Thomas Grevesse

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Thomas Grevesse grew up in a small village of the French speaking region of Belgium. After a bachelor in chemical sciences at Namur University, he joined the University of Mons for a Master's in chemistry to pursue his interest in material chemistry. During this Master's program, he was amazed to discover that all living systems are complex and dynamic materials. This prompted him to study how mechanical shocks modify the biology of neurons during traumatic brain injuries for a Master followed by a PhD thesis. He then used the knowledge gained in his PhD to build organ-on-a-chip devices that mimic the structural organization and biological function of various organs at Harvard University to better understand the physiology and diseases of human organs.

After his experience in the US, Grevesse had at heart to use his passion for the study of complex biological systems to tackle important and urgent ecological problems. He consequently reembarked on the PhD adventure at Concordia University where he explored how the ecology and metabolic function of microbiomes impact geochemical cycles in a rapidly changing Arctic Ocean. From his experience in Canada, Thomas traded the extreme cold and meters of snow to the extreme heat of the desert to join the Mubadala Arabian Center for Climate and Environmental Sciences at NYUAD. Here Thomas is part of the ecological monitoring of the Arabian Gulf where he will elucidate the ecology and function of the ocean microbiome and how it is linked to the health of the general Gulf ecosystem.