Dr. Jenna Jambeck, founder, is the Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor in Environmental Engineering at the University of Georgia, Head of the Circularity Informatics Lab, Lead of the Center for Circular Materials Management in the New Materials Institute, a National Geographic Fellow, and co-Lead of Sea to Source Expedition: Ganges. She has over 24 years of experience in Solid waste Management and 19 years of experience working directly in Marine Litter/Plastic Pollution.

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