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Dr. Sam Harrison

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Job Title: Environmental Modeller

Location: Lancaster

Email: sharrison@ceh.ac.uk

Phone: 01524595882

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ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sam_Harrison14

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8491-4720

Biography

Research Interests:

I am an environmental modeller with a background in quantum physics. My core research centres on aquatic and terrestrial contaminants such as nanomaterials and metals and, more specifically, creating geospatial models of their fate, speciation and bio-uptake. I lead the development of the NanoFASE model, a spatiotemporal model of nanomaterial fate and bio-uptake. My work frequently involves assessing the relevance of such models to regulators and industry.

I have strong interests in model integration and software development, in particular, how modern software development paradigms and techniques can help environmental modelling and model integration. I am a keen advocate and creator of open source software and open science.

Outside of the computational sciences, I have an active interest in synchrotron science and have used x-ray absorption spectroscopy to investigate chemical speciation of nanomaterials in soils and plants.

Find me on GitHub.


Qualifications:
  • PhD: Quantum Nanotechnology Group, Department of Physics, Lancaster University. Awarded in 2016.
  • MPhys: Department of Physics, Lancaster University. Awarded in 2012.

Publications

Baccaro Marta; Harrison Samuel; van den Berg Hans; Sloot Laura; Hermans Davy; Cornelis Geert; van Gestel Cornelis A.M.; van den Brink Nico W.; , 2019, Bioturbation of Ag2S-NPs in soil columns by earthworms. Environmental Pollution, 252, 155-162

Sørensen Sara Nørgaard; Baun Anders; Burkard Michael; Dal Maso Miikka; Foss Hansen Steffen; Harrison Samuel; Hjorth Rune; Lofts Stephen; Matzke Marianne; Nowack Bernd; Peijnenburg Willie; Poikkimäki Mikko; Quik Joris T.K.; Schirmer Kristin; Verschoor Anja; Wigger Henning; Spurgeon David J.; , 2019, Evaluating environmental risk assessment models for nanomaterials according to requirements along the product innovation Stage-Gate process. Environmental Science: Nano, 6, 505-518

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