Andrea Grottoli Explained

Andréa Geneviève Grottoli
Workplaces:Ohio State University
Alma Mater:McGill University
University of Houston
University of California, Irvine
Thesis Title:Interpretation of stable carbon isotopes in reef coral skeletons and applications for paleoclimate reconstruction
Thesis Url:http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42451706
Thesis Year:1998

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.

Early life and education

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.

Research and career

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 where she studied corals of the Mediterranean, and how they are able to survive in stressful environments.

Awards and honours

Personal life

Grottoli is married with one daughter.

Notes and References

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