Papers presented in national/international conferences
Kannan,N. & Jayaraman,J. Movement of insecticides in rice plant. 48th Annual meeting of Society of Biological Chemists, India. Industrial Toxicological Research Centre, Lucknow, India. Oct,19,1979.

Kannan, N. & Jayaraman, J. Chemodynamics of pesticides in tropical environment. National Symposium on Environmental Biochemistry. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Apr. 11, 1983.

Kannan,N. & Jayaraman,J. Impact monitoring of Organophosphorous insecticides in Tropical plants. National Seminar on Assessment and Management of Pollution. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Feb,4,1984.

Kannan,N., Tanabe,S., Wakimoto,T. & Tatsukawa, R. A simple method for determining non-ortho chlorine substituted PCBs in Kanechlors, Aroclors and Environmental Samples. 6th International Symposium on Chlorinated Dioxins and Related Compounds. Fukuoka, Japan. Sep, 16-19,1986.

Kannan,N., Tanabe,S., Subramanian,An., Watanabe,S., Ono,M. & Tatsukawa,R. Highly toxic coplanar congeners of PCBs in marine vertebrates. Annual Conference of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries. Kochi, Japan. Oct,3-4,1986.

Kannan,N. New studies on extremely toxic coplanar PCBs in the environment. Summer school for a multidisciplinary assessment of environmental risks for human health. Siena, Italy, Sep. 7-18, 1987.

Tanabe,S., Watanabe,S., Kannan,N. & Tatsukawa,R. Induction of drug metabolizing enzymes in wildlife by PCBs. Studies on cetaceans. Symposium on Environmental Sciences, Tokyo, Japan, November, 1987. Absract p.106

Kannan,N., Tanabe,S., Tatsukawa,R., Okamoto,T. & Phillips, D.J.H. Mussels as bioindicators of PCB pollution in urban aquatic environment: Uptake and release kinetics of PCB isomers and bioaccumulation potential of extremely toxic coplanar PCBs in green-lipped mussels in Hong-Kong waters. POLMET 88 Hong Kong, Nov.28-Dec.2 1988 (pp. 444-449).

Kannan,N., Tanabe,S., Tatsukawa,R. Potential Toxic impact of Coplanar PCBs to wildlife and humans : A new outlook for evaluation of PCB problems. Dioxin '88 Umea, Sweden, Aug.21- 26, 1988. Abstract p. 226

Kannan,N., Tanabe,T. & Tatsukawa,R. Biological enrichment of extremely toxic coplanar PCBs: Reevaluation of PCB toxicity through T 4 CDD equivalent analysis. Annual Congress of the Agricultural Chemical Society of Japan, Matsuyama, Japan, Oct. 11-12, 1988.

Kannan, N., Tanabe, S., Tatsukawa, R. & Phillips, D.J.H. Kinetics of toxic PCBs in lower aquatic organisms and their bioaccumulation. SETAC '89, Toronto, Canada, Oct.28 - Nov.2, 1989. Abstract p. 273.

Kannan, N., Petrick, G., Schulz, D.E., Boon, J.P., van Arnhem, E., & Jansen, S. Multidimensional GC and charcoal separation techniques in the determination of non-ortho Cl chlorobiphenyls - a comparison. 10th International Conference on Organohalogen Compounds, Bayreuth, Germany, September 10-14, 1990

Reusch,T., Kannan,N., Schulz-Bull,D., Petrick,G & Duinker,J.C. A congener-specific approach to the distribution, bioaccumulation and toxicity of chlorobiphenyls (CBs) in a coastal ecosystem. 12th International Symposium on Chlorinated Dioxins and Related Compounds. 24-28 August 1992, Tampere, Finland.

Kannan,N., Schulz-Bull, D.E., Petrick,G., Duinker,J.C. An integrated approach towards understanding the biotransformation of chlorinated biphenyls (CBs) and the degree of MFO induction in coastal fauna from an accurate measurement of CBs in sea water. Dioxin '94 14th International symposium on chlorinated dioxins, PCB and related compounds, Kyoto, Japan. November 1994. Short papers, Eds. (H.Fiedler, O.Hutzinger, .Bergman, M.Oehme, Sub.Ramamoorthy, S.Sakai), Kyoto University, Vol. 20, pp.455-458, 1994.

