SBS 2026 Keynote

Dr. Andréa G. Grottoli

Distinguished Professor of Earth Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences, Ohio State University

About Dr. Grottoli

From Dr. Grottoli’s website: Professor Grottoli has been studying coral reefs for 30 years. She and her team are focused on three areas of research: 1- determining what drives resilience in corals in the face of climate change, 2- developing blue technology for enhancing coral survivorship and restoration success, and 3- reconstructing oceanographic conditions in the past. She uses a combination of biology, physiology, and geochemistry tools in her research coupled with fieldwork and scuba diving. She has a pending patent for the UZELA technology (Underwater Zooplankton Enhancement Light Array) — a device that locally concentrates zooplankton so that corals have more to eat, grow more, and die less. She has published peer-reviewed journal articles in such journals as Nature, Global Change Biology, and Nature Communications, and she has  been featured on National Public Radio and several websites and newspapers. Her recent Science Sundays talk “Can We Save Coral Reefs?” and Voices of Excellence podcast “Will Coral Reefs Survive?” summarizes her current work and passion for coral reefs.