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
Jeffrey Bates, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
University of Utah
Ann Blake, Ph.D.
Founder
Building Regenerative Economies
Arlene Blum, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Green Science Policy Institute
Susanne M. Brander, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Brander Lab, Oregon State University
Consortium Co-Leader and Project Co-Principal Investigator
Pacific Northwest Consortium on Plastics
Project Director
Pew Safer Chemicals
Theo Colborn, Ph.D.*
Environmental Health Analyst
Founder, The Endocrine Disruption Exchange
Terrence J. Collins, Ph.D.
Director
Institute for Green Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Teresa Heinz Professor of Green Chemistry
Win Cowger, Ph.D.
Research Director
Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research
Visiting Scholar
The Gray Lab
Sandra Curtis, Ph.D.
PI/PD
Public Health Institute
Wise Goodluck Datsomor, MSc.
Marine Research Scientist
Research Team Member
Plastic Punch
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
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
Sherri A. “Sam” Mason, Ph.D.
Freshwater Plastic Pollution Researcher
Director, Project NePTWNE (Nano & Polymer Technology for Water and Neural-networks in Erie)
Jane Muncke, Ph.D.
Managing Director and Chief Scientific Officer
Food Packaging Forum
Pete Myers, Ph.D.
Founder & Chief Scientist
Environmental Health News
Wallace J. Nichols, Ph.D.*
Marine Biologist
Founder, The Blue Mind Movement
Leticia Socal, Ph.D.
Chemist and Materials Scientist
Founder, Natu
Nicole Stott, M.Sc.
Veteran NASA Astronaut & Aquanaut
Founding Director, Space for Art Foundation
Kristian Syberg, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Roskilde University
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
Megan J. Wolff, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Physician and Scientist Network Addressing Plastics and Health (P-SNAP)
*Represents emeritus members