Welcome
Moronke is an award-winning deep-sea scientist with experience in climate engineering and intergovernmental, multi-vessel research expedition planning on the high seas. She is fascinated with exploration, innovation, and the blue economy. Currently completing graduate studies in Oceanography (Juniper Lab) at the University of Victoria (Canada), her research focuses on innovations provided by the most unexplored areas of the ocean, containing the most potential for discovery. She has spent over 150 days of her life collaboratively exploring Earth's final frontier using submersibles.
Moronke sits on multiple strategic planning and advisory governing bodies including the Ocean Wise Board of Directors and the UN-endorsed Early Career Ocean Professionals Canada Advisory Board.
Beyond academic pursuits, she is founder of creative science communication and consultation brand ‘The Imaginative Scientist’. Brand experience includes 70+ national and international speaking engagements, documentary narration, video production collaborations garnering 300,000+ views, and consultation for gallery installations, video game development, and film production.
She has been featured by TEDxVictoria, CBC News, BBC Wildlife, Global News, The Financial Post, Jackson Wild, The National Film Board of Canada, Science World, and The Ocean Exploration Trust and is an active CBC Radio-Canada contributor.
Moronke Harris
“The most fascinating part of our work is the rarity, the uniqueness of location, and the potential for discovery. Thousands of meters under the ocean’s surface exists a world that survives and thrives in the absence of sunlight. Here, teams explore areas of the Earth few have seen, and contribute to the discovery of our ‘final frontier’.”
Education
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BSc (Honours), Biological Sciences
University of Guelph
Complete
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Graduate Studies, Oceanography
University of Victoria
Ongoing
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Certificate, Geographic Information Systems for Environmental Management
University of Toronto (SCS)
Complete