Andréa Geneviève Grottoli is a Canadian biologist who is Professor of Earth Sciences at the Ohio State University. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and was named the 2021 American Geophysical Union Rachel Carson Lecturer. She is the President of the International Coral Reef Society.

Andréa Geneviève Grottoli
Alma materMcGill University
University of Houston
University of California, Irvine
Scientific career
InstitutionsOhio State University
ThesisInterpretation of stable carbon isotopes in reef coral skeletons and applications for paleoclimate reconstruction (1998)

Early life and education

edit

Grottoli was an undergraduate at McGill University.[1] She was a graduate student at the University of Houston, where she studied reef coral skeletons with Gerard Wellington.[2] During her graduate studies, she went on a field trip to Hawaii with Paul Jokiel, and became inspired to learn more about coral reefs.[3] She moved to the University of California, Irvine, where she worked as a postdoctoral fellow with Ellen Druffel.[citation needed]

Research and career

edit

In 2001, Grottoli started her academic career at the University of Pennsylvania, where she was supported by a Institute for Citizens & Scholars Fellowship. She was appointed assistant professor at Ohio State University in 2005. She established the Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry Laboratory.[4] Her research combines geochemistry and coral biology.[5] She is particularly interested in what allows corals to become resistant to climate change. She was a speaker at a 2015 TEDx Ohio State University event, where she spoke about the connection between humans and corals.[6]

In 2019, Grottoli launched the Coral Bleaching Research Coordination Network (CBRCN).[7] In 2020, she was awarded a Fulbright Program Fellowship.[8] She spent the year in the Sorbonne University Oceanographic Lab in Villefranche-sur-Mer[8] where she studied corals of the Mediterranean, and how they are able to survive in stressful environments.[8]

Awards and honours

edit

Selected publications

edit
  • Andréa G Grottoli; Lisa J Rodrigues; James E Palardy (1 April 2006). "Heterotrophic plasticity and resilience in bleached corals". Nature. 440 (7088): 1186–1189. doi:10.1038/NATURE04565. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 16641995. Wikidata Q30813751.
  • W.K. Fitt; R.D. Gates; O. Hoegh-Guldberg; et al. (22 April 2009). "Response of two species of Indo-Pacific corals, Porites cylindrica and Stylophora pistillata, to short-term thermal stress: The host does matter in determining the tolerance of corals to bleaching". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 373 (2): 102–110. doi:10.1016/J.JEMBE.2009.03.011. ISSN 0022-0981. Wikidata Q72993207.
  • Kenneth R. N. Anthony; Mia O. Hoogenboom; Jeffrey A. Maynard; Andréa G. Grottoli; Rachael Middlebrook (June 2009). "Energetics approach to predicting mortality risk from environmental stress: a case study of coral bleaching". Functional Ecology. 23 (3): 539–550. doi:10.1111/J.1365-2435.2008.01531.X. ISSN 0269-8463. Wikidata Q58383754.

Personal life

edit

Grottoli is married with one daughter.[citation needed]

References

edit
  1. ^ "Andréa Grottoli | Professor in the School of Earth Sciences". u.osu.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  2. ^ "Andrea Grottoli - Coral reefs and climate change: How will they survive? | Hopkins Marine Station". hopkinsmarinestation.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  3. ^ "ECO ECO-SI Coral Reefs 2020". digital.ecomagazine.com. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  4. ^ "Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry Lab | School of Earth Sciences". earthsciences.osu.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  5. ^ a b "Grottoli Receives 2018 Ocean Sciences Voyager Award". Eos. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  6. ^ "TEDxOhioStateUniversity | TED". www.ted.com. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  7. ^ "Coral Bleaching RCN | Andréa Grottoli". u.osu.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  8. ^ a b c "Grottoli Receives Fulbright Award". oia.osu.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  9. ^ "F.W. Clarke Award | Geochemical Society". www.geochemsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  10. ^ a b "Awards & Honors Recipients". International Coral Reef Society. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  11. ^ "Professor Andrea Grottoli named AAAS Fellow". earthsciences.osu.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  12. ^ "Professor Grottoli receives AGU's Voyager Award". earthsciences.osu.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  13. ^ "2021 Awards & Honors Recipients". International Coral Reef Society. 2021-06-23. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  14. ^ "2021 AGU Section Awardees and Named Lecturers". Eos. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  15. ^ "Grottoli named Ohio State Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor". earthsciences.osu.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-11.