Harrison, Roy M(ichael)

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HARRISON, Roy M(ichael)

HARRISON, Roy M(ichael). British, b. 1948. Genres: Chemistry, Environmental sciences/Ecology, Meteorology/Atmospheric sciences. Career: Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., laboratory technician, 1966; University of Lancaster, England, lecturer in dept of environmental sciences, 1974-84; University of Essex, Colchester, England, reader in dept of chemistry and biological chemistry, 1984-91; Institute of Aerosol Science, director 1985-91; University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, England, Queen Elizabeth II Birmingham Centenary Professor of Environmental Health, 1991-93, director, 1993-2000, head, Division of Environmental Health and Risk Management, 2000-. Publications: (with D.P.H. Laxen) Lead Pollution, 1981; (with W.R. Johnston, S. Rapsomanikis, and S.J. de Mora) Introductory Chemistry for the Environmental Sciences, 1991, 2nd ed. (with S.J. de Mora), 1996; (with L. Butterwick and Q. Merritt) Handbook for Urban Air Improvement, 1992. EDITOR: Pollution, 1983, 4th ed., 2001; (with R. Perry) Handbook of Air Pollution Analysis, 2nd ed., 1986; (with J.N.B. Bell, J.N. Lester, and R. Perry, and contrib.) Acid Rain, 1987; (with S. Rapsomanikis, and contrib.) Environmental Analysis Using Chromatography Interfaced with Atomic Spectroscopy, 1989; (with R.S. Hamilton, and contrib.) Highway Pollution, 1991; Understanding Our Environment, 2nd ed., 1992, 3rd ed., 1999; (with M. Radojevic) Atmospheric Acidity, 1992; (with F.E. Warner) Radioecology after Chernobyl, 1993; (with R. van Grieken, and contrib.) Atmospheric Particles, 1998; (with R.E. Hester) Issues in Environmental Science and Technology, 17 vols., 1994-2002. Address: Division of Environmental Health and Risk Management, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, England. Online address: [email protected]