc position in Dr. Ma’ research group. The postdoc researcher will primarily work on a USDA supported project to evaluate the effect of engineered nanoparticles on agricultural...

Battelle’s Third International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable Environmental Technologies will take place in Miami, Florida from May 18-21, 2015. More information here. 

IPS member David Tsao is organizing a phytotechnology session for this Symposium, tentatively titled...

The newly elected Board of Directors, as of July 2014, can be found on this site’s About page. Congratulations everyone!

As each Director is assigned to one of our 9 Society Committees, we will post that as well on the About page.

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One of our IPS community members, Eucharia Nwaichi, is looking for a 4-6 month phytotechnology research opportunity to fulfill requirements for a UNESCO grant she is applying for. She will have funding from UNESCO for her food, accommodation, and travel ! She is most interested in...

Plant technologies and environmental solutions

Welcome to the inaugural issue of PhytoNews, the official newsletter of the International Phytotechnology Society. Professor Ian Balcom of Lyndon State University has graciously taken the lead on this important endeavor and the entire Society thanks...

For those who were unable to make it to last year’s conference in Crete, here are the abstracts from the robust speaker line-up.

2014 Crete abstracts