Emergency Response Research Webinar Series
Free webinars typically held on the second Wednesday of the month. Special webinars on COVID-19 research are conducted as research results become available.
EPA's Office of Research and Development hosts this webinar series to share current research activities and results. This webinar series covers the latest information on research supporting EPA's response to chemical, biological, and radiological incidents, as well as natural disasters. This forum allows EPA to communicate directly with partners and stakeholders to foster collaboration and dissemination of information.
NOTE: Attendees have the option of receiving a certificate of attendance. Acceptance of certificates is contingent on organization requirements—EPA cannot guarantee acceptance. Closed-captioned recordings of the webinars are provided below for later viewing and as a training resource; certificates cannot be provided for viewing webinar recordings.
Webinar dates and topics are subject to change.
Full Schedule Coming Soon!
Our 2023 Emergency Response Research webinar series schedule is still in the works. If you are interested in being notified when new webinars are scheduled, please sign up to receive email notifications here: Receive emails for upcoming webinars
Topic and presenters are subject to change. Additional information and registration links will be provided in advance of each webinar.
Past Webinars
Recordings and other materials from past webinars are available below. Recordings are hosted on EPA's YouTube channel. Certificates cannot be provided for watching the webinar recordings.
| Date | Topic and Presenter(s) |
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| May 24, 2023 |
Analysis for Coastal Operational Resiliency (AnCOR)-Wide Area Demonstration |
| April 12, 2023 | Fentanyl Decontamination Presenter: Lukas Oudejans, EPA Office of Research and Development |
| March 8, 2023 | Building Relationships and Trust in Contamination Cleanup Presenters: Brittany Kiessling & Keely Maxwell, EPA Office of Research and Development |
| December 14, 2022 | Improving EPA's Oil Spill Preparedness, Response, and Assessment Presenter: Mace Barron, EPA Office of Research and Development |
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October 12, 2022 |
Clean or Replace? Decontaminating PFAS from Firefighting Equipment and Hangars Presenter: Matthew Magnuson, EPA Office of Research and Development |
| September 14, 2022 | Facilitating Coordinated Response from Field to Lab: ESAM Program Presenter: Erin Silvestri, EPA Office of Research and Development |
| August 10, 2022 | Remediating Premise Plumbing Following a Water Emergency or Disaster Presenters: Jeff Szabo, Helen Buse & Levi Haupert, EPA Office of Research and Development |
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July 13, 2022 |
Pre-Incident Planning for CBRN Waste Management Presenter: Anna Tschursin, EPA Office of Land and Emergency Management |
| June 8, 2022 | Considering Trade-offs in Contamination Cleanup Presenter: Tim Boe, EPA Office of Research and Development |
| April 13, 2022 | Underground Storage Tanks: Preparing and Responding to Extreme Events Presenters: Alex Hall and Fran Kremer, EPA Office of Research and Development |
| February 9, 2022 | COVID-19: Evaluating Aerosol Treatment Technologies Presenters: Lukas Oudejans and Katherine Ratliff, EPA Office of Research and Development |
| December 8, 2021 | Promoting Community Resilience through Social Science Presenter: Keely Maxwell, EPA Office of Research and Development |
| October 13, 2021 | Biothreat Agent Detection: Advances in Rapid Analytical Methods Webinar Presenter: Sanjiv Shah, EPA Office of Research and Development |
| September 16, 2021 | Twenty Years of Homeland Security Research: Where We Started and Where We Are Now Presenters: Mark Durno, EPA Region 5; Tim Oppelt, Former Director of EPA’s National Homeland Security Research Center; Gina Perovich, EPA Office of Land and Emergency Management; David Travers, EPA Office of Water; Shawn Ryan & Greg Sayles, EPA Office of Research and Development |
| August 12, 2021 | COVID-19: Aerosol Treatment Devices & Ozone Disinfection Presenters: Katherine Ratliff, Lukas Oudejans, EPA Office of Research and Development |
| July 15, 2021 | COVID-19: Electrostatic Sprayers and Foggers for Disinfectant Application Presenters: Joseph Wood, Matthew Magnuson, EPA Office of Research and Development |
| June 28, 2021 | Reducing Environmental Exposure to SARS-CoV-2: An Overview of Findings Presenters: Shawn Ryan, Worth Calfee, Katherine Ratliff, Lukas Oudejans, Joseph Wood, EPA Office of Research and Development; Kristen Willis, EPA Office of Pesticide Programs |
| May 12, 2021 | Readily Available Equipment for Response and Recovery Presenters: Matthew Magnuson, EPA Office of Research and Development; Michael Kaminski, Argonne National Laboratory |
| April 29, 2021 | COVID-19: Cleaning & Disinfecting of PPE for Effective Reuse Presenters: John Archer and Anne Mikelonis, EPA Office of Research and Development |
| April 14, 2021 | Lessons Learned from Fukushima Presenters: Sang Don Lee, EPA Office of Research and Development; Kathryn Snead, EPA Office of Air and Radiation |
| March 18, 2021 | Building Resiliency: Emergency Water Treatment System Presenters: James Goodrich, EPA Office of Research and Development; Mark Hogg and Kurtis Daniels, WaterStep |
| January 21, 2021 | COVID-19: UV-C Devices and Methods for Surface Disinfection Presenters: Katherine Ratliff, Lukas Oudejans, EPA Office of Research and Development |
| November 12, 2020 | Virtual Reality: A Training Tool for Biological Sampling Presenter: Timothy Boe, EPA Office of Research and Development |
| August 27, 2020 | COVID-19 Long Lasting Disinfectants Presenters: Gregory Sayles, Shawn Ryan, Worth Calfee, EPA Office of Research and Development; Kristin Willis, EPA Office of Pesticide Programs |
| May 27, 2020 | EPA Expands Research on COVID-19 in the Environment Presenters: Gregory Sayles, Timothy J. Wade, Kevin Oshima, Jay L. Garland, EPA Office of Research and Development |
| 2019 | Neutralization and Attenuation of Ricin Toxin Presenters: Joseph Wood, EPA Office of Research and Development |
| 2018 | Premise Plumbing Research in EPA's Homeland Security Research Program Presenters: Jeff Szabo, Helen Buse, John Hall, Jim Goodrich, EPA Office of Research and Development |
| 2018 | Removal of Organic Contaminants from Polyethylene Drinking Water Pipes by Flushing Presenter: Levi Haupert, Matthew Magnuson, EPA Office of Research and Development |
| 2018 | Underground Transportation Restoration Research Presenters: Lukas Oudejans, EPA Office of Research and Development |
| 2017 | Responding to a Chemical Warfare Incident: From Sampling and Analysis to Decontamination and Waste Management Presenter: Stuart Willison, Lukas Oudejans, EPA Office of Research and Development |
| 2015 | EPA's Water Security Test Bed Presenter: Jim Goodrich, EPA Office of Research and Development |
| 2015 | Efforts to Enhance US Radiochemistry Capacity and Capability Presenters: Kathy Hall, EPA Office of Research and Development; John Griggs, EPA Office of Radiation and Indoor Air |
| 2015 | TEVA-SPOT Consequence Evaluation Module and EPA-RTX Presenter: Robert Janke, EPA Office of Research and Development |
| 2014 | USGS/EPA Collaboration: Bacillus anthracis in American Soils: From Sample Collection to Data Application Presenters: Erin Silvestri, EPA Office of Research and Development; Dale Griffin, US Geological Survey |
| 2014 | Remediation of Soils Contaminated with Bacillus anthracis Spores Presenters: Joseph Wood, Erin Silvestri, Charlena Bowling, EPA Office of Research and Development |
| 2014 | Decontamination of Drinking Water Infrastructure Presenter: Jeff Szabo, EPA Office of Research and Development |
| 2014 | Decontamination Strategy and Technology Selection Tool (DeconST) Presenter: Shawn Ryan, EPA Office of Research and Development |