Brontë Harris is a researcher employed with the Icelandic Marine and Freshwater Research Institute and the Icelandic Seal Centre, assisting Dr. Sandra Granquist with field work for multiple projects looking at the behavioural ecology of Harbour seals in Iceland and the impacts of tourism on their behaviour.
With a master’s in marine and coastal management from the University Centre of the Westfjords completed in 2024 and an undergraduate degree in Zoology from the University of Exeter (UK). She started working as a summer employee for the Seal Research Department in 2021 and continued to help with summer research projects over the next four years. She has research interests in the ecology and behavioural ecology of Icelandic Harbour seals and Grey seals and underwater acoustics with a specific focus on underwater noise pollution from boats, which was the basis of her masters thesis (The Phonic Footprint of Marine Tourism, exploring the underwater sound levels of whale watching and cruise vessels within Skjálfandi Bay).