Division of Agrochemicals: Call for Abstracts

Submission Deadline: Monday, March 30 2026

Program Chair(s): Dena Barrett

Note: Submission deadlines are at 11:59 EST on the day posted. Symposia, organizers and deadlines are subject to change. Last updated January 16, 2026.

Title	Type	Submission Type	Organizer	Cosponsor	Description
150 Years of Agrochemical Accomplishments and Looking to a Bright Future	Oral	Contributed	Dena Barrett Beth Lorsbach Sara Whiting		To celebrate the 150th anniversary of ACS, the history of and future of feeding the world through ch... Read more
Advancing Sustainable Control of Medical, Veterinary, and Agricultural Vectors through Emerging Technologies	Oral	Contributed	Aaron Gross Edmund Norris Daniel Swale		This symposium will focus on emerging technologies for the control of medical, veterinary, and agric... Read more
AGRO International Award for Research in Agrochemicals: Symposium in Honor of Dr. Camilla Corsi	Oral	Contributed	Thomas Hoffman Peter Maienfisch	ORGN: Division of Organic Chemistry MEDI: Division of Medicinal Chemistry COMP: Division of Computers in Chemistry
Applications of Machine Learning and Large Language Models in Pesticide Safety Assessments	Oral	Contributed	Wenlin Chen Lula Ghebremichael Christopher Hassinger Hendrik Rathjens	ENVR: Division of Environmental Chemistry	enduring commitment to chemical safety and its transformative influence on the chemical
Approaches to Pest Management from Small Companies	Oral	Contributed	Franck Dayan Stephen Duke Pamela Marrone		Unorthodox approaches to pest management will be covered by speakers from or representing small comp... Read more
Artificial Intelligence for Improved Risk Assessment and Registration Efficiency	Oral	Contributed	Huajin Chen William O'Sullivan Leah Riter	ENVR: Division of Environmental Chemistry	enterprise. From establishing pioneering safety communities and educational standards to
Early- and Mid-Career Investigator Award Symposium	Oral	Contributed	Pravin Dubey Beth Lorsbach Tejas Shah		The Early- and Mid-Career Symposium is being organized to provide a platform for emerging scientists... Read more
Environmental Fate, Transport, and Modeling of Agriculturally Related Chemicals	Oral	Contributed	Rohit Bhandari Pravin Dubey Ralph Warren	ENVR: Division of Environmental Chemistry	Understanding the environmental fate and behavior of chemical inputs, outputs, and byproducts associ... Read more
Feeding the World Through Chemistry (Invited)	Oral	Invited	Dena Barrett Roger Egolf Beth Lorsbach Michael Tunick Sara Whiting		This is a joint symposium organized by AGFD, AGRO, and HIST. The first session will be on advances i... Read more
Innovation in Crop Protection: New Active Ingredients (2023-2025)	Oral	Contributed	Marty Walsh		This symposium will contain presentations focused on the discovery and development of agrochemical a... Read more
Organic Process Research and Development	Oral	Invited	Kevin Cole Tay Rosenthal Suelen Vasquez Cespedes Qiang Yang
Peptides II: New Tools in Crop Protection	Oral	Contributed	Robert Kennedy Keith Wing	MEDI: Division of Medicinal Chemistry	This symposium will review emergent directly-applied crop protection peptides, including efficacy, m... Read more
Pesticide Science, Regulation and Global Trade: Bridging Gaps for Residue Regulatory Compliance	Oral	Contributed	Heidi Irrig Carmen Tiu		This symposium addresses the growing complexity of global pesticide residue regulations impacting in... Read more
Pollinator Risk Assessment Methods and Data Analysis Approaches in a Tiered Risk Assessment System	Oral	Contributed	Daniel Moore John Purdy Katrina White		The purpose of this symposium is to explore evolving test methods, models, and data analysis techniq... Read more
Precision Application of Agricultural Pesticides in the Digital Age	Oral	Contributed	Adam Barlow Sarah Hovinga Tharacad Ramanarayanan Michelle Ranville Bryan Young		Precision application of pesticides optimizes agricultural inputs using location-specific data, digi... Read more
Protection of Agricultural Productivity, Public Health, and the Environment	Oral	Contributed	Dena Barrett
Residue Analytical and Radio-labelled Metabolism Studies: Innovations and Applications	Oral	Contributed	Pravin Dubey Steve Perez Marian Ponte Manasi Saha		This symposium highlights advances in agrochemical residue and radio-labelled metabolism studies, em... Read more
Sensors for Water, Air and Soils	Oral	Contributed	Margaret McCaul Tim Oden Vishnu Rajasekharan Paul Schorr Elisabeth Steel Li Tao		Since 2016 this symposium has enabled academic, industry and regulatory representatives to share bot... Read more
Spencer Award Symposium (Invited)	Oral	Invited	Michael Morello
State of the Art on Formulations: Colloid and Surfactant Science for Improved Delivery Systems in Conventional and Drone Applications	Oral	Contributed	Ricardo Acosta Amado Solito Sumulong Nathan Vitorazzi de Castro		This symposium explores advances in formulation science and delivery systems driven by surfactant an... Read more
Stereoisomers: Regulatory Strategies and Technical Advances	Oral	Contributed	Lingshuang Cai Mary Grace Guardian Ying Li Jeremy McFadden Chengli Zu		This symposium focuses on regulatory strategies and technical advances for stereoisomers in plant pr... Read more
Unmanned Aerial Systems (aka Drones): Pesticide Spraying and Other Agricultural Applications	Oral	Contributed	Ulisses Antuniassi Ross Breckels Frank Donaldson Zhenxu Tang	ENVR: Division of Environmental Chemistry	This symposium focuses on technology development and applications of unmanned aerial systems (UASs, ... Read more
