Sandy Harrison

Professor

Year

2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Program

Virtual Earth Systems Research Institute (VESRI)
Institution

University of Reading
Location

Reading, UK

Dr. Sandy P. Harrison is Professor in Global Palaeoclimates and Biogeochemical Cycles in the School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science (SAGES), University of Reading. Sandy’s research focuses on the interaction of climate and the terrestrial biosphere, in the geologic past, present and future, using models and data analysis. She has extensive experience in large-scale data analysis for model development, evaluation and benchmarking, and is a world-leader in the synthesis of palaeoenvironmental data and its use in evaluation of the climate models used for future climate projections. Her current focus is on the use of eco-optimality theory and trait analysis to improve the vegetation models currently used in climate models for predicting land-atmosphere exchanges and impacts of climate change on the terrestrial biosphere.