Jenna Jambeck, associate professor in the College of Engineering, is internationally recognized for her research on plastic waste in the ocean and for the Marine Debris Tracker app she co-created with fellow faculty member Kyle Johnsen. She notes that being active in research helps bring current environmental engineering issues into the classroom for students. Learn more about Dr. Jambeck's teaching and research in Focus on Faculty. Ph.D., Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida, 2004 M.E., Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida, 1998 B.S., Environmental Engineering Sciences (with honors), University of Florida, 1996

Environmental Engineering Solid and Hazardous Waste Marine Debris

Mozo-Reyes, E., Jambeck, J.R., Reeves, P., Johnsen, K. (2016). Will They Recycle? Design and Implementation of Eco-feedback Technology to Promote On-the-go Recycling in a University Environment, Resources Conservation and Recycling, 10.1016/j.resconrec.2016.06.024. Browne, M., Chapman, M., Thompson, R., Amaral-Zettler, L., Jambeck, J., Mallos, N. (2015). Spatial and temporal patterns of stranded intertidal marine debris: is there a picture of global change? Environmental Science and Technology, 10.1021/es5060572. Jambeck, J.R., Johnsen, K. (2015). Marine Debris Tracker: Citizen-based Litter and Marine Debris Data Collection and Mapping, Computing in Science and Engineering, 10.1109/MCSE.2015.67. Jambeck, J.R., Andrady, A., Geyer, R., Narayan, R., Perryman, M., Siegler, T., Wilcox, C., Lavender Law, K., (2015). Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean, Science, 347, p. 768-771. Damiano, L. Jambeck, J.R., Ringelberg, D., (2014) Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Leachate Treatment and Electricity Production using Microbial Fuel Cells, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 10.1007/s12010-014-0854-x. Cloutier, S.A., Jambeck, J.R. & Scott, N.R. (2014). Application of the Sustainable Neighborhoods for Happiness Index to Coastal Cities in the United States, Ocean and Coastal Management, 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2014.02.017. Cloutier, S.A., Jambeck, J.R., Scott, N.R. (2014). The Sustainable Neighborhoods for Happiness Index: A Metric for Assessing a Community’s Potential Influence on Residential Happiness, Ecological Indicators, 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.01.012. Cloutier, S., Jambeck, J.R. Scott, N.R., (2013). Are Sustainable Cities “Happy” Cities? Associations Between Sustainable Development and Human Well-Being in Urban Areas of the United States, Environment, Development and Sustainability, 10.1007/s10668-013-9499-0. Ganesh, K. and Jambeck J. R. (2013). Treatment of landfill leachate using microbial fuel cells: Alternative Anodes and Semi-Continuous Operation, Bioresource Technology, Vol. 139, p. 383–387, 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.04.013. Nuss, P., Gardner, K., Jambeck, J.R., (2013). Comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Construction and Demolition (C&D) Derived Biomass and U.S. Northeast Forest Residuals Gasification for Electricity Production, Environmental Science and Technology, 47 (7), p. 3463–3471, http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/es304312f. Carpenter, A., Jambeck, J.R., Gardner, K., Weitz, K. (2012). Life Cycle Assessment of End-of-Life Management Options for Construction and Demolition Debris, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Vol. 17, Issue 3, p. 396–406, j.1530-9290.2012.00568.x. Jambeck, J., Townsend, T., Solo-Gabriele, H., (2008), Landfill Disposal of CCA-treated Wood with Construction and Demolition (C&D) Debris: Arsenic, Chromium and Copper Concentrations in Leachate, Environmental Science and Technology, 42 (15), p. 5740–5745. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es800364n Jambeck, J., Weitz, K., Townsend, T., Solo-Gabriele, H., (2007). CCA-treated Wood Disposed in Landfills and Life-cycle Trade-Offs With Waste-to-Energy and MSW Landfill Disposal in the U.S., Waste Management, Volume 27, Issue 8, 2007, Pages S21-S28. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956053X07000773 Thorneloe, S., Weitz, K., Jambeck, J., (2007). Application of the U.S. Decision Support Tool for Materials and Waste Management, Waste Management, 27 (2007) 1006–1020. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956053X0700058X Jambeck, J. and Andino, J., (2007). Classroom Activity, Garbage Juice: Waste Management and Leachate Generation, Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 84, No. 2, p. 240A-B. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed084p240A Jambeck, J., Townsend, T., Solo-Gabriele, H., (2006) Leaching of Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA)-treated Wood in a Simulated Monofill and Potential Impacts to Landfill Leachate, Journal of Hazardous Materials, A135 (2006) 21–31. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304389405007533 Khan, B., Jambeck, J., Solo-Gabriele, H., Townsend, T., Cai, Y., (2006) Release of Arsenic to the Environment from CCA-Treated Wood: Part II – Leaching and Speciation during Disposal, Environmental Science and Technology, 40(3); 994-999. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es051471u Clark, C., Jambeck, J., Townsend, T. (2006) A Review of Construction and Demolition Debris Regulations in the US, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 36:141-186. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10643380500531197 Townsend, T., Tolaymat, T., Leo, K., Jambeck, J. (2004). Heavy Metals in Recovered Fines from Construction and Demolition Debris Recycling Facilities in Florida, Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 332, Issues 1-3, p. 1-11. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969704001883 Solo-Gabriele, H., Townsend, T., Hahn, D., Moskal, T., Hosein, N., Jambeck, J., Jacobi, G, (2004), Evaluation of XRF and LIBS Technologies for On-line Sorting of CCA-Treated Wood Waste, Waste Management, Vol. 24, No. 4, p. 413-424. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956053X03002058 Jambeck (a.k.a. Carlson), J. and Townsend, T. (1998). Management of Solid Waste from Abrasive Blasting, American Society of Civil Engineers, Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management Practice Periodical, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 72-77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)1090-025X(1998)2:2(72)