EPA Tools and Resources Webinar Series
Free webinars typically held the third Wednesday of every month from 3:00-4:00 PM (ET).
EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) hosts this monthly public webinar series to translate EPA research and share research resources and information that are useful, practical/applied and available to meet stakeholders' research needs. In addition, the EPA Tools and Resources Training Webinar Series provides in-depth overviews and step-by-step tutorials on popular EPA science-based models and tools.
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.
August 20, 2025 Webinar
Microplastics
Register for the Microplastics webinar.
The ubiquity of microplastics in the environment is an emerging concern. These small plastics (<5 mm) along with associated contaminants may be consumed by organisms including humans and have been found in every environment on Earth. There are numerous data gaps about the potential effects of microplastics on human health and ecological systems.
This webinar will provide an overview of microplastics, the challenges of microplastic science, and the research conducted at EPA helping to fill the data gaps, including understanding fate and transport, identifying toxicity, and advancing sampling and analytical methods. The webinar will also cover the Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC) microplastics resources, including the Microplastics Outreach Toolkit.
2025 Schedule
| Date | Topic and Presenter(s) |
|---|---|
| August 20 | Microplastics Cheryl Hankins, EPA ORD and Valerie Mitchell Hanley, CA DTSC/ITRC |
| September 17 | TBD |
| October 15 | TBD |
| November 19 | TBD |
| December 17 | 6PPD-Quinone EPA ORD and ITRC |
Past Webinar Materials
Recordings and presentation slides of past webinars are available below and are being hosted on EPA's YouTube channel. Certificates cannot be provided for watching the webinar recordings.
| Date | Research Area | Topic and Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| July 16, 2025 | Waste and Materials Management | Elevated Temperature Landfills: Case Studies, Indicators, and Knowledge Gaps Max Krause, EPA ORD |
| June 18, 2025 | Resiliency | EPA's Flood Cleanup Resources: Promoting Community Resilience through Risk Communication Keely Maxwell, EPA ORD and Mary Reynolds, EPA R4 |
| May 21, 2025 | Air | Wildfire Advancing Science Partnerships for Indoor Reductions of Smoke Exposures (ASPIRE) Study Amara Holder and Sarah Coefield, EPA ORD |
| April 16, 2025 | Water | Detection and Forecasting of Harmful Algal Blooms Blake Schaeffer, Jingrang Lu, EPA ORD and Donald Benkendorf, EPA OW |
| March 19, 2025 | Water | Addressing Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater Treatment Systems Cissy Ma, EPA ORD |
| February 19, 2025 | Water | Alternative Water Sources to Augment Water Supplies Jay Garland, EPA ORD |
| January 15, 2025 | Climate | Fifth National Climate Assessment: Resources and Interactive Atlas Rebecca Dodder, EPA ORD and Christopher Avery, U.S. Global Change Research Program |
| December 11, 2024 | Program Overview | Better Together: Participatory Science Resources & Opportunities at EPA Andrea Clements and Julie Vastine, EPA ORD and Rachael Leta-Graham, EPA Region 2 |
| October 16, 2024 | PFAS | PFAS Air Emissions Measurement Methods Stephen Jackson, EPA ORD |
| September 18, 2024 | Climate/Waste and Materials Management | Assessing Community Vulnerabilities to Potential Contaminant Releases from Extreme Events Meridith Fry and Lauren Oliver, EPA ORD |
| August 21, 2024 | Safer Chemicals | Innovations in Health Assessments: New Approach Methods and EPA’s Transcriptomics Assessment Product Alison Harrill, EPA ORD |
| July 17, 2024 | Climate | EPA Dynamically Downscaled Ensemble (EDDE) Jeff Willison and Tanya Spero, EPA ORD |
