Popik, Vladimir

Vladimir Popik
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Franklin College of Arts & Sciences
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vpopik@uga.edu
Light-responsive materials, photo-degradable polymers, new methods of chemical recycling of plastics

Vladimir Popik
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Franklin College of Arts & Sciences
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vpopik@uga.edu
Light-responsive materials, photo-degradable polymers, new methods of chemical recycling of plastics

Jessica Bramhall
Assistant Research Scientist
Locklin Group, UGA New Materials Institute
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jbram92@uga.edu
Formulation science and development, performance and barrier coatings, material science, polyhydroxyalkanoates, biologically degradable materials
Breanna Urbanowicz researches hemicellulose, xylan, plant cell wall, cellulose, glycosyltransferase, plant glycobiology, plant biochemistry.

Jim Kastner
Associate Professor
College of Engineering
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jrk@uga.edu
Catalytic reaction engineering, renewable fuels and chemicals.

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

Mark Eiteman
Professor and Distinguished Faculty Scholar
College of Engineering
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eiteman@engr.uga.edu
Metabolic engineering, fermentation, nutrient-limited processes, microbial physiology

Joe Grubbs
Adjunct Assistant Professor
College of Engineering
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joe.grubbs@uga.edu
Biodegradable materials, waxes, coatings and renewable adhesives

Suraj Sharma
Professor
College of Family and Consumer Sciences, Department of Textiles, Merchandising & Interiors
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ssharma@uga.edu
Nanocellulose, biopolymer composites

Sudhagar Mani
Professor
College of Engineering, and, Department of Food Science and Technology
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smani@engr.uga.edu
Nanocellulose manufacturing, food packaging films, surface modified nanocellulose, LCA of nanocellulose