In 1989, she started as a university postdoctoral fellow and then research scientist at
Ohio State University in the
Byrd Polar Research Center. Her expertise includes geology and earth science, Her research centers on Antarctic Tectonics and she has led research teams to the Antarctic Peninsula and the Transantartic Mountains. Some of Anne Grunow's most cited and notable work includes her research on Pan-African deformation and the potential links to the lapetus opening. This research centered around data collections dating back to the late
Neoproterozoic era, and how they demonstrated a temporal correlation between Pan-African deformation and the Iapetus ocean basin closing. This research focused on the early
Cambrian Period tectonics and its association with volcanic arc magmatism . and published in
Journal of Geophysical Research. Her work was noted by the
United States Antarctic Program, which commented on the benefit of her work and the Polar Rock Repository's ability to provide samples from Antarctica to a variety of scientific sources for study. Grunow was also active in tectonics research of the Avalon Terrane in New England with Wellesley College mentor, Margaret Thompson. They have published many articles on the Boston Basin and it's evolution in the late Neoproterozoic to early Cambrian. She also conducted research on Neoproterozoic rocks near Corumba, Brazil and Puerto Suarez, Bolivia. Results from this work with colleague Loren Babcock have been published.
Publications • New paleomagnetic data from the
Antarctic Peninsula and their tectonic implications • The implications for
Gondwana of new
Ordovician paleomagnetic data from
igneous rocks in southern
Victoria Land,
East Antarctica • Pan-African deformation and the potential links to the lapetus opening • The changing magmatic and tectonic styles along the paleo-Pacific margin of
Gondwana and the onset of early
Paleozoic magmatism in Antarctica •
Gondwana assembly: The view from Southern Africa and East
Gondwana • Magnetic Data from
Subglacial Clasts,
West Antarctic Ice Sheet == Awards and honors ==