150 Years of Agrochemical Accomplishments and Looking to a Bright Future	Poster	Contributed	Dena Barrett Beth Lorsbach Sara Whiting		To celebrate the 150th anniversary of ACS, the history of and future of feeding the world through ch... Read more
Advancing Sustainable Control of Medical, Veterinary, and Agricultural Vectors through Emerging Technologies	Poster	Contributed	Aaron Gross Edmund Norris Daniel Swale		This symposium will focus on emerging technologies for the control of medical, veterinary, and agric... Read more
Applications of Machine Learning and Large Language Models in Pesticide Safety Assessments	Poster	Contributed	Wenlin Chen Lula Ghebremichael Christopher Hassinger Hendrik Rathjens	ENVR: Division of Environmental Chemistry	enduring commitment to chemical safety and its transformative influence on the chemical
Approaches to Pest Management from Small Companies	Poster	Contributed	Franck Dayan Stephen Duke Pamela Marrone		Unorthodox approaches to pest management will be covered by speakers from or representing small comp... Read more
Artificial Intelligence for Improved Risk Assessment and Registration Efficiency	Poster	Contributed	Huajin Chen William O'Sullivan Leah Riter	ENVR: Division of Environmental Chemistry	enterprise. From establishing pioneering safety communities and educational standards to
Climate-Resilient Agriculture: Chemistry at the FoodEnvironment Interface	Poster	Contributed	Hamidreza Sharifan Jason White Weilan Zhang	ENVR: Division of Environmental Chemistry ANYL: Division of Analytical Chemistry AGRO: Division of Agrochemicals	Agriculture faces unprecedented challenges from climate change, such as shifting precipitation patte... Read more
Early- and Mid-Career Investigator Award Symposium	Poster	Contributed	Pravin Dubey Beth Lorsbach Tejas Shah		The Early- and Mid-Career Symposium is being organized to provide a platform for emerging scientists... Read more
Environmental Fate, Transport, and Modeling of Agriculturally Related Chemicals	Poster	Contributed	Rohit Bhandari Pravin Dubey Ralph Warren	ENVR: Division of Environmental Chemistry	Understanding the environmental fate and behavior of chemical inputs, outputs, and byproducts associ... Read more
Feeding the World Through Chemistry (Invited)	Poster	Invited	Dena Barrett Roger Egolf Beth Lorsbach Michael Tunick Sara Whiting		This is a joint symposium organized by AGFD, AGRO, and HIST. The first session will be on advances i... Read more
Innovation in Crop Protection: New Active Ingredients (2023-2025)	Poster	Contributed	Marty Walsh		This symposium will contain presentations focused on the discovery and development of agrochemical a... Read more
Peptides II: New Tools in Crop Protection	Poster	Contributed	Robert Kennedy Keith Wing	MEDI: Division of Medicinal Chemistry	This symposium will review emergent directly-applied crop protection peptides, including efficacy, m... Read more
Pesticide Science, Regulation and Global Trade: Bridging Gaps for Residue Regulatory Compliance	Poster	Contributed	Heidi Irrig Carmen Tiu		This symposium addresses the growing complexity of global pesticide residue regulations impacting in... Read more
Pollinator Risk Assessment Methods and Data Analysis Approaches in a Tiered Risk Assessment System	Poster	Contributed	Daniel Moore John Purdy Katrina White		The purpose of this symposium is to explore evolving test methods, models, and data analysis techniq... Read more
Precision Application of Agricultural Pesticides in the Digital Age	Poster	Contributed	Adam Barlow Sarah Hovinga Tharacad Ramanarayanan Michelle Ranville Bryan Young		Precision application of pesticides optimizes agricultural inputs using location-specific data, digi... Read more
Protection of Agricultural Productivity, Public Health, and the Environment	Poster	Contributed	Dena Barrett
Residue Analytical and Radio-labelled Metabolism Studies: Innovations and Applications	Poster	Contributed	Pravin Dubey Steve Perez Marian Ponte Manasi Saha		This symposium highlights advances in agrochemical residue and radio-labelled metabolism studies, em... Read more
Sensors for Water, Air and Soils	Poster	Contributed	Margaret McCaul Tim Oden Vishnu Rajasekharan Paul Schorr Elisabeth Steel Li Tao		Since 2016 this symposium has enabled academic, industry and regulatory representatives to share bot... Read more
State of the Art on Formulations: Colloid and Surfactant Science for Improved Delivery Systems in Conventional and Drone Applications	Poster	Contributed	Ricardo Acosta Amado Solito Sumulong Nathan Vitorazzi de Castro		This symposium explores advances in formulation science and delivery systems driven by surfactant an... Read more
Stereoisomers: Regulatory Strategies and Technical Advances	Poster	Contributed	Lingshuang Cai Mary Grace Guardian Ying Li Jeremy McFadden Chengli Zu		This symposium focuses on regulatory strategies and technical advances for stereoisomers in plant pr... Read more
Unmanned Aerial Systems (aka Drones): Pesticide Spraying and Other Agricultural Applications	Poster	Contributed	Ulisses Antuniassi Ross Breckels Frank Donaldson Zhenxu Tang	ENVR: Division of Environmental Chemistry	This symposium focuses on technology development and applications of unmanned aerial systems (UASs, ... Read more
Climate-Resilient Agriculture: Chemistry at the FoodEnvironment Interface	Oral	Contributed	Hamidreza Sharifan Jason White Weilan Zhang	ENVR: Division of Environmental Chemistry ANYL: Division of Analytical Chemistry AGRO: Division of Agrochemicals	Agriculture faces unprecedented challenges from climate change, such as shifting precipitation patte... Read more

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