Harsha Elizabeth James

Harsha Elizabeth James is a postdoctoral research associate at Maine Sea Grant, working on the marine debris challenge project. She joined the Maine Sea grant in 2024 after completing her PhD in Extension Education from the University of Florida. The three-year project, Reducing Marine Debris at the Source: Material Replacement and Source Reduction for Single-Use Food Packaging, is supported by the NOAA National Sea Grant Program. As part of the project, Harsha is primarily responsible for designing, supporting, and tracking synergistic activities to enhance integration and transfer of knowledge across the project’s four research components and with external partners, stakeholders, and the project’s advisory committee.