
Member Since 1996
Niki Gruber
Professor, ETH Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Dr. Gruber received his Ph.D. in 1997 from the University of Bern. After three years as a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University, he joined UCLA in 2000 as an assistant professor, receiving tenure in 2005. In 2006, he was appointed as full professor at ETH Zurich, where he is currently heading the Environmental Physics Group. Dr. Gruber has written over 230 peer-reviewed publications, contributed to IPCC, and co-authored with Jorge Sarmiento the textbook "Ocean Biogeochemical Dynamics".
Professional Experience
ETH Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Head/Professor, Biochemistry Group
2012 - Present
ETH Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Professor
2006 - Present
University of Bern
PhD
1997 - Present
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Education
University of Bern
Doctorate
2007
ETH Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Masters
2003
Honors & Awards
Publications

High‐Resolution Variability of the Ocean Carbon Sink
Measurements of the surface ocean fugacity of carbon dioxide (fCO2) provide an important constraint on the global ocean carbon sink, yet the gap...
August 22, 2024

Column‐Compound Extremes in the Global Ocean
May 23, 2024

Thank You to Our 2023 Peer Reviewers
April 30, 2024
AGU Abstracts
SOCOMv2: On the strengths and limits of pCO2 interpolation products to estimate the ocean carbon sink
ADVANCING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF OCEAN CARBON AND THE AIR-SEA CARBON FLUX II POSTER
ocean sciences | 13 december 2024
Alizée Roobaert, Peter Landschuetzer, Christian Rö...
The ocean acts as a significant sink for anthropogenic CO2, but recent results from the Global Carbon Budget (GCB) point to a discrepancy in estimates...
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Observation-based Progression of Ocean Interior Acidification over the Industrial Era
OBSERVATION-BASED DATA PRODUCTS OF OCEAN BIOGEOCHEMISTRY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF STANDARDIZED MEASUREMENT AND UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION PROTOCOLS IN MARINE SCIENCE II ORAL
ocean biology and biogeochemistry | 23 february 2024
Jens D. Müller, Nicolas Gruber
The oceanic uptake of anthropogenic CO2 (Cant) moderates climate change, but the accumulation of this Cant in the oceans interior perturbs the most vo...
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Column-Compound Extremes- From the Global to Southern Ocean
MARINE HEAT WAVES IN A CHANGING WORLD IV ORAL
climate and ocean change | 22 february 2024
Joel Wong, Matthias Munnich, Nicolas Gruber
Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are becoming more prevalent in the oceans, posing a threat to marine organisms and ecosystems. In addition, ocean acidity extr...
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Volunteer Experience
2019 - 2024
Editor
AGU Advances
2017 - 2017
Member
Union Fellows Committee
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