DrDaniel Harrison

Daniel Harrison is an Oceanographer who somewhat unusually began his career with a degree in Civil Engineering. He quickly realised his passion was under the sea and has spent the last 10 years conducting oceanographic & engineering research in industry, non governmental organisations, and academia, including with the University of Sydney, the Sydney Institute of Marine Science, and as a visiting scholar to the University of Southern California, as well as various not for profits. He has worked on collaborative projects with the Royal Australian Navy, CSIRO, NASA, NOAA, the Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission, Australian Bureau of Meteorology, as well as with many other university collaborators. Along the way he obtained a Masters of Philosophy in Oceanography and has submitted his Doctorate at the University of Sydney in Biological Oceanography. He is also employed as a principal investigator at the Sydney Institute of Marine Science. His research interests are varied and include technologies to enhance carbon storage in the ocean, GIS applications in fisheries management, and biogeochemistry of trophic level relationships in pelagic ecosystems.