Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences in the School of Earth Sciences at OSU
Director, Coral Bleaching Research Coordination Network
Faculty Fellow, Office of Academic Affairs at OSU
Affiliated Professor, Dept of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, OSU
Education:
BSc. from McGill University (1992)
PhD from the University of Houston (1998)
Dreyfus Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California – Irvine (2000)
Area of expertise:
Coral biology, physiology, and biogeochemistry
Climate change impacts on coral reefs
Coral resilience
Blue technology interventions for coral restoration and conservation
Paleoceanography and land-use change histories from coral isotopes and trace metals
Awards and Recognition:
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2017)
Fellow, International Coral Reef Society (2016)
Fellow, Ohio State University President and Provost’s Leadership Institute (2015-2016)
Fellow, Committee on Institutional Cooperation Academic Leadership Program (2013-2014)
Fulbright Scholar (France) 2020-2021
Rachel Carson Lecturer, American Geophysical Union’s Ocean Sciences Section (2021)
Voyager Award (mid-career), American Geophysical Union’s Ocean Sciences Section (2018)
Mid-Career Award, International Coral Reef Society (2016)
Faculty Mentor Award, OSU School of Earth Sciences (2016)
F.W. Clarke Award, Geochemical Society, Young Scientist Award in Geochemistry (2004)
American Society of Mass Spectrometry Research Award (2003)
Best Paper Award in the journal Coral Reefs (2000)
Other current leadership roles:
LabEX CORAIL (France), Scientific Council Member
OSU, School of Earth Sciences Administrative Committee, Member
OSU, School of Earth Sciences, DEI Committee, co-chair
Past positions:
President of the International Coral Reef Society (2019-2022)
Certifications:
Academic Leadership Program, Committee on Institutional Cooperation (B10) (2013-14)
President and Provost’s Leadership Institute, Ohio State University (2015-16)
Optimizing the Practice of Mentoring (National Research Mentoring Network at the University of Minnesota’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute) (Nov 2018)
OSU University Institute for Teaching and Learning Component 1 & 2 (2020)