Meet the Team

Jenna Jambeck, PhD

Founder, Circularity Informatics Lab

Named a 2022 MacArthur Fellow for her work investigating the scale of plastic pollution and galvanizing efforts to address plastic waste, Jenna Jambeck is the Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Environmental Engineering in the University of Georgia College of Engineering and 2024 SEC Professor of the Year.

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Staff Members

Taylor Maddalene Myers, PhD
Director of CAP,
Professional Faculty
Kathryn Youngblood
Director of Citizen Science Programs,
Senior Research Engineer
Madison Werner
Director of Qualitative Research,
Environmental Anthropologist
Jill Blackmon
Project Coordinator,
Business Manager

Current Students

Swati Chauhan
PhD Student
Zeinab Masalegooyan
PhD Student
Waverly Wadsworth
PhD Student
Karina Alejandra Jimenez Carrasco
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Deborah Madden
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Kaylee Tam
Undergraduate Research Assistant