Kannan,N., Schulz-Bull,D.E., Petrick,G., Duinker,J.C. Potential use of chlorinated biphenyls (CBs) as indicators of biological activity and ecotoxicological stress in the marine environment. Dioxin '95 15th International symposium on chlorinated dioxins, and related compounds, Edmonton, Canada, Aug. 21-25, 1995.

Kannan,N., Bruhn,R., Petrick,G., Schulz-Bull,D.E., Duinker,J.C. Multidimensional gaschromatographic techniques in the advancement of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) determination. Dioxin '96. 16th International symposium on chlorinated dioxins, and related compounds, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Aug. 11-16, 1996. Short papers. Eds. (Olie,K., Louw,R.,Altwicker,E., Born,J., Denison,M., Hutzinger,O., Karasek,F., de Leer,E., Liem, D., Patterson,D., Rappe, C., Ryan, J., Startin,J., Steiglitz,L., de Voogt, P., van Zorge,J) Vol. 27, pp.372-375. 1996.

Kannan,N., Petrick,G., Schulz-Bull.., Duinker,J.C. 1997 Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) pollution in Japan Sea. 3rd International Ocean Pollution Symposium, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Florida, USA, April 6-11, 1977.

Yamashita,N., Imagawa,T., Kannan,N. 1998 Estimated total amounts of PCDDs/Fs and PCBs in the whole sea water of Tokyo Bay. 8th Annual meeting of SETAC-Europe, 14-18 April 1998, Bordeaux-France.

Bruhn,R., Kannan,N., Petrick,G., Schulz-Bull,D.E., Duinker,J.C. 1998 Pesticides and PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) in harbour porpoises of North Sea, Baltic Sea and Arctic waters. International symposium on Marine pollution, Monaco, 5-9 October 1998. Extended synopsis. pp: 75-76.

Kodavanti,P.R., Kannan,N., Yamashita,N., Ward,T, Linda,B., Tilson,H 1999.Differential effects of Aroclor 1254 mixtures with two lot numbers: Intercellular calcium buffering and protein kinase C translocation. March 14-19, 1999. Annual Meeting Society of Toxicology, Savoy, IL, USA.

Kannan, N. 2000, Panel Member on Futures of Education and Technology, and on Environment. International Seminar on Sustainable Futures, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India. December 18-20, 2000.

Kannan, N. 2001. Toxic congeners in global PCB mixtures and their biological effects with reference to two unusual mixtures. Seminar at the Department of Marine Chemistry, Baltic Sea Research Institute, Warnemunde, Germany. June 14, 2001.

Kannan,N. 2003. Recent advancement in deep water sampling and analysis of Environmental Chemicals. Invited Talk. 10th Asian Chemical Congress and 8th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences in Hanoi, Vietnam October 21-24, 2003.

Kannan, N., Yamashita, N., Petrick,G., W.J.Shim., J.R.Oh 2004. Use of anthropogenic chemical signals in understanding ocean processes: (a case study in the East Sea). Spring meeting of the Korean Society of Oceanography, Pusan, Republic of Korea, May 13-14, 2004.

Kannan, N., Oh, J.R. 2004. Mussels as bioindicators of PCB pollution - uptake and depuration in Green-lipped Mussels (Perna viridis Linnaeus) in comparison to in-situ water sampling using PCBs as model compounds. 1st Korea-USA workshop on trend of research on Shellfish: Diseases, Genetics, Physiology and Ecology, Jeju, Korea, October 3-6, 2004.

Kannan, N., Oh, J.R., Bruhn,R. Chlorinated biphenyl patterns in organisms: will they reveal Cytochrome activity? And eco-toxic stress? - International Joint Conference "Risk Assessment and Management with SRA Japan & China/KOSET/SETAC Asia Pacific. November 4-6, 2004, Ewha Woman's University, Seoul, Korea.

