Plastic Pollution Coalition Scientific Advisors are highly regarded professionals in their respective fields, which range from oceanography to environmental and human health to marine biology to chemistry and more. They advise our team and Coalition members on matters relevant to their area of expertise.
Abigail Barrows, M.Phil
Marine Research Scientist, Adventure Scientists
College of the Atlantic & Global Microplastics Initiative
Ann Blake, Ph.D.
Founder
Building Regenerative Economies
Safer Made
Arlene Blum, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Green Science Policy Institute
Sandra Curtis, Ph.D.
PI/PD
Public Health Institute
Terrence J. Collins, Ph.D.
Director
Institute for Green Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Teresa Heinz Professor of Green Chemistry
Jan Dell, P.E.
Independent Engineer
The Last Beach Cleanup
Sylvia Earle, Ph.D.
Oceanographer, Explorer, Author & Lecturer
Founder, Mission Blue
Lisa Erdle, Ph.D.
Director of Science & Innovation
5 Gyres
Marcus Eriksen, Ph.D.
Explorer & Plastic Pollution Education Specialist
Co-Founder, 5 Gyres
Sedat Gündoğdu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Faculty of Fisheries, Cukurova University, Microplastic Research Group
Rolf Halden, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Environmental Security
ASU Biodesign Institute
Jeremy Jackson, Ph.D.
Professor
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Philip J. Landrigan, M.D.
Founding Director
Program in Global Public Health and the Common Good
Boston College
Michael E. Mann, Ph.D.
Climatologist
University of Pennsylvania & Annenberg School for Communication
Manasa Mantravadi, M.D.
Pediatrician
Founder, AHIMSA
Pete Myers, Ph.D.
Founder & Chief Scientist
Environmental Health News
Wallace J. Nichols, Ph.D.
Marine Biologist
Chairman, California Academy of Sciences
Charles Rolsky, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist, Shaw Institute
Leticia Socal, Ph.D.
Chemist and Materials Scientist
Founder, Natu
Nicole Stott, M.Sc.
Veteran NASA Astronaut & Aquanaut
Founding Director, Space for Art Foundation
Hideshige Takada, Ph.D.
Professor of Organic Geochemistry
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Tierney Thys, Ph.D.
Marine Biologist
Co-Founder and Director, Around the World in 80 Fabrics
Janette Wallis, Ph.D.
Primatologist
International Primatological Society