Meet the Advisors
Faculty Advisors
Faculty Advisory Team consists of URI faculty with diverse set of skills, expertise and disciplines. They work together to oversee that the initiative represents the University’s strengths and capacity to execute the initiative. They also play key roles in ensuring that the research is accurately translated via the initiative, while also identifying emerging areas.
External Advisors
External Advisory Team is made up a team of cross-sector, -discipline and -boundary experts with diverse perspectives to represent variety of audiences and experiences in the plastics world. They play key roles providing the necessary and diverse input to guide the leadership, governance and oversight of initiative during its critical growth time.
Faculty Advisory Team
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Director, Rhode Island Consortium for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology ;
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Chemical Engineering
Assistant Professor in Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design (TMD)
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Associate Professor in Biological Sciences
Assistant Professor, Management in College of Business
Diving Safety Officer for the University of Rhode Island
Assistant Professor, Multimedia Journalism
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Professor, Oceanography in the Graduate School of Oceanography
Assistant Professor, Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemical Engineering
Assistant Professor in Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Science
Professor, Oceanographer;
Director, URI Coastal Resources Center
External Advisory Team
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Associate Director of Ocean Plastics Research, Ocean Conservancy
Doctoral Student, Biological & Environmental Sciences, URI
Director, RI Department of Environmental Management
Executive Director, Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation
Senior Vice President, Darlington Fabrics
Environmental Scientist II, Narragansett Bay Commission
CEO, The Ocean Agency