Kannan,N., Hong, S.H., Yim, U.H., Li, D., Shim, W.J., Oh, J.R. 2005. PYE column HPLC and GC-ECD in the accurate determination of toxic polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in Korean coastal environments. 7th Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute - National Fisheries Research and Development Institute Seminar, March 22, 2005, Busan, Korea

J.R.Oh and N.Kannan 2005. PYE [2-(1-pyrenyl)ethyldimethysilylated silica] column HPLC and HR-GC- (micro) ECD in the accurate determination of toxic co-planar PCBs and Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) UNU International Symposium on Ecosystem Impacts of POPs, Bangkok, Thailand 26-27 April, 2005.

W.J.Shim, U.H.Yim, S.H.Hong, N.Kannan, J.R.Oh., 2005. Status and Historical Trend in the Accumulation of Toxic Chemicals in Masan-Chinhae Bay. Workshop on Ecosystem Management of Interrelated River Basins, Estuaries and Coastal Seas, May 2005 in Masan, Korea.

Kannan,N., Hong, S.H., Oh, J.R., Yim, U.H., Shim, W.J., 2005. Dioxins" contamination in Korean Seafood (Poster) - 11th Asian Chemical Congress, Aug. 24-26, 2005, Seoul, Korea.

Kannan,N., Hong, S.H., Oh, J.R., Yim, U.H., Shim, W.J., 2005. Dioxin-like chemicals in Korean environment (Oral) - 11th Asian Chemical Congress, Aug. 24-26, 2005, Seoul, Korea.

Sang Hee Hong, Won Joon Shim, Un Hyuk Yim, Jee Hyun Jung, Narayanan Kannan, Jae Ryong Oh. Levels and chiral signatures of polychlorinated biphenyls in Masan Bay of Korea. 11th Asian Chemical Congress, Aug. 24-26, 2005, Seoul, Korea.

Sang Hee Hong, Won Joon Shim, Un Hyuk Yim, Seung Ryong Ha, Pan Soo Park, Narayanan Kannan, Jae Ryong Oh. Spatial and vertical distribution of persistent organic contaminants in sediments and suspended particles from the Yellow Sea. 11th Asian Chemical Congress, Aug. 24-26, 2005, Seoul, Korea.

Narayanan Kannan, Sang Hee Hong, Won Joon Shim, Un Hyuk Yim and Jae Ryoung Oh. Dioxins, Dibenzofurans and Co-planar PCBs Contamination in Korean Seafood. 2005 Asia-Pacific Conference on Marine Pollution Prevention and Control,October 4-6, 2005, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Narayanan Kannan, Sang Hee Hong, Un Hyuk Yim, Jae Ryoung Oh and Won Joon Shim. Potentially Toxic Co-planar PCBs and Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in Korean Environment – Congener-Specific Approach. 6th APEC Roundtable Meeting on the Involvement of the Business/Private Sector in the Sustainability of the Marine Environment, October 6-8, 2005, Penghu, Chinese Taipei.

Kannan, N., Hong, S.H., W.J.Shim., J.R.Oh. 2005 Emerging Pollutants (Oral). APEC Symposium on the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Sources of Pollution, November 1-2, Busan, Korea.

Kannan, N., Hong, S.H., J.R.Oh..,W.J.Shim 2005 Endocrine disrupting chemicals and emerging contamination issues. Recent Trends in Ecological Monitoring in Korea and abroad, Korea Environmental Biological Society, December 16, 2005. Sangmyong University, Seoul, Korea.

Kannan,N., Hong, S.H., Shim,W.J., Yim,U.H., Jung,J.H., Oh, J.R. 2006 Dioxins, Dibenzofurans and Diphenyl Ethers in the Off-shore Yellow Sea Coast of Korea - A Case Study. 1st China-Korea joint workshop on Transport and Fate of Contaminants, Xingdao, China. March 07, 2006.

