Dr. Martín Abadi
Roy Michael Harrison MEMBERS
Professor of Environmental Health, University of Birmingham
England, United Kingdom
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  • 2006
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering (C.V.E.)
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  • 2006
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering (C.V.E.)
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Roy Michael Harrison (born 14 October 1948) is a British environmental scientist.

He has been Queen Elizabeth II Birmingham Centenary Professor of Environmental Health at the University of Birmingham since 1991, and is a distinguished adjunct professor at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
 
Roy M. Harrison mostly deals with Aerosol, Particulates, Environmental chemistry, Environmental engineering and Air pollution.

The various areas that he examines in his Aerosol study include Seasonality, Nitrate, Atmospheric sciences and Particle number.

His study looks at the relationship between Particulates and fields such as Pollution, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems.
 
His work deals with themes such as Atmosphere, Nitrogen dioxide, Ammonium, Chemical composition and Sea salt, which intersect with Environmental chemistry.

As part of one scientific family, he deals mainly with the area of Environmental engineering, narrowing it down to issues related to the Urban area, and often Physical geography.

His study in Air pollution is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both NOx, Hydrocarbon, Air quality index and Environmental health.
 
Harrison's work has been recognised by award of the John Jeyes Medal and Environment Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Fitzroy Prize of the Royal Meteorological Society.

He has served for many years as a chair and/or member of advisory committees of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Department of Health.

He was appointed Order of the British Empire OBE in the 2004 New Year Honours for services to environmental science(and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2017.

He was elected as member of the Euorpean Academy of Engineering in 2006.