We're hiring! The RIT CPE is looking for a Research Assistant to join our Lake Ontario Microplastics (LOMP) Team. Applicants must have either a Master’s degree or a Bachelor’s degree with two years of relevant experience. Find out more and apply here: tinyurl.com/y7dnu95b

Join us for a #cleanup as part of our clean sweep science events! Picking up #litter helps us reduce what ends up in the environment, but also helps us collect data!

Hear from Alonso Ponce about how we sample #plastics in stormwater with our #LittaTrap from EnviroPod. Part 2 coming soon!

What happens to #plastics once they’re in the #environment? We’re going to find out with our research at the RIT Tait Preserve @ritarenas.bsky.social #studentresearch #microplastics @ritscience.bsky.social

Did you know plastics can also be a habitat? Check out what’s living on this polystyrene sheet!

The trash is hiding, but so are we. Stealth mode activated, target food wrappers acquired, cleanup complete. We are hosting more #communityscience #litter #cleanups this fall! Stay tuned for our fall schedule with the Seneca Park Zoo and Walking for Rochester!

IHHE faculty member Dr. Katrina Korfmacher and Dr. Christy Tyler @ritcpe.bsky.social, co-directors of the Lake Ontario MicroPlastics Center (LOMP), are featured in this NIH podcast: "Human Health Impacts of Microplastics in the Great Lakes" niehs.nih.gov/research/pro... #SciComm #microplastics

Dr. Becca Lauzon from the IHHE engagement team and environmental education specialist Kaeti Stoss from @ritcpe.bsky.social presented a workshop on microplastics at Rochester Ecology Partners' Nature-Based Learning Symposium. #microplastics #SciComm

We had a great time at the Waste Management open house at the High Acres Landfill! We learned so much about how our waste is processed here and we got to talk to so many amazing people about our research on plastics! #HighAcresOpenHouse #CommunityEngagement #plasticpollution

Come work with us! We are hiring a Post-doctoral Researcher for the Lake Ontario Center for Microplastic and Human Health. Research will focus on input, transport, and fate of plastic debris in the Great Lakes basin. The position will begin ASAP. For additional info, job #9770BR at rit.edu/careers.

We are so proud of our undergraduate students, Isabelle, Andrew, Hana, and Benicio! They have done incredible work this summer which they presented at the undergraduate research symposium last week. We're so grateful for all their amazing work! #undergraduateresearch #RIT

We were pretty busy at the cleanup on Monday so we didn't finish all the #plastic sorting with our #communityscience participants. Alonso finished it up back at our labs at #RIT!

We had a great time at the Edgerton R-Center cleaning up #litter with the Seneca Park Zoo and collecting #plastic #data. We collected more than 60 pounds of debris on Monday thanks to our amazing #communityscience participants! We hope you join us next time!

Join us Monday for a #cleanup with the Seneca Park Zoo and the Edgerton R-Center! We'll be collecting #plastic #data and we'd love your help!

Last Thursday we launched our plastic limnocorral experiment at Tait Preserve! We have been working on this for a year now so we're very excited to start getting results! Stay tuned to hear more about this experiment and what we find. #PlasticPollution #Microplastics @ritscience.bsky.social

Dr. Katrina Korfmacher, IHHE co-leader of engagement, explains current research into how microplastics enter our environment, our bodies, and how they may be impacting our health. #microplastics #SciComm youtu.be/QKPJntne8tI

Last Friday we tagged along on one of Walking For Rochester's events! We will collect data from more cleanups like this one this one throughout the summer! Check out their page to find out more about how to join us! #cleanup #plasticpollution #rochesterny walkingforrochester.org

Hear from Alonso about how our community cleanups work. We cleaned more than 230 pounds of #litter with the Seneca Park Zoo on Saturday! #cleanup #CommunityScience #communityscience #plasticpollution #rochesterny @rittigers.bsky.social @ritscience.bsky.social

Check out two interesting items we found during our cleanup last weekend! What will we find next time?