| June 5, 2024 | Air | Web-Based Data Visualization of Air Sensor Data with RETIGO Andrea Clements, EPA ORD |
| May 15, 2024 | Air | Prescribed Burning and Smoke Management Planning Bob McKane, EPA ORD |
| April 17, 2024 | Safer Chemicals | Tire Crumb Research Kent Thomas, Jose Zambrana, and Annette Guiseppi-Elie, EPA ORD |
| March 13, 2024 | Nutrients | Nutrient Explorer Michael Pennino, EPA ORD |
| February 14, 2024 | Safer Chemicals | Chemical Safety for Sustainability Online Tools Monica Linnenbrink, EPA ORD |
| January 17, 2024 | Waste and Materials Management | Food Waste Shannon Kenny and Max Krause, EPA ORD |
| December 7, 2023 | Resiliency | Equitable Resilience Builder Keely Maxwell, Emily Eisenhauer, Brittany Kiessling, Marissa Matsler, Lauren Oliver, Ian Reilly, and Maureen Shacklette, EPA ORD |
| November 15, 2023 | One Health | One Health Lisa Matthews & Tonya Nichols, EPA ORD & state partners (ECOS, ASTHO & AFWA) |
| October 18, 2023 | PFAS | PFAS and Emerging Contaminant Technology Transfer to States and Tribes Tim Buckley and Jon Sobus, EPA ORD |
| September 27, 2023 | Waste and Materials Management | Renewable Energy Waste Management: Solar Panel Recycling Endalkachew Sahle-Demessie, EPA ORD |
| August 16, 2023 | Cumulative Impacts | Cumulative Impacts: EPA’s Environmental Quality Index (EQI) Alison Krajewski, EPA ORD |
| July 19, 2023 | Water | Tracking Nutrient Trends to Emerging HAB Issues via Estuary Data Mapper Naomi Detenbeck, EPA ORD |
| June 21, 2023 | PFAS | Chemical Risk Assessment for PFAS in Biosolids David Tobias, EPA OW |
| May 27, 2023 | Nutrients | National Nutrient Inventory Robert Sabo, EPA ORD |
| April 26, 2023 | Air | The Enhanced Air Sensor Guidebook Andrea Clements & Rachelle Duvall, EPA ORD |
| March 15, 2023 | Air | Wildland Fire Research to Protect Health and the Environment Bryan Hubbell, EPA ORD |
| February 15, 2023 | Lead | Data Mapping and Analyses to Identify US Locations with High Lead Exposures Valerie Zartarian, EPA ORD |
| January 18, 2023 | Air | The Community Multiscale Air Quality Modeling System (CMAQ) Version 5.4 K. Wyat Appel, EPA ORD |
| December 14, 2022 | Contaminated Site Remediation | Remediation to Restoration to Revitalization as an Approach to Connect Programs, Research, and Societal Needs Katie Williams, EPA ORD |
| November 16, 2022 | Health | One Health Tonya Nichols , Lisa Matthews, EPA ORD, and state partners (AFWA, ASTHO, and ECOS) |
| October 26, 2022 | Lead | Identifying Lead Service Lines in the Community Simoni Triantafyllidou, EPA ORD |
| September 22, 2022 | Air | Supporting Air Quality and Climate Change Planning with GLIMPSE Dan Loughlin, EPA ORD |
| August 17, 2022 | PFAS | EPA PFAS Strategic Roadmap: Research Tools and Resources Alice Gilliland, Laura Carlson, Avanti Shirke, and Phillip Potter, EPA ORD |
| July 13, 2022 | Air | EPA’s Air Sensor Loan Pilot Programs: Successes, New Resources, and Lessons Learned Andrea Clements & Rachelle Duvall, EPA ORD |
| May 18, 2022 | Air | Preparing for Wildland Fire Smoke Amara Holder and Beth Hassett-Sipple, EPA ORD |
| April 20, 2022 | Health | Use of Electronic Health Records to Address Pressing Environmental Health Questions Presenter: Cavin Ward-Caviness, EPA ORD |
| March 16, 2022 | Water | Advances in Environmental Monitoring – Water Sensors Brad Autry, Blake Schaeffer, Alan Lindquist & Gary Norris, EPA ORD |
| February 16, 2022 | Air | How to Evaluate Air Sensors for Smoke Monitoring Applications Amara Holder, Andrea Clements, Karoline Barkjohn, EPA ORD |
| January 19, 2022 | Program Overview | The Opportunity for Prize Competitions at EPA Denice Shaw, EPA ORD; Heather Drumm, EPA ORD; Gail Robarge, EPA ORD; Ian Dombroski, EPA Region 1; Chris Clark and Britta Bierwagen, EPA ORD |
