Associates
Looking for an internship or research collaborator in your region? Need some expertise about a specific biome? Are you a journalist looking for a scientist to talk to about mycorrhizal networks? Discover our global network of 170+ science associates from more than 30 countries here.
To join our network, contact our associates team here:
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Ajay Neupane
Mechi Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University

Ajay Neupane
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Location
Research Description
I am involved in the study of various aspects of plant biodiversity & its connection to local/Indigenous communities. Recently, forming a multidisciplinary team and using anthropology deep inquiry, scientific explorations and local/community participatory observation, we have completed an ethnomycological project, working among the very endangered, Meche indigenous community in the southern plain of Nepal.
I am interested in Mycorrhizal Fungal species, Tropical Forest Ecology, Invasion of alien plant species, Plant systematics, Conservation biological study of rare and endangered species, and learning the linkage of biodiversity and local communities. Anyone interested in working in Eastern Nepal in the above-listed field can reach out to me.
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Andres Stucke
University of Hildesheim
Andres Stucke
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Location
Research Description
I investigate truffle distribution and its potential for sustainable land use
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Bilembo Blaise
Université Nationale Pédagogique
Bilembo Blaise
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Claudia Bashian-Victoroff
The Holden Arboretum
Claudia Bashian-Victoroff
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Location
Research Description
My research is focused on ectomycorrhizal fungi in forest ecosystems. I am passionate about coupling field collections with molecular identification methods to investigate ectomycorrhizal species diversity. As a Holden biologist, I am driven to connect people to fungi and their tree partners.
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Colin Domnauer
University of Utah / Natural History Museum of Utah
Colin Domnauer
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Ethnomycology; Boletaceae phylogenetics
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Cristian Silva
Guardian of Bio Lab

Cristian Silva
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
From 2020 I was involved in manufacturing mycelium bio-composites from locally available biomass and fungi species. I was able to isolate fungi species from local forests and identify local lingo-cellulose rich biomass to grow mycelium bio-composites in Sri Lanka.
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Danielle Stevenson
UC Riverside and DIY Fungi
Danielle Stevenson
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
AMF and other fungal roles in bioremediation of contaminated sites
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David Robles
UC Davis
David Robles
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Microbial community composition, C cycling, and N cycling within organically amended agroecosystems.
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Dr. Adolphe ZEZE
Instiut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouet Boigny
Dr. Adolphe ZEZE
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
environmental microbiologist
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Dr. Adriana L. Romero-Olivares
New Mexico State University

Dr. Adriana L. Romero-Olivares
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Responses and adaptation of fungi to global climate change and impacts to biogeochemical cycles.
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Dr. Adriana Montañez Massa
Facultad de Ciencias
Dr. Adriana Montañez Massa
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
My lines of research include: 1- Microbial ecology: beneficial interactions between plants and soil microorganisms: biological nitrogen fixation and arbuscular mycorrhizae; 2- Soil biodiversity; 3- Soil quality/health indicators: biological parameters; 4-Biotechnology: use of beneficial microorganisms in agriculture
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Dr. Alexis Carteron
Università degli Studi di Milano

Dr. Alexis Carteron
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Location
Research Description
I study the impact of mycorrhiza on the distribution, dynamics and functioning of forests. I am also interested at understanding the interactions of the entire soil biota during ecosystem development.
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Dr. Alia Rodriguez Villate
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Dr. Alia Rodriguez Villate
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
We look at how to use genetic variation of mycorrhizal fungi to improve growth of tropical crops and improve soil structure and carbon sequestration. We also study effects of AMF inoculation on AMF community structure and the interaction with the soil microbiome.
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Dr. Andrea C. Rinaldi
University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
Dr. Andrea C. Rinaldi
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Location
Research Description
The main focus of my research is on ectomycorrhizal symbiosis and the study of mycorrhizal communities in selected ecosystems. Also, I'm very interested in fungal mapping and relevant conservation efforts.
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Dr. Andrea G. Vincent
Universidad de Costa Rica
Dr. Andrea G. Vincent
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Biogeochemical cycling of phosphorus and carbon in tropical ecosystems.
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Dr. Anita Antoninka
Northern Arizona University

Dr. Anita Antoninka
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
I am interested in how soil organisms, like mycorrhizal fungi and biocrusts, shape the function of ecosystems and can be used in restoraiton.
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Dr. Antonio Leon-Reyes
Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Dr. Antonio Leon-Reyes
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
My primary research of interest is strengthening the plant immune system by using elicitors to bust systemic resistance, find molecular parameters that control mineral nutrition to increase the plant’s self-defense, and study changes in plant microbiome for plant protection.
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Dr. Ariadne Nóbrega Marinho Furtado
Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Dr. Ariadne Nóbrega Marinho Furtado
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Location
Research Description
I study Brazilian fungal diversity, especially from white-sand ecosystems (aka restinga). The main focus of my research is on neotropical ectomycorrhizae and the communities in selected areas.
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Dr. Arooj Naseer
University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

Dr. Arooj Naseer
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Ectomycorrhizal community structure of Himalayan and Hindu Kush Forests of Pakistan. Multigene Phylogeny of Mushrooms from Plains to alpine regions.
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Dr. Arthur Prudêncio de Araujo Pereira
Federal University of Ceará

Dr. Arthur Prudêncio de Araujo Pereira
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Microbial ecology in Brazilian drylands to disentangle the impacts of soil desertification on the mycorrhizal fungi community.
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Dr. Bruno Tomio Goto
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Dr. Bruno Tomio Goto
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
I am a taxonomist, describing the diversity and evolutionary biology of Glomeromycota.
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Dr. Burenjargal Otgonsuren
Mongolian University of Life Sciences
Dr. Burenjargal Otgonsuren
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Location
Research Description
I work on community ecology of ectomycorrhizas in boreal forests and arbuscular mycorrhizas in Mongolian grassland.
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Dr. Camille Delavaux
ETH Zurich; The University of Kansas

Dr. Camille Delavaux
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Location
Research Description
Aims to understand how plant-microbial interactions and human drivers influence plant diversity and structure.
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Dr. Camille Truong
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria

Dr. Camille Truong
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Diversity and evolution of ectomycorrhizal associations in the southern hemisphere and their role to explain ecosystem functions in forests.
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Dr. Carlo Jacomini
ISPRA
Dr. Carlo Jacomini
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Soil and Land Ecology Lab, Head
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Dr. Catherine Gehring
Northern Arizona University
Dr. Catherine Gehring
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
I study plant -fungal associations and how they respond to environmental change and can be used to restore degraded ecosystems.
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Dr. Cesar Arriagada
Universidad de La Frontera
Dr. Cesar Arriagada
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Mycoremediation
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Dr. Chikae Tatsumi
Boston University
Dr. Chikae Tatsumi
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
My main research interest is how soil microbial communities respond to various global changes, and how their response cause the changes in biogeochemical cycling in terrestrial ecosystems.
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Dr. Christine Hawkes
North Carolina State University

Dr. Christine Hawkes
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Plant and microbial ecology focused on microbiome stress mediation in plants and soil microbiome response to climate change.
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Dr. Christopher W. Fernandez
Syracuse University
Dr. Christopher W. Fernandez
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Mycorrhizal control of C and nutrient cycles.
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Dr. César Marín
Universidad Santo Tomás (Chile) - Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences

Dr. César Marín
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Soil and mycorrhizal ecology, focusing on the causal relationships between different measures of microbial biodiversity and ecosystem functions/services. Focus in South America.
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Dr. César Terrer
MIT CEE
Dr. César Terrer
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
My work has been focused on the effects of CO2 in terrestrial ecosystems, the role of soil nutrients in a climate change context, and plant-soil interactions. My research shows that mycorrhizal associations play a major role in the carbon cycle at a global scale, affecting the speed of global warming.
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Dr. Danielle Karla Alves da Silva
Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Dr. Danielle Karla Alves da Silva
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Ecology, diversity and taxonomy of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in natural and anthropized ecosystems in tropical areas.
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Dr. Danny Haelewaters
Ghent University
Dr. Danny Haelewaters
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Understudied fungi in understudied habitats, evolutionary biology, taxonomy and conservation, community ecology of trophic interactions
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Dr. Diego Michelini
Faculty of Agronomy, Universidad de la República
Dr. Diego Michelini
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Location
Research Description
Apart of teaching in Agronomy, I work in the phosphorus acquisition strategies of Rio de la Plata grasslands.
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Dr. Dmitry Schigel
schigel@gmail.com
Dr. Dmitry Schigel
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Dead wood fungi
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Dr. Douglas Godbold
University of natural resources and life sciences (BOKU)
Dr. Douglas Godbold
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Community ecology of ectomycorrhizas of tree line trees in the European alps and boreal forests of Mongolia. Cold tolerance of ectomycorrhizas
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Dr. Eddie Brzostek
Department of Biology, West Virginia University
Dr. Eddie Brzostek
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
My research program measures and models the impacts of interactions between roots, mycorrhizae, and free-living microbes on ecosystem responses to global change.
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Dr. Edith C. Hammer
Lund University
Dr. Edith C. Hammer
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Location
Research Description
Assistant professor of microbial ecology and environmental sciences. Loves mycorrhiza and their ecophysiology, and recently studies hyphal networks, their interactions and decision making in soil chips.
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Dr. Elly Morriën
University of Amsterdam

Dr. Elly Morriën
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Soil ecology focused on broad soil biota & fungi unraveling how interactions within the soil food web drives soil functions & carbon storage.
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Dr. Erik Verbruggen
University of Antwerp
Dr. Erik Verbruggen
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Relationships between mycorrhizal fungi and plant biodiversity, the soil microbiome, and ecosystem functioning.
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Dr. Francis M. Martin
INRAE

Dr. Francis M. Martin
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
My research is focusing on understanding how soil fungi drive forest ecosystems through their roles in important soil processes including organic matter decomposition and nutrient turnover, as well as carbon sequestration. Much of his research has concentrated on ectomycorrhizal fungi, which form symbiotic associations with the roots of forest trees. I'm developing large-scale genomics and environmental genomics for investigating the function and role of this highly significant class of soil microorganisms.
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Dr. Franck Stefani
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Dr. Franck Stefani
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Location
Research Description
Curator of the Canadian Collection of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, lead of the Canadian Soil Biodiversity Observatory (Ontario and Québec)
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Dr. Franz-Sebastian Krah
Goethe University Frankfurt
Dr. Franz-Sebastian Krah
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Fungal ecology from gene to ecosystem.
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Dr. Gerardo Ojeda
Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia - UNAD

Dr. Gerardo Ojeda
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Location
Research Description
Professor specializing in soil microbial activity and soil organic matter decomposition, and section editor of Land Degradation and Development journal.
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Dr. Gregory Janusz Pec
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Dr. Gregory Janusz Pec
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Location
Research Description
I study the belowground interactions between plants, microbes and their environment. My research group addresses both basic and applied questions to the restoration and management of terrestrial ecosystems. We have also become increasingly involved in ecological projects on agricultural adaptation to climate change.
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Dr. Gregory M. Mueller
Chicago Botanic Garden and IