Daniel Patrick Harrison

I am a biological oceanographer with a strong current interest in cloud physics.

My research seeks to evaluate how engineering intervention in marine systems can be used to improve ecological, environmental, or societal outcomes. This work spans topics from estuarine and ocean biogeochemistry, fisheries management and habitat modelling, hydrodynamic and biogeochemical modelling, through to ecoengineering and geoengineering.

In my research I strive to undertake empirical field measurements and experimentation in order to understand natural system functioning, then extend this knowledge through computational modelling. By co-designing data collection around modelling needs, and the modelling approaches around insights from linked empirical study a robust platform is created on which to evaluate multiple scenarios and seek answers to the pressing 'what if' questions around our human interactions with the natural world.