Robert Harriss
President

email:Ârharriss@harc.edu
phone:  281-363-7910

Robert Harriss is President and CEO of the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC). His professional interests focus on sustainability science, engineering, education and policy. He was formerly Senior Scientist and Director of the Institute for the Study of Society and the Environment at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO. Prior positions included a Harvard University postdoctoral fellowship and faculty appointments at McMaster University (Canada), Florida State University, University of New Hampshire, Texas A&M University, and the University of Colorado. He also served ten years as a Senior Scientist in the ocean and atmospheric sciences at the NASA Langley Research Center and three years as Science Director for the Mission to Planet Earth Program at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Dr. Harriss obtained a B.S. in Geology from Florida State University and a Ph.D. in Geochemistry from Rice University.

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• Comprehensive Anticipatory Design
• Earth System Science
• Uses and Value of Weather and Climate Information

• Disaster Dynamics
• Galveston Futures: Planning for a Resilient Island
• Water and Vulnerability in the Lower Rio Grande/Rio Conchos