Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg 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.