Kannan, N. APEC Marine Education and Training Center (AMETEC) – Current activities and Future Plans. 19th Meeting of the Marine Resource Conservation Working Group. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation. Shanghai, P.R.China. April 25-28, 2006.

Kannan,N (Invited lecture). Persistent Organic Chemicals in Korean Environment. Alternative Toxicology and Marine Ecotoxicology. KOST/KEMS Spring Annual Meeting, Daegu, Korea, May 11-12, 2006.

Kannan,N., Hong, S.H., Oh, J.R. 2006. (Invited lecture). New Emerging Pollutants in the Coastal Area of Korea. Joint seminar on Star program – commemoration of the 120th anniversary of Korean-French relations. Seoul, Korea. June 12, 2006.

Kannan, N. 2006. (Invited talk). The role of APEC Marine Education and Training Center at South Sea Institute, KORDI in capacity building in Asia Pacific region. Workshop on Marine Biosecurity Education & Research Consortium. Rosebud, Melbourne, Australia. June 12-15, 2006.

Kannan, N., Hong, S.H., J.R.Oh..,W.J.Shim. Rapid developments and persistent organic contaminant’s enrichment in Masan Bay, Korea. Korean Society of Oceanography. Autumn Meeting, Daejeon, Korea, November 2-3, 2006.

Kannan, N., Hong, S.H., J.H. Jung., W.J. Shim. 2006. Eco-toxic substances in Yellow Sea and Masan Bay sediments: Congener-specific study on PCDDs, PCDFs and PBDEs. 2006 Qingdao symposium on Marine Pollution Monitoring and Assessment. December 10-11, 2006. Qingdao, P.R.China.

Kannan, N., W.J.Shim 2007. AMETEC since 1994. Joint MRC-WG and F-WG meetings of APEC. April 23-27, 2007. Gold Coast, Australia.

Hong, S.H, Munschy, C, Kannan, N, Heas-Moisan, K, Tixier, C, Shim W.J, Tronczynski, J, Yim U.H. 2007. Joint work on the chemical contamination of coastal areas from Korea (Masan Bay) and France (Thau Lagoon) by selected organic compounds. "Asian-French Workshop on Management and Protection on Coastal Waters" June 19-23, 2007.

Hong SH, Kannan N, Jin YN, Shim, WJ. 2007. PBDEs & PCBs contamination in Masan Bay, Korea. Dioxin 2007, International Symposium. 2-7 September, 2007. Tokyo, Japan.

Hong SH, Kannan N, Shim WJ, Héas-Moisan K, Munschy C, Tixier C, Tronczynski J. 2007. Assessment of PCDD/F and Nonylphenol Contamination In a semi-enclosed Bay (Masan Bay, South Korea) and a Mediterrannean Lagoon (Thau, France). Dioxin 2007, International Symposium. 2-7 September, 2007. Tokyo, Japan.

Kannan, N., Bruhn, R. 2007. Polychlorinated biphenyls in the bio-geochemistry of oceans. 3rd International Conference on Marine Biotechnology – Workshop for development of useful biomass from the sea and its industrialization strategy. November 30, 2007. Gyeongju, Korea.

Kannan, N. 2007. Modern life style and its impact on the environment: Capacity building to cope with the challenges of the 21st century. Symposium on Sustainable Agriculture: Issues and the way forward. Universiti Putra Malaysia, December 6-8, 2007. Selangor, Malaysia.

Kannan, N. 2008. PCBs as Chemical Tracers in the Bio-Geo Chemistry. Workshop on GIS for Natural Resources & Disaster Management, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India. March 5, 2008.

Kannan, N. 2008. AMETEC activities in 2007. 21st MRC WG meeting of APEC, Piura, Peru. April 14-18, 2008.

Jin, Y.N., Hong, S.H, Yim, U.H., Shim, W.J, Li, D.H, Kannan, N. Occurrence of Organochlorine Pesticides (OCPs) and Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in surface sediment and water in Yangtze River/Estuary, China. The Korean Association of Ocean Science and Technology Societies. Annual meeting. Cheju, May 29-30, 2008

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