Laureates of the Japan Prize

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John Frederick Grassle, Ph. D.
- Nationality:
USA
- Date of Birth:
14 July 1939
Outline of Achievements
The 2013 Japan Prize
- Field:
Biological Production and Biological Environment
- Achievement:
Contribution to marine environmental conservation through research on ecology and biodiversity of deep-sea organisms
- Lecture:
A New Appreciation of Ocean Life
Major Honors
2005 |
Grand Prix des Sciences de la Mer Albert 1er de Monaco, for "major contributions to the advancement of sciences throughout the world" |
2008 |
National Water Quality Monitoring Council's Vision Award |
2009 |
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth and Environmental Science |
2011 |
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, A.C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement Award |
2011 |
International Cosmos Prize, presented by the Expo 90 Foundation to the Census of Marine Life Scientific Steering Committee |
Academic Degrees
1961 |
Yale University, B.S. in Zoology |
1967 |
Duke University, Ph.D. in Benthic Ecology and Ocean Biogeography |
Professional Career
1967-1969 |
US Government Postdoctoral Grant - Fulbright-Hays Act University of Queensland, Australia |
1969-1973 |
Assistant Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
1974-1978 |
Associate Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
1978-1989 |
Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
1989-1996 |
Adjunct Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
1989-2008 |
Professor II and Founding Director, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
2008-2012 |
Professor II, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
Present |
Professor Emeritus, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
Major Publications
- Grassle, J. F., Patil, G. P. Smith, W., and Taille, C. (eds.). Ecological diversity in theory and practice. International Cooperative Publishing House, Fairland, Maryland. 365 pp. (1979)
- Grassle, J. F. In situ studies of deep-sea communities, pp. 321-332. In: J. P. Diemer, F. J. Vernberg and D. Z. Mirkes (eds.). Advanced Concepts in Ocean Measurements. Belle W. Baruch Library of Marine Science No. 10, Univ. S. Carolina Press. (1980)
- Grassle, J. F. Hydrothermal vent animals: distribution and biology. Science 229:713-717. (1985)
- Grassle, J. F. The ecology of deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities. Adv. Mar. Biol. 23:301-362. (1986)
- Grassle, J. F. and Maciolek, N. J. Deep-sea species richness: regional and local diversity estimates from quantitative bottom samples. Amer. Nat. 139(2):313-341. (1992)
- Snelgrove, P. V. R., Grassle, J. F., and Petrecca, R. F. The role of food patches in maintaining high deep-sea diversity: field experiments using hydrodynamically unbiased colonization trays. Limnol. Oceanog. 37:1543-1550. (1992)
- Grassle, J. F. The ocean biogeographic information system (OBIS): an on-line, worldwide atlas for accessing, modeling and mapping marine biological data in a multidimensional context. Oceanography 13(3):5-9. (2000)
- Zhang, Y. and Grassle, J. F. A portal for the Ocean Biogeographic
Information System. Oceanologica Acta 25:193-197. (2003)