EPA Tools and Resources Training Webinar Series
Free webinars typically held bimonthly on the first Thursday from 3:00-4:00 PM (ET).
EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) hosts this bimonthly public webinar series to provides in-depth overviews and step-by-step tutorials on popular EPA science-based models and tools. In addition, the EPA Tools and Resources Webinar Series translates EPA research and shares research resources and information that are useful, practical/applied and available to meet stakeholders' research needs.
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.
December 5, 2024 Webinar
ECOTOX Knowledgebase and PFAS Updates
Register for the ECOTOX Knowledgebase and PFAS Updates training webinar.
This webinar will demonstrate the EPA’s Ecotoxicology Knowledgebase (ECOTOX) tool, which gives quick access to reliable and up-to-date information about how chemicals potentially affect ecologically relevant species. ECOTOX is a comprehensive, publicly available knowledgebase providing single chemical environmental toxicity data for over 12,000 chemicals and species, including aquatic life, terrestrial plants, and wildlife.
ECOTOX provides robust curated toxicity data for aquatic and terrestrial organisms to support ecological risk assessments, site assessments, criteria/benchmark development, and other research. The knowledgebase is additionally used to aid the prioritization and assessment of chemicals. By leveraging this knowledge, EPA remains committed to providing clear, actionable, and accessible information about PFAS to the public, researchers, and risk assessors. This presentation will include information on updates to ECOTOX data for PFAS to support hazard evaluation and development of ecological risk assessment screening values.
The ECOTOX Knowledgebase Resource Hub can be accessed here.
2024 Schedule
| Date | Topic and Presenter(s) |
|---|---|
| December 5, 2024 | ECOTOX Knowledgebase and PFAS Updates Jennifer Olker, EPA ORD |
Past Webinar Materials
Recordings and presentation slides of past training 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) |
|---|---|---|
| October 3, 2024 | Resiliency | Equitable Resilience Builder Keely Maxwell and Renee Nee, EPA ORD |
| August 1, 2024 | Climate Change | Tools for Adaptation Planning (LASSO and ICLUS) Phil Morefield, EPA ORD |
| June 6, 2024 | Ecosystems | EnviroAtlas Anne Neale and Jeremy Baynes, EPA ORD |
| April 4, 2024 | Program Overview | Report on the Environment Britta Bierwagen and Patricia Murphy, EPA ORD |
| February 8, 2024 | Waste and Materials Management | I-WASTE Paul Lemieux, EPA ORD |
| December 7, 2023 | Safer Chemicals |
Chemical Exposure Knowledgebase (ChemExpo) |
| October 12, 2023 | Safer Chemicals | Computational Toxicology and Exposure Online Tools Jennifer Olker, Carlie Lalone & Nisha Sipes, EPA ORD |
| August 10, 2023 | Emergency Response | Data Management Tools for Emergency Response Presenter: Tim Boe, EPA ORD |
| June 1, 2023 | Safer Chemicals | PFAS Analytic Tools Presenter: Michael Barrette, EPA OECA |
| April 6, 2023 | Waste and Materials Management | Underground Storage Tank Finder Presenter: Alex Hall, EPA ORD |
| February 9, 2023 | Climate Change | Climate Change Adaptation Resource Center (ARC-X) Presenter: Joel Scheraga, EPA OP |
| December 1, 2022 | Air | Sensor Pods for Volatile Organic Compound Fenceline Monitoring and Data Analysis Presenter: Eben Thoma & Megan MacDonald |
| October 13, 2022 | Safer Chemicals | EPA’s Web-ICE Toxicity Extrapolation Tool Presenter: Sandy Raimondo |
| August 4, 2022 | Air | US Remote Sensing Information Gateway – An Air Quality Relevant Case Study Presenters: Jim Szykman & Matt Freeman |
| June 2, 2022 | Ecosystems | Visualizing Ecosystem Land Management Assets (VELMA) Presenter: Bob McKane |
| April 7, 2022 | Waste and Materials Management | Hydrologic Evaluation of Landfill Performance (HELP) model Presenter: Max Krause, EPA ORD |
| February 10, 2022 | Ecosystems |
Final Ecosystem Goods and Services Scoping Tool |
| December 1, 2021 | Climate Change |
Environmental Resilience Tools Wizard |
| October 7, 2021 | Safer Chemicals | Chemical Transformation Simulator: To Predict PFAS Metabolites and Environmental Transformation Products Presenters: Eric Weber and Caroline Stevens, EPA ORD |
| August 5, 2021 | Climate Change | Global Change Explorer Presenter: Philip Morefield, EPA ORD |
| June 3, 2021 | Water | Virtual Beach Presenter: Mike Cyterski, EPA ORD |
| April 29, 2021 | Water |
Watershed Management Optimization Support Tool (WMOST) |
| February 4, 2021 | Safer Chemicals | ECOTOXicology Knowledgebase Presenters: Colleen Elonen and Jennifer Olker, EPA ORD |
| December 3, 2020 | Air | SPECIATE Presenter: George Pouliot, EPA ORD |
| November 19, 2020 | Water | Freshwater Explorer Presenter: Susan Cormier, EPA ORD |
| October 6, 2020 | Safer Chemicals | Causal Analysis/Diagnosis Decision Information System (CADDIS) Presenter: Kate Schofield, EPA ORD |
| August 6, 2020 | Water | PFAS Removal in Drinking Water Treatment Systems Presenters: Thomas Speth and Jonathan Burkhardt, EPA ORD |
| July 23, 2020 | Waste and Materials Management | Incident Waste Decision Support Tool (I-WASTE) Presenter: Paul Lemieux, EPA ORD |
| June 3, 2020 | Safer Chemicals | CompTox Chemicals Dashboard Presenter: Antony Williams, EPA ORD |
| May 20, 2020 | Water | Cyanobacteria Assessment Network (CyAN) Mobile Application Presenters: Blake Schaeffer, John Johnston, and Darryl Keith, EPA ORD |
| April 28, 2020 | Ecosystems | EnviroAtlas Presenters: Anne Neal and Jessica Daniel, EPA ORD |