We installed LittaTraps this week in partnership with Monroe County, NY. Nine have gone in this year, with 10 more to go over the coming weeks to intercept debris from entering the storm water system and the environment. @ritscience.bsky.social @rittigers.bsky.social

Team member Ren Staggs has been at @iisd.org ELA in Canada collecting #microplastics samples from rocks, plants, and biofilm as part of the #pELAstic project. Ren's MS thesis is on the physical fate of #microplastics in the nearshore part of lakes. @rittigers.bsky.social @ritscience.bsky.social

Wrapping up #iaglr25: Autumn Potts gave a great talk on how we are assessing our educational program around stormwater and debris and #plasticpollution.

More #IAGLR25: Congrats to our @jaykucharek.bsky.social, who won Best Presenter in his session. Jay discussed installing 50 new LittaTraps in #Rochester to capture #plasticpolltion in storm drains to keep it out of the #greatlakes @rittigers.bsky.social @ritscience.bsky.social @iaglr.bsky.social

Continuing our recap of the IAGLR meeting, our team had three posters on #microplastics in the #GreatLakes that were presented by Sydney Van Winkle, Maria Kazour, and Laura Krebs. @rittigers.bsky.social @ritscience.bsky.social

@rittigers.bsky.social Environmental Education Specialist Kaeti Stoss was awarded the Elizabeth Thorndike Environmental Leadership Award by Genesee Riverwatch for outstanding contributions to improving education and community engagement. Congrats Kaeti! We are so fortunate to have you!

Read about research being done by IHHE faculty members Dr. Katrina Korfmacher and Dr. Jacques Robert and other scientists from our Lake Ontario MicroPlastics Center. #microplastics #SciComm @urochester.bsky.social @ritcpe.bsky.social www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/publica...

We were away last week in Milwaukee for the Annual @iaglr.bsky.social conference. Our team presented many posters and talks related to our #microplastics work, so we'll be sharing photos all week. Mira Ghosh and Kaeti Stoss presented about community engagement in our #LOMP project. #IAGLR25

Catching up from last week, CPE member Christy Tyler was quoted in this @nytimes.com article on what you need to know about #microplastics: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/w...

Our Community Action for Stormwater Clean-Up and Debris Elimination program for #plasticpollution and other debris is expanding to Syracuse with a partnership with the Institute for Sustainable Engagement at @syracuseu.bsky.social! @rittigers.bsky.social @ritscience.bsky.social bit.ly/43toRDc

We had so many of our team members at the @ritscience.bsky.social graduation over the weekend. Congrats to Laura Krebs, Kate Spencer, Ren Staggs, Vanessa Baker, Nikki Fuller, Evan Batte, Autumn Potts, and Erika Fernandez, as well as all @rittigers.bsky.social graduates! #classof2025 #RITGrad

Our research group was featured on the cover of the spring issue of the @rittigers.bsky.social University Magazine www.rit.edu/news/micropl... @ritscience.bsky.social @matthewhoffman.bsky.social

Come and see us at Imagine RIT this weekend! We will be in Gosnell A261. We can’t wait to show you what we have been working on! 🐅🔬🥼 #science #plastic #microplastics @rittigers.bsky.social @ritscience.bsky.social

Happy Earth Day! 🌎 The "Microplastics and Me" brochure created by our Lake Ontario MicroPlastics Center (LOMP) is a featured resource for the NIH Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH) Resource Center. @urochester.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social @ritcpe.bsky.social #SciComm

We’re so happy to use the PlasTell from Matoha Science to identify some of the #PlasticPollution we collected.

Dr. Christy Tyler was quoted in this New York Times article about #microplastic in human brains and other tissue. @rittigers.bsky.social @ritscience.bsky.social @ur-ihhe.bsky.social #LOMP www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/w...

Catching up from two weeks ago, we had a great contingent from our center presenting posters about our #microplastic research at the Finger Lakes Research Conference at Hobart and William Smith Colleges #LOMP #CASCADE #greatlakes @rittigers.bsky.social @ritscience.bsky.social

Last week, CPE member Christy Tyler spoke with SELF Magazine about steps you can take to reduce microplastic exposure in your daily life. #microplastics #LOMP @rittigers.bsky.social @ritscience.bsky.social @ur-ihhe.bsky.social t.co/dlBUqllUtq

IHHE and @ritcpe.bsky.social faculty members of our Lake Ontario MicroPlastics Center are in sunny San Diego for a meeting with other Centers for Oceans and Human Health. @urochester.bsky.social @rittigers.bsky.social #microplastics #URochesterResearch