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As a member of Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Research Enterprise Support Team, Christopher serves as a contact for pre-award grant administration between the Franklin College Business Services Office (FBSO) and UGA’s Office of Sponsored Project Administration (SPA). He closely interfaces with Principal Investigators and Sponsored Programs in the submission of grant proposals.
This month we were proud to see the work of Jenna Jambeck and the New Materials Institute featured in the cover story of National Geographic. Jambeck, who inspired UGA associate professor of chemistry Jason Locklin and other researchers at UGA to get involved with the issue of plastic waste, now work together in the NMI to lead the charge in bringing plastic alternatives that are economically viable and environmentally friendly to market. …
Back in the fall, a film crew from the National Geographic Channel came to campus to make use of the motion-capture lab in the department of theatre and film studies. This week, that episode arrives to your TV. Two University of Georgia alumni and the dramatic media program in the UGA department of theatre and film studies will be featured in the pilot episode for the new National Geographic series The Great American Manhunt. The series…