Harrison, DEI Committee member 

Harris holds a Master’s degree in marine science from the Universiti Malaya, Malaysia, which he studied the spatial feeding ecology of endangered dugongs in their seagrass habitats in Malaysia. Before starting his PhD, Harris worked as a research assistant in a coral ecology and evolution lab at Academia Sinica, Taiwan. During that time, he studied the population and community ecology of coral reef organisms and explored the responses of corals in their life history traits to the effects of climate change. Harris is now a PhD student at The University of Queensland, Australia under the supervision of Associate Professor Daniel Dunn and Professor Peter Mumby. His research focuses on investigating the influence of seagrass connectivity on the distribution and population structure of megaherbivores at different geographical scales. He plans to use this knowledge to assess and improve protected area networks with stronger incorporation of connectivity metrics for seagrass and megaherbivores.