Jenna Jambeck

Jenna Jambeck, a professor in the College of Engineering, is internationally recognized forher research on plastic waste in the ocean和for the海洋废弃物追踪app she co-created with fellow faculty member Kyle Johnsen.

She has been named the Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor in Environmental Engineering. A member of the University of Georgia faculty since 2009, Jambeck conducts research and teaches environmental engineering with a focus on solid waste management and marine debris. As associate director of UGA’sNew Materials Institute和director of theCenter for Circular Materials Management, Jambeck is shifting the paradigm of waste management to proactive materials management. This means thinking about how to create less waste and managing materials before any “waste” is produced.