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UGA Lab turns jellyfish into sustainable food products

A researcher wearing a lab coat and blue gloves works with testing equipment.
Joinul Islam
Graduate student Joinul Islam works to develop his biodegradable food packaging at WUGA's Griffin Campus.

The Georgia coast is teeming with cannonball jellyfish. Researchers in the Food Science Department on UGA’s Griffin Campus are finding ways to turn those jellyfish into sustainable food products. WUGA’s Havivah Saltz sat down with Associate Professor Kevin Mis Soval, doctoral student Joinul Islam, and recent graduate Gina Fimiano to discuss jellyfish products and the future of sustainable food.

The lab’s research is supported by the Marine Extension and the Georgia Sea Grant. You can find more information and pictures at gacoast.uga.edu.

Havivah Saltz has been with WUGA since 2023 as an on-air host and the producer for African Perspectives. She got her start in radio on WOBC FM at Oberlin College (class of ‘23), and she’s also worked as an on-air host on Athens' Power 100.1 and Magic 102.1. She is currently the interim producer of Athens News Matters. Outside of work, you can find Havivah making art, writing fiction, practicing Japanese, petting her very round cat, and watching concerning amounts of TV.
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