Category: Circular Materials Management

Kate Cassity-Duffey

Assistant Professor—Organic Production
Department of Horticulture
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
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katecass@uga.edu
Organic vegetable production, soil nutrient cycling, biomass and organic wastes

Joseph G. Usack

Assistant Professor—Sustainable Food Systems
Department of Food Science & Technology
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
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joseph.usack@uga.edu
Sustainable food systems engineering; bioprocess engineering; open-culture microbiomes; resource recovery (food, water, energy, nutrients); food, agriculture sectors

Rebecca Abney

Assistant Professor of Forest & Disturbed Soils
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
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Rebecca.Abney@uga.edu
Organic soil matter, soil carbon and nitrogen biogeochemical cycles, biochar, erosion control, soil nutrient dynamics

Jay A. Brandes

Professor
Department of Marine Sciences
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
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jay.brandes@skio.uga.edu
Marine debris, plastics, microplastics, microthreads, stable isotopes, photochemistry, carbon cycling

Katy Austin Smith

Public Service Assistant/Water Quality Program Coordinator
Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant
River Basin Center
Georgia DNR Coastal Advisory Council
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klaustin@uga.edu
Water quality, marine debris, marine education, emerging contaminants, estuaries, microplastics

KC Das

Professor
College of Engineering
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kdas@uga.edu
Materials management, agricultural materials, biomass cycling, anaerobic digestion

 Luke Li

Associate Professor
College of Engineering
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lukeli@uga.edu
Materials flow, life cycle assessment

Erin Lipp

Professor
Environmental Health Science, Microbiology
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elipp@uga.edu
Public health, microbiology