Conferences

Upcoming conferences


I am  a member of the organizing committee of the Canadian Society of Microbiology  (CSM) meeting held in Ottawa in 2013.


Recent conference presentations  (last 2 years)


  1. •Fortin, D. Najem, T. and Cotroneo, S., 2013. Characterization of fresh and aged Biogenic Iron Oxides (BIOS). GAC-MAC conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba (invited speaker).

  2. •Fortin, D., 2013. Preliminary investigation of the chemical, mineralogical and  microbial composition of natural biogenic iron oxides (BIOS) forming in the drainage basin of Cu-Zn-Pb mine tailings. Monte Verità Conference on Iron Biogeochemistry, Ascona, Switzerland.

  3. •Ping, Y., Tekin, E.,  Fortin, D. Timlin, R. and Clark, I.D., 2012. Anammox activity in contaminated groundwater having high ammonium and nitrate concentrations. Goldschmidt Conference, Montreal, Canada, June 2012

  4. •Cousineau, M.L., Therrien, F., Maruoka, T, Wing, B. and Fortin, D 2012. Sulfur isotopes reveal that the peak of Deccan volcanism post-dates the  Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction. GAC-MAC meeting, St-John’s, Newfoundland, May 2012.

  5. •Revesz, E., Paktunc, D. and Fortin, D., 2012. Solubility of scorodite and 6-line ferrihydrite with sorbed arsenic in the presence of Shewanella sp. CN32 and Shewanella sp. ANA-3 in a chemically defined growth medium containing various phosphate concentrations. Goldschmidt Conference, Montreal, Canada, June 2012.

  6. •Cousineau,M.L.,  Fortin, D. and Wing, B.A., 2012. Diminished S isotope fractionation accompanies internal sulfate accumulation by sulfate-reducing bacteria. Goldschmidt Conference, Montreal, Canada, June 2012

  7. •Revesz, E., Paktunc, D. and Fortin, D., 2012. Solubility  of scorodite in the presence of Shewanella sp. CN32 and  Shewanella sp. ANA-3 in a chemically defined growth medium containing various phosphate concentrations. ACS Symposium spring 2012, San- Diego, USA.

  8. •Avramescu, M.L., Yumvihoze, E., Hintelmann, H., Ridal, J., Fortin, D. and Lean, D.R.S., 2011. Biogeochemical factors influencing net mercury methylation in contaminated freshwater sediments  from the St-Lawrence River in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. The 10th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP), Halifax, Canada, July 2011.

  9. •Blodau, C.,  Minderlein , S., Kopp, B.,, Aeschbacher, M.,, Sander, M., Siems, M., Roulet, N., Fortin, D. and Humpreys, E., 2011. Impact of 90 years of drainage on the subsurface biogeochemistry of a northern bog. EGU General meeting. Vol. 13. EGU2011-9362.

  10. •Jatar, M., Rickwood, C, Fortin, D. and Pawlak, M., 2011. Assessing the Effects of Dietary Selenium on Survival and Reproduction of Ceriodaphnia dubia. SETAC conference, Boston, USA.

  11. •Cousineau, M., Therrien, F., Maruoka, T, Wing, B. and Fortin, D., 2011. S isotopes distinguish two S pulses at terrestrial Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary sections. Goldschmidt Conference, Prague, 2011.

  12. •Fortin, D., 2011. The fate of sorbed contaminants during the biogeochemical cycling of iron in natural  environments. Goldschmidt Conference, Prague, 2011. (keynote speaker)

  13. •Drysdale, J, Fortin, D,  Jamieson,  H.E. and Wallschlägerm D., 2011. Microbial ecology and arsenic transformations in a microcosm experiment using sediment from an arsenic-contaminated wetland., GAC-MAC meeting, Ottawa, May 2011

  14. • Fortin, D., 2011. Sr and As mobilization during the microbial reduction of bacteriogenic iron oxides (BIOS). 94th Canadian Society of Chemistry Conference, Montreal, June 2011 (invited speaker)

  15. • Xing, Y., Fortin, D. and Clark, I.D., 2011. Using tracer experiments and nitrogen isotope fractionation to assess anammox and denitrification processes  in contaminated groundwaters. GAC-MAC meeting, Ottawa, May 2011.

  16. •Revesz, E., Paktunc, D. and Fortin, D., 2011. Preliminary Study on Solubility and Stability of Scorodite in the Presence of Schewanella sp. CN32 and Schewanella sp. ANA-3. GAC-MAC meeting, Ottawa, May 2011.

  17. •Beddoes, P. and Fortin, D., 2011. Microbial Arsenic Reduction in Historic Gold Mine Tailings, Nova Scotia. GAC-MAC meeting, Ottawa, May 2011.

  18. •Feige, K.B., Gammon, P. and Fortin, D., 2011. Natural attenuation of metals in a cold-water acid rock drainage stream at the “XY” Pb-Zn deposit, Yukon Territory. GAC-MAC meeting, Ottawa, May 2011.

  19. •Goulet, R., Lange, K., Rinker, M., Langley, R.S. and Fortin, d., 2011. Radium-226 mobility in uranium mine tailings. GAC-MAC meeting, Ottawa, May 2011.

  20. •Cousineau, M., Fortin, D. and Wing, B.A., 2011. Does pH affect sulfur isotopic fractionation during bacterial sulfate reduction? GAC-MAC meeting, Ottawa, May 2011.

  21. •Drysdale, J., Jamieson, H.E. and Fortin, D., 2010. Biogeochemistry of arsenic in a microcosm experiment using sediments from As- contaminated wetland adjacent to mine tailings. Annual GSA meeting, Denver , USA, Fall 2010.

  22. •Moore T., Lazenby, B., Schiff, S., Robertson,  W., Fortin, D.,  Lanza, S., Ryan, S., Aravena, R., Clark, I.D. and Neufeld, J.D., 2010. Discovery of diverse groundwater-associated  communities  of anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria. International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME), Seattle, August 2010.

  23. •Marshall, S., Gault, A.G., Langley, S., Takahashi, Y. and Fortin, D., 2010. Arsenic mobilization during microbial Fe(III)-reduction of bacteriogenic iron oxides. Goldschmidt Conference , Knoxville, Tennessee, June 2010.

  24. •Moore, T., Lazenby, B., Schiff, S., Robertson,  W., Fortin, D. Timlin, R.,  Lanza, S., Ryan, C., Aravena,  R., Clark, I.D. and  Neufeld, J.D., 2010. Discovery of diverse communities of anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria in ammonium-contaminated groundwater. Extended abstract, Canadian Society of Microbiology meeting,  Hamilton, ON, June 2010.