Roy Harrison

Professor Roy Harrison OBE FRS is the Queen Elizabeth II Birmingham Centenary Professor of Environmental Health at the University of Birmingham and holds an Adjunct Professor position at King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. With a 45-year academic career, he specializes in air pollution, focusing on emissions, atmospheric transformations, and health impacts of particulate matter.

• B.Sc. (Chemistry, 1969)
• Ph.D. (Organic Chemistry, 1972)
• D.Sc. (Environmental Chemistry, 1989)

His research spans airborne particle characterization, chemical aging of aerosols, traffic emission mitigation technologies, and environmental policy development. Recent publications emphasize source apportionment, oxidative potential measurement, and machine learning applications in pollution modeling.

Scientific recognition:

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire (2004)
• Fellow of the Royal Society (2017)
• Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher

Professor Harrison has supervised 30+ doctoral researchers and serves on numerous advisory boards including DEFRA's Air Quality Expert Group and WHO air quality guidelines committees. He is Editor-in-Chief of Climate and Atmospheric Science (Nature) and maintains active roles in multiple editorial boards.