Category: Uncategorized

  • Jenna Jambeck named 2024 SEC Professor of the Year

    Jenna Jambeck named 2024 SEC Professor of the Year

    Congratulations to affiliate researcher Dr. Jenna Jambeck on being named the 2024 Professor of the Year by the Southeastern Conference! Jambeck is a Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Georgia. She has previously been awarded a MacArthur “Genius” Grant for her research investigating the global scale of plastic pollution and […]

  • Call for abstracts: International Conference on Shellfish Restoration

    Call for abstracts: International Conference on Shellfish Restoration

    The International Conference on Shellfish Restoration (ICSR2024) will be held at the Jekyll Island Convention Center on September 15-18, 2024. Ahead of the conference, Georgia Sea Grant is calling for presentation abstracts on molluscan bivalves: restoration or conservation, marine or freshwater, clams or oysters– if your research has to do with any of these, you’re […]

  • IRIS affiliates lead plenary at Missouri River Natural Resources Committee Conference

    IRIS affiliates lead plenary at Missouri River Natural Resources Committee Conference

    Affiliate researchers Charles van Rees and Matt Chambers attended the Missouri River Natural Resources Committee 2024 Conference in Nebraska City, Nebraska. They were joined by EWN Practice Lead Dave Crane and University of South Dakota professor Mark Dixon. The group led a 4-part plenary around their NASA-funded project that will leverage satellite imagery, artificial intelligence […]