Jenna Jambeck, PhD
Regents Professor, Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor in Environmental Engineering
Students
Jennifer Mathis, PhD Student (2020 – )

Taylor Maddalene, PhD Student (2021 – ), Circularity Assessment Protocol (CAP) Director

Zeinab Masalegooyan, PhD Student (2023 – )
Rachel Johnson, MS Student/Double Dawg (2023 – )
Staff
Kathryn Youngblood, Senior Research Engineer, 2019 National Geographic Expedition Team Member, Marine Debris Tracker Citizen Science Director

Madison Werner, Research Scientist, Environmental Anthropologist, Qualitative Research Director

Undergraduate Research Assistants
Shelby Mendez
Kaylee Tam
Eduardo Martinez-Gallardo
Deborah Madden
Jesse Sanchez
Karina Carrasco
Past Post Docs
Dr. Amy Brooks (2021)
Dr. Steph Borrelle (2018-2020)
Dr. Shunli Wang (2016-2019)
Dr. Scott Cloutier (2013-2014)
Past Students
Mary Breen, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Lindsay Coats, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Sahana Parker, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Hannah Center, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Madison Werner, MS
Sheridan Finder, MS: The Characterization of Urban Litter along the Mississippi River and its Connection to Socioeconomic Status (2022)
Amy Brooks, PhD: From the Ground up: Measurement, Review, and Evaluation of Plastic Waste Management at Varying Landscape Scales (2021)
Emily Roberts, MS: Compostable Plastics in the Waste Stream: Management Scenarios and Life Cycle Impacts (2021)
Connor Keisling, MS: The Characterization of the Abundance and Movement of Anthropogenic Litter via Stormwater Runoff with Proposed Reduction Options (2021)
Emily Barber, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Morgan Hodgkinson, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Abby Smith, YoungDawg
Cole Howington, CURO
Katherine Shayne, MS: Participatory sensing marine debris : estimates for amounts, types, and distribution using marine debris tracker data (2018)
Eliana C. Mozo Reyes, PhD: Thinking outside the chute : following a rhizome of waste and culture (2017)
Miriam Perryman, MS: Microplastic generation in the marine environment through degradation and fragmentation (2015)
Chad Andrews, MS: Surface water quality assessment of a proposed southwest Georgia lake site (2014)
Jenna Grygier, CURO
Andy Smith, CURO
Eliana C. Mozo-Reyes, MS: Impacts to Public Recycling from Psychological and Technological Stimulus (2012)
Krishnadas Ganesh, MS: Continuous Power Generation and Treatment of Landfill Leachate using Microbial Fuel Cells (2012)
At University of New Hampshire
Dan Hrobak, MS Attenuation of Hydrogen Sulfide from Landfill Gas and Exploration of Construction and Demolition Debris Characteristics and Hydrogen Sulfide Production (2009)
Lisa Damiano, MS Electricity Production from the Management of Municipal Solid Waste Leachate with Microbial Fuel Cells (2009)
Kelly Melendez Loaiza, MS An Investigation of Recycled/Industrial Materials to Attenuate Hydrogen Sulfide Resulting from the Use of Construction and Demolition Debris Fines (2008)
Scott Greenwood, MS An Environmental Characterization of Unbound Mining Residuals from the Tri-state Mining District (2007)