| December 15, 2021 | Program Overview | Community and Citizen Science: Making your Data Count Jay Benforado, EPA ORD; Na'Taki Osborne Jelks, Spelman College; Kim Cobb, Georgia Institute of Technology; Aubrey Burgess, Denver DPHE; Jake Lemon, Trout Unlimited; Meghan Smart, Arizona DEQ |
| November 17, 2021 | Waste and Materials Management | Food Waste Research Shannon Kenny, EPA ORD and Claudia Fabiano, EPA OLEM |
| Oct 20, 2021 | Water | Freshwater Explorer: An Interactive Map of Water Quality Susan Cormier, EPA ORD |
| Sept 15, 2021 | Air | Strategies for effective health risk communication during wildfire smoke Ana Rappold, EPA ORD |
| August 18, 2021 | PFAS | PFAS Technical Support and Scientific Advancements Kate Sullivan, EPA ORD |
| July 21, 2021 | Program Overview | Small Business Innovation Research April Richards, EPA ORD |
| June 16, 2021 | COVID-19 | Community Exposure for COVID-19 Maitreyi Nagarkar, Brian McMinn, Tim Wade and Paul White, EPA ORD |
| May 19, 2021 | Air | AirNow Fire and Smoke Map: Extension of the US-Wide Correction for PurpleAir PM2.5 Sensors Andrea Clements, Amara Holder, and Karoline Barkjohn, EPA ORD; Ron Evans, EPA OAR; and Sim Larkin, US Forest Service |
| April 21, 2021 | Sustainable and Healthy Communities | Proctor Creek Watershed Story Map Shannon Griffin, EPA ORD |
| March 24, 2021 | Air | Air Sensor Performance Testing Protocols, Metrics, and Target Values for PM2.5 and Ozone Rachelle Duvall and Andrea Clements |
| February 17, 2021 | Safer Chemicals | EPA's PFAS Innovative Treatment Team Findings on PFAS Destruction Technologies Brian Gullett, EPA ORD |
| January 27, 2021 | COVID-19 | Effectiveness of Medical and Cloth Masks for COVID-19 Protection James Samet and Steven Prince, EPA ORD |
| December 16, 2020 | COVID-19 | Detection of SARS CoV-2 in Wastewater to Inform Public Health Jay Garland, EPA ORD |
| November 18, 2020 | Water | Drinking Water Models and Tools Regan Murray, EPA ORD |
| October 21, 2020 | Health | Research to Support Lead Exposure Mitigation Andrew Geller, EPA ORD |
| September 16, 2020 | Water | Water Network Tool for Resilience Terra Haxton, EPA ORD |
| September 10, 2020 | Waste and Materials Management | Alternatives for Disposition of Electronics Planning Tool (ADEPT) Endalkachew Sahle-Demessie and John Glaser, EPA ORD |
| August 19, 2020 | Health | Air Pollution and Heart Disease Wayne Cascio, EPA ORD |
| July 15, 2020 | Waste and Materials Management | Materials Management Wizard (MWiz) Michael Nye, EPA ORD |
| June 17, 2020 | Program Overview | Engaging and Collaborating with States in EPA Research Lisa Matthews, EPA ORD; Abraham Kulungara and Nicholas Porter, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials; Sarah Grace Longsworth, Environmental Council of the States |
| May 21, 2020 | Air | Wildland Fire Community Engagement and Data Visualization Tools Ana Rappold and Mary Clare Hano, EPA ORD |
| April 15, 2020 | Program Overview | Citizen Science at EPA Jay Benforado, EPA ORD |
| March 18, 2020 | Program Overview | Regional Sustainability and Environmental Sciences (RESES) Research Program Sarah Mazur, EPA ORD |
| February 19, 2020 | Water | National Stormwater Calculator: Great Lakes Applications Karly McMorrow, ORISE; Christopher Hartman, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District; Frank Marsik, University of Michigan |
| January 15, 2020 | Program Overview | EnviroAtlas Update (January 2020) Anne Neale and Jessica Daniel, EPA ORD |
| December 18, 2019 | Air | Federal Reference Methods/Federal Equivalent Methods and Sensors: Complementary Approaches for Determining Ambient Air Quality Andrea Clements and Bob Vanderpool, EPA ORD |
| November 20, 2019 | Water | Coastal Nutrient Management: Research Update James Hagy, EPA ORD |
| October 16, 2020 | Waste and Materials Management | Excess Food Opportunities Map Claudia Fabiano, EPA Office of Land and Emergency Management; Steve Rock, EPA ORD |
| September 11, 2020 | Safer Chemicals | CompTox Chemicals Dashboard Maureen Gwinn, EPA ORD |
| August 6, 2020 | Safer Chemicals | Recycled Tire Crumb Research José Zambrana and Kelly Widener, EPA ORD |
| June 12, 2019 | Ecosystems | EPA's Report on the Environment Scot Hagerthey, EPA ORD |
| May 22, 2019 | Water | Nutrient Management in Coastal Communities Tim Gleason, EPA ORD |
| April 17, 2019 | Air | Low-Cost Air Quality Sensors Ron Williams, EPA ORD |
| March 20, 2019 | Water | Cost-Effective Treatment Technologies for Removing CECs Tom Speth, EPA ORD |
| February 27, 2019 | Air | Recent Enhancements to the CMAQ Modeling System Rohit Mathur and Ben Murphy, EPA ORD |
| December 17, 2018 | Contaminated Site Remediation | Contaminated Sites and Technical Support Centers John McKernan and Kira Lynch, EPA ORD |
| November 14, 2018 | Contaminated Site Remediation | Remediation to Restoration to Revitalization (R2R2R) Joel Hoffman, EPA ORD |
| October 17, 2018 | Water | Non-potable Water Reuse Jay Garland, EPA ORD |
| September 19, 2018 | Waste and Materials Management | Sustainable Materials Management Prioritization Tool Wes Ingwersen and Jarrod Bridge, EPA ORD |
| July 18, 2018 | Water | Nutrient Visioneering Denice Shaw and Owen McDonough, EPA ORD |
| June 20, 2018 | Contaminated Sites Remediation | EPA's Environmental Sampling and Analytical Methods for Environmental Remediation and Recovery Sarah Taft, EPA ORD |
| May 16, 2018 | Human Health Risk Assessment | Wildfires and the Community Health Vulnerability Index Ana Rappold, Mary Clare Hano, Christina Baghdikan, EPA ORD |
| April 30, 2018 | Human Health Risk Assessment | Multi-media modeling of lead exposure Valerie Zartarian and Thomas Speth, EPA ORD |
| March 28, 2018 | Water | Cost-Effective Treatment Technologies for Small Drinking Water Systems Thomas Speth, EPA ORD |
| February 21, 2018 | Water | Watershed Management Optimization Support Tool (WMOST) Naomi Detenbeck, EPA ORD |
| January 17, 2018 | Contaminated Site Remediation | Regional Urban Background Study Tim Frederick and Sydney Chan, EPA ORD |
| September 20, 2017 | Water | Village Blue Kevin Oshima, EPA ORD |
| August 23, 2017 | Water | Stormwater Calculator Jason Bernagros, EPA ORD |
| July 19, 2017 | Safer Chemicals | ECOTOXicology Knowledgebase Dale Hoff, EPA ORD |
| June 21, 2017 | Air | Wildfire Smoke Emissions and Smoke Sense App Wayne Cascio, EPA ORD |
| May 17, 2017 | Ecosystems | Rapid Benefits Indicators (RBI) Marisa Mazzotta and Justin Bousquin, EPA ORD |
| April 19, 2017 | Water | Challenging Nutrients Coalition Denice Shaw, EPA ORD |
| March 22, 2017 | Safer Chemicals | How Safer Choice Applies Science to Promote Safe Chemistry in the Marketplace Clive Davies and Bridget Williams, EPA ORD |
| January 18, 2017 | Human Health RIsk Assessment | Environmental Quality Index (EQI) Danelle Lobdell, EPA ORD |
| December 14, 2016 | Water | Green Infrastructure Modeling Toolkit Michelle Latham, EPA ORD |
| November 16, 2016 | Human Health Risk Assessment | Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Gina Perovich, EPA ORD |
| October 26, 2016 | Safer Chemicals | Prioritizing Contaminants for Monitoring and Management Dan Villeneuve, EPA ORD |
| August 17, 2016 | Human Health Risk Assessment | Health Impact Assessment Florence Fulk, EPA ORD |
| July 27, 2016 | Air | Health Impacts of Near Roadway Air Pollution and Mitigation Strategies Richard Baldauf and Jan Dye, EPA ORD |
| June 29, 2016 | Air | Air Quality Monitoring and Community Science Ron Williams, EPA ORD |
| March 16, 2016 | Air | The Growing Public Health Impact of Wildfire Smoke Emissions Wayne Cascio, EPA ORD |
| February 17, 2016 | Health | EPA Healthy Heart Program Wayne Cascio, EPA ORD |