Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (biologist)
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. He completed his PhD at UCLA under the guidance of the late Len Muscatine in 1989, focusing upon the physiology of corals 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] His wife Dr Sophie Dove is also on the faculty of the University of Queensland and has collaborated with him & others in the field of coral ecology.[3].
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 Is, Low Isles and Morton 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, December 4, 2007.
- ^ Faculty page of Senior Lecturer Dr Sophie Dove at the University of Queensland
- 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)