Plastic challenge 2021 Teams

SCRIPPS-RADY OCEAN PLASTIC POLLUTION CHALLENGE

Rethink how we protect marine conservation and cultural areas from plastic pollution.

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The Scripps-Rady Ocean Plastic Pollution Challenge brings together 29 solutions-oriented participants from a broad array of different fields of work and study. The Challenge also welcomes an additional 21 outstanding individuals to participate in the short-course component of the program only. Meet the participants below, and through stories and interviews on the blog!

Total Participants: 50

Professionals: 31
Students: 19
Universities
represented: 13

Locations

United States: 42
States represented: 10
International: 8
Countries represented: 5

Fields of work & study

Marine and natural sciences, traditional ecological knowledge, behavioral sciences, data science, business, law, policy, resource management, community engagement, and more!

This team will dive into which strategies of behavioral science can be integrated into solutions in order to increase their effectiveness in minimizing plastic from entering the ocean.

Steven Wright, Co-Director 4Walls International
Hilary Haskell, Project Manager II-Supply Chain Sustainability, San Diego Gas & Electric
Aubrie Fowler, South Coast Specialist, MPA Collaborative Network
Chiara Dorigo, Senior Associate at Schaffer&Combs
Kristen Jabanoski, A.I.S., Inc. in support of NOAA Fisheries (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Ozlem Tetik, Ph.D. Student in Marketing, London Business School
Jake Reynolds, Pro-Environmental Behavioral Science Researcher

This team will dive into how to evaluate strategies and increase confidence that solutions at minimizing plastic from entering the ocean are working.

Natalie Lessa, Owner & Consultant, ReCREATE Waste Collaborative
Sarah Fischbach, Assistant Professor of Integrated Marketing Communication, Pepperdine University
Kristina Phipps, Independent Legal and Policy Consultant
Tanya Torres, California Marine Debris Sea Grant Extension Fellow
Colin Duncan, Product Development Lead at Forever Wild Seafood
Ngozi Margaret Oguguah, Researcher, Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research
Kara Wiggin, PhD Student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography

This team will dive into developing a map using trash surveys and oceanographic, economic, and other data to inform solutions that minimize plastic from entering the ocean.

Julie Hopper, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Southern California
Grace Lee, ReThink Disposable Program Director, Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund
Adam Mihalik, Quantitative Strategist
Pilar E. Garcia, PhD Structural Geology
Cleo Ninja Stratmann, M.Sc, Water, Environment and Urban Systems Laboratory (Leesu)
Gilbert Nyabochwa Atuga, Research Scientist at Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, team lead in Macroplastics Research Team
William Quinn, M.S. Business Analytics Candidate at Rady School of Management, UC San Diego

This team will dive into assessing the capacity and attitude in San Diego towards plastic pollution prevention initiatives.

Jules Jackson, Founder, Coastal Defenders; Docent, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Elizabeth Plascencia, Master of Environmental Management candidate, Yale School of the Environment
Alex Ferron, Chair, Surfrider San Diego County
Katrina Oprisko, Owner, Earthwell Refill
Lisa Gilfillan, Ocean Conservation and Education Coordinator for WILDCOAST
Matthew Noto, Marine Debris Program Coordinator, Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Lauren Marie Hackney, Founder of The Sol Work; MBA Candidate at Rady School of Management, UC San Diego
Nicholas Carver, Physical Oceanographer, Vice President of the Pedro Point Surf Club

The series of six short-courses is designed to provide a systems perspective of the ocean plastic problem and provide skills to design and create solutions. Participants will get up to speed on the latest data, modeling, science, policy, behavioral science, and solutions, both successful and not as successful.

Francois Galgani, PhD, Project manager at IFREMER, chair of the EU technical group on Marine Litter, co chair of the IOC GESAMP group on plastic pollution and EU Mission STARFISH board member
Bernie Villanueva-Grzecka, Natural Resources Protection Officer, City of Dana Point
Fadwa Bouhedda, Associate Scientist/Biologist for the California Department of Transportation
Karla Reinhardt, Sr. Technical Writer, SpaceX; Waterway Cleanup Leader, Ocean Defenders Alliance
Jonathan Goodmacher, Principal Geologist, GDS, Inc.
Wataru Kumagai, Environmental Specialist Associate, City of Long Beach
Emily Parker, Coastal and Marine Scientist at Heal the Bay
Ashlee Stratakis, Management Analyst with the City of Encinitas
Soboyejo Lukman Adeboye, Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree, Water and Coastal Management - Graduate Student / University of Bologna, Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Science
Elizabeth Linske, Master's Student at Georgetown University
Fawn D. Liebengood, MBA, MAS, Founder and Executive Director, Blue Ocean Warriors
Noelle Amlicke, Sophomore at Stanford University
Mary Liesegang, Master's Student, Scripps Institution of Oceanography UC San Diego
Anna Ruth Robuck, PhD, Researcher, University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography/NOAA Nancy Foster Scholar
Nick Reynoso, Undergraduate Student at California State University, Long Beach
Giovanna Santini Ruta Lopes, Oceanography undergraduate at University of São Paulo (IO-USP)
Katherine S. Lasdin, Master's Student at Oregon State University
Monisha Sugla, Graduate Research Assistant at the Harte Institute, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Jack Weil, MAS Student, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Sierra Byrne, Undergraduate Researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Maria G. Rocha Castillo, Ronald E. McNair, UROC Scholar, and CSU LSAMP Participant