He is also interested in transdisciplinary research, collaborating with social scientists to address ocean-based solutions to minimize climate change and its impacts.

In 1990, Gattuso took a position of CNRS research scientist at Centre de Biologie et Écologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne of the University of Perpignan (1990-1992).

In 1998, Gattuso went back to a CNRS joint laboratory at the Villefranche Oceanographic Observatory and moved to the ranks of Research Professor (directeur de recherche).

He founded the Biogeosciences Division [4] of the European Geosciences Union, and has received multiple awards and honors for his research contributions.

)[15] His current research relates to the effects of ocean acidification and warming on marine ecosystems and the services that they provide to society.