Moronke Harris 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 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 serves 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.  She was recently elected to The Oceanography Society Council, where she plays a key role in shaping the future of international ocean science collaboration.

Beyond academic and leadership pursuits, she is founder of ‘The Imaginative Scientist’, a creative science communication and consulting brand. A sought-after speaker, Moronke has delivered over 70 presentations (including a TEDx talk receiving 55,000+ views) and has been invited to keynote major STEAM events at Science World Vancouver and the Saskatchewan Science Centre. Brand experience also includes documentary narration, video production collaborations garnering 500,000+ views, and consulting for gallery installations, video game development, and film production.

Moronke’s work has been featured by TEDxVictoria, CBC News, BBC Wildlife, Global News, The National Film Board of Canada, and The Ocean Exploration Trust among other organizations. As an active CBC Radio-Canada contributor, she is a science columnist for All Points West, reaching over 500,000 listeners.

Moronke's mission is simple: ignite curiosity, foster imagination, and share the magic of exploration—whether in the deep sea or beyond.