TRACKING OIL SPILLS:
Emerging Fingerprinting Techniques for Source Identification and Age-Dating

Oil spills and subsurface releases happen. Identifying the source is the first step in creating a clean up strategy and insuring adequate cost recovery. However tracking oil spills remains challenging due to multiple potential sources and release scenarios.

The webinar presents both the main "classic" and "emerging" fingerprinting techniques that are used to evaluate the source(s) and age of oil spills (including crude oils and various distillates).

Discover the latest petroleum fingerprinting techniques and learn their application in oil source identification and age dating through a variety of case studies. The typical tiered fingerprinting approach (including chemical and isotopic fingerprinting) will be described, along with specific fingerprinting techniques applicable to various petroleum distillates (e.g., gasoline, diesel fuels). The use of emerging techniques such as chiral fingerprinting and tree-ring fingerprinting (dendroecology) will also be discussed. Examples from case studies will be used to illustrate the real-world challenges related to both technical issues and litigation.

Webinar Highlights:

• Review the "classic" tiered approach for oil fingerprinting
• Learn new fingerprinting techniques for source identification and age-dating
• Discover emerging fingerprinting techniques applicable to oil spills
• Relate your sites to case studies and applicable strategies

You Will Benefit By:

• Discover future trends and emerging technologies in fingerprinting oil spillsLearn how to apply fingerprinting techniques for source identification and age-dating of oil spills
• Understand how to differentiate between natural and anthropogenic oil spills
• Learn to build appropriate strategies
• Be better prepared to evaluate fate & transport and design appropriate remediation at sites with oil spills

Fee:	299.00 USD Per Computer Site (unlimited participants per site) 249.00 USD Per Computer Site (unlimited participants per site) when Members also register for the following Webinar: (discount will be applied during checkout when both are in your cart) Pay one site registration fee and an unlimited number of participants from your organization can attend at that site.
Instructor:	Ioana G. Petrisor, Ph.D., Biochemist and Environmental Consultant, San Diego, California and Editor-in-Chief of Environmental Forensics Journal
Handouts:	Copy of Webinar Slides (pdf) Record of Attendance Form (pdf)
Duration:	1.5 hours plus Q&A (no restrictions on time limit for extra Q&A!)
Professional Development:	Earn 1.5 Professional Development Hours (1.5 PDH)

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Attendees may also order an official a Course Completion Certificate from Northern Illinois University for a small administrative fee. The Certificate is optional and may be ordered separately following the webinar to confirm your attendance and showcase the certificate on your office wall. Instructions for ordering certificates are given during the webinar.


* This webinar is eligible for the 'BUY THREE, GET THREE' discount.

Attendees will be invited to actively participate during this live and interactive on-line web seminar. Discussion is planned following the webinar for those who want to continue the session. Bring your questions to the webinar and present them to the instructor and other participants for exploring the best solution.

Dr. Ioana G. Petrisor is a Biochemist with over 20 years of experience (both in academia and industry), specializing in environmental forensics and litigation support. She has applied a large variety of forensic techniques to track the source and age-date environmental contaminants. Dr. Petrisor has served as an expert witness in California courts in several cases to testify on fate and transport, as well as sources and age of environmental contamination. She is working as an Environmental Consultant based in San Diego, CA, United States.

Dr. Petrisor is the Editor-in-Chief of the Environmental Forensics Journal. In this capacity, she provides the scientific lead of the journal and is up-to-date with leading-edge research. She has extensive publication experience including 1 invention patent, 6 book chapters, over 70 research and review articles, 12 editorials and 3 technical guidelines. Dr. Petrisor is constantly an invited-speaker at national and international conferences and scientific meetings and regularly presents professional seminars and workshops.

Dr. Petrisor is also an Instructor with AEHS Foundation and EOS Alliance teaching both on-line and in-class environmental forensic courses. She is developing an Environmental Forensics certification program.

Dr. Petrisor has managed and conducted innovative research for U.S. DOE, U.S. DOD and European Community on environmental characterization, as well as the development of innovative remedial technologies for a variety of contaminants in soil, aquatic sediments and water. She designed and conducted successful field applications based on laboratory and pilot scale data.

Dr. Petrisor has a Ph.D. in Biochemistry (Environmental Biotechnology) from the Romanian Academy of Sciences and a Bachelor in Chemistry (Biochemistry major) from the Bucharest University, Romania. Her Ph.D. focused on environmental characterization, assessment and development of innovative remedial biotechnologies for heavy metals from mining operations, in the framework of an E.U. funded project (with research conducted at the Institute of Biology of Romanian Academy and National Technical University of Athens). In 1999, she completed an UNESCO training program in Plant Molecular Genetics at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.