Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (biologist)

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
AC FAA
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg AC FAA
	Ove Hoegh-Guldberg in 2012
Born	Australia
Citizenship	Australian
Alma mater	University of Sydney; UCLA (PhD);
Known for	Director of Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland; Co-author of the IPCC 8 October 2018 Special Report on Global Warming 1.5°C; Chief Scientist Advisor for Chasing Coral, a Netflix Documentary;
Awards	Australian Laureate Fellowship (2012);
	Scientific career
Fields	marine biology; coral reefs; climate change;
Institutions	University of Queensland
Thesis	The effect of sudden changes in temperature, light and salinity on the population density and export of zooxanthellae from the reef corals Stylophora pistillata Esper and Seriatopora hystrix Dana (1989)

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg AC FAA is an Australian biologist and climate scientist specialising in coral reefs, in particular bleaching due to global warming and climate change. He is the inaugural director of the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland, and the holder of a Queensland Smart State Premier fellowship (2008–2013). He was a major contributor to the influential IPCC 8 October 2018 Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C. Hoegh-Guldberg has appeared on television, including two Australian Story programs profiling his life and work, as well as radio. Throughout his career he has been an active science communicator, including writing a blog and articles for The Conversation and other media outlets.