Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (biologist)

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (biologist)

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (born 26 September 1959, in Sydney, Australia), 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 is best known for his work on climate change and coral reefs. Hoegh-Guldberg has appeared on television (including the Australian Story series profiling his life & work) and radio and maintains a blog on coral reefs, politics and the environment.

He is of Danish ancestry and is a direct descendant and namesake of Ove Høegh-Guldberg, a prominent political figure in late 18th Century Denmark.