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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.

2022 Schedule

Topic and presenters are subject to change. Additional information and registration links will be provided in advance of each webinar.

Date Topic and Presenter(s)
June 8 Trade-off Tool for Sampling (TOTS)
Presenter: Timothy Boe, EPA Office of Research and Development
July 13 TBD
August 10 Premise Plumbing
Presenters: Helen Buse & Jeff Szabo, EPA Office of Research and Development
September 14 ESAM Update
Presenters: Erin Silvestri & Stuart Willison, EPA Office of Research and Development
October 12 Fire-Suppressant Systems for Airport Hangars
Presenter: Matthew Magnuson, EPA Office of Research and Development
November 9 TBD
December 14 TBD

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)
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
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