Symposium Chair Welcome Message – Mike McHale, USGS

Keynote Speaker – David A. Gay, PhD

NADP 2026 Proceedings (PDF)

NADP 2026 Annual Summary (e-zine PDF)

Local Food, Dining, and Taps

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Madison Tap

Madison Concourse Hotel

Parking

Madison Concourse Hotel Floor Plan
The Scientific Symposium is being held in the Madison Ballroom located on the 2nd floor of the Madison Concourse
1 West Dayton St., Madison, WI 53703

Scientific Symposium

Poster Session: 

Wednesday June 10, 2026: 18:30-20:30
Madison Ballroom B

Cash(less) Bar and light food

– Student

Sarah Nelson, Appalachian Mountain Club
Dragonfly biosentinels link hydrologic extremes and mercury bioaccumulation in the Merrimack River Watershed

Amy Christiansen, University of Missouri – Kansas City
Nitrate Wet Deposition as a Constraint on NOx Emissions and Impacts on Modeled Secondary Pollutants

Paola Miramontes Gonzalez, University of New Hampshire
From Canopy to Rain Chemistry: Vegetation Phenology as a Driver of Dissolved Organic Matter Wet Deposition

Da Pan, Georgia Institute of Technology
Understanding Land-Atmosphere Exchange of Reactive Nitrogen through Tiered and Machine Learning Assisted Monitoring

Liam TrinhNguyen, NADP
Combined Frequency and Time-Domain Analysis Reveals Persistent Annual and Semi-Annual Cycles in Wet and Dry Atmospheric Deposition Across the United States

Christa Dahman, Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene
Assessment of trace metal backgrounds for National Trends Network collectors at site WI93 (Madison, WI)

Ella Osby, NADP
One-Week vs. Two-Week Sampling Interval Co-located Intercomparison Preliminary Results for the Mercury Deposition Network

Jayde Alderman, WSP
Assessing the Regional Impact of Biomass Burning on Air Quality in the Western United States (2010- 2023)

Christopher Rogers, WSP USA Inc.
Modernization of EPA’s CASTNET

Kevin Mishoe, WSP USA Inc.
Addition of Particulate Matter Sensors at CASTNET Sites

Laure Wanyina, Oldfields School
It's Not Just A Fancy Bucket – High school students establish NTN site MD91

Jeff Collett, Colorado State University
Winter Nitrate Formation at Mammoth Cave National Park – Regional Precursor Transport and Thermodynamic Partitioning

Itinerary

Bus departs from The Madison Concourse Hotel at 8:30 AM

A field trip is being organized to visit the Aldo Leopold Center in Baraboo, WI. The trip will include a tour of the Aldo Leopold Nature Center and a visit to the Pheasant Branch Conservancy

8:30 AM – Depart The Madison Concourse Hotel

9:30 AM – Arrive at Aldo Leopold Center.

11:30 PM – Box lunch at the at Aldo Leopold Center.

12:30 PM – Depart Aldo Leopold Center.

1:15 PM – Drive past the Sólas Natural Burial Preserve.

1:35 PM – Arrive at Pheasant Branch Conservancy.

2:35 PM – Depart Pheasant Branch Conservancy.

3:00 PM – Arrive at Dane County Regional Airport (MSN) for drop-off of those needing to catch their flight.

3:30 PM – Arrive at The Madison Concourse Hotel.

Operator Awards

Ellis B. Cowling Student Travel Awards