Caitlin Harris
PhD Researcher
Caitlin is a PhD student researching the impacts of floating offshore wind infrastructure on the distribution and behaviour of fish and marine mammals. Her work uses a combination of active and passive acoustics to investigate spatiotemporal variability of fish and cetacean distributions around floating turbines to quantify changes, monitor temporal trends, assess potential FAD effects and individual behaviour. Results will be compared to research on fixed offshore structures to assess specific effects from floating structures.
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2022 – Current: PhD researcher in ecology and environmental interactions, University of the Highlands and Islands
2021 – 2022: MSc (with distinction) Marine Conservation, Aberdeen University
2017 – 2021: BSc (1st class) Ecology and Conservation, University of Leeds
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PhD research for the IFLOW project which investigates the impacts of floating offshore wind on fish and marine mammals. Currently supporting fieldwork campaigns and data collection for the PELAgIO project which investigates ecosystem effects of offshore wind farms.
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PhD supervised by Dr. Benjamin Williamson, Dr. Steven Benjamins, Prof. Beth Scott


