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Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (born 26 September 1959, in Sydney, Australia), is the inaugral Director of the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland, and the holder of a Queensland Smart State Premier fellowship (2008-2013). He is best known for his work on climate change and coral reefs.

Academic Career

Hoegh-Guldberg completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Sydney in 1982, before moving to UCLA to complete his PhD under the guidance of the late Len Muscatine in 1989. His PhD topic focused upon the physiology of corals and their zooxanthellae under thermal stress.

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg is a professor at the University of Queensland. He is a leading coral biologist whose study focuses on the impact of global warming and climate change on coral reefs eg coral bleaching ^[1] As of Oct 5, 2009, he had published 236 journal articles, 18 book chapters and been cited 3,373 times.^[2]

Current Positions

Professor of Marine Studies, University of Queensland

Director, Global Change Institute, University of Queensland

Director, Centre for Marine Studies, University of Queensland

Director, Heron Island, Low Isles and Moreton Bay Research Stations

Director, Stanford Australia Program

Deputy Director, ARC Centre for Excellence for Reef Studies

Visiting Professor, Stanford University

Awards

UCLA Distinguished Scholar Award (1988)

Robert D. Lasiewski Award, UCLA (1989)

Sydney University Award for Excellence in Teaching (1996)

The Eureka Prize for Scientific Research (1999)

Wesley College (University of Sydney) Medal (2009)

Queensland 2008 Smart State Premier's Fellow (2008 - 2013)

Selected publications

Hoegh-Guldberg O, Hughes L, McIntyre S, Lindenmayer DB, Parmesan C, Possingham HP, Thomas CD (2008) Assisted colonization and rapid climate change. Science 321:345-346

Anthony KRN, Kline DI, Diaz-Pulido G, Dove S, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2008) Ocean acidification causes bleaching and productivity loss in coral reef builders. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105:17442-17446

Hoegh-Guldberg O, Mumby PJ, Hooten AJ, Steneck RS, Greenfield P, Gomez E, Harvell CD, Sale PF, Edwards AJ, Caldeira K, Knowlton N, Eakin CM, Iglesias-Prieto R, Muthiga N, Bradbury RH, Dubi A, Hatziolos ME (2007) Coral reefs under rapid climate change and ocean acidification. Science 318:1737-1742

Hoegh-Guldberg O (2006) Ecology - Complexities of coral reef recovery. Science 311:42-43

Hughes TP, Baird AH, Bellwood DR, Card M, Connolly SR, Folke C, Grosberg R, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Jackson JBC, Kleypas J, Lough JM, Marshall P, Nystrom M, Palumbi SR, Pandolfi JM, Rosen B, Roughgarden J (2003) Climate change, human impacts, and the resilience of coral reefs. Science 301:929-933

Hoegh-Guldberg O, Jones RJ, Ward S, Loh WK (2002) "Is coral bleaching really adaptive?" Letter: Nature, 415:601-602

Hoegh-Guldberg O (1999) "Coral bleaching, Climate Change and the future of the world’s Coral Reefs." Review, Marine and Freshwater Research, 50:839-866

External links

^ Reuters Summit-Endangered coral becomes climate warning system | Reuters
^ Author search for "HOEGH GULDBERG O" and "HOEGHGULBERG O", Web of Science, October 5th, 2009.

Faculty page at the University of Queensland
Blog
NPR interview
The Heat Of The Moment from ABC-TV's Australian Story series profiles the life & work of Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (Feb 2009, includes Transcript)

[1] Reuters Summit-Endangered coral becomes climate warning system | Reuters

[2] Author search for "HOEGH GULDBERG O" and "HOEGHGULBERG O", Web of Science, October 5th, 2009.

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	==Academic Career		==Academic Career==

	Hoegh-Guldberg completed his undergraduate degree at the [[University of Sydney]] in 1982, before moving to UCLA to complete his PhD under the guidance of the late Len Muscatine in 1989. His PhD topic focused upon the physiology of [[corals]] and their [[zooxanthellae]] under thermal stress.		Hoegh-Guldberg completed his undergraduate degree at the [[University of Sydney]] in 1982, before moving to UCLA to complete his PhD under the guidance of the late Len Muscatine in 1989. His PhD topic focused upon the physiology of [[corals]] and their [[zooxanthellae]] under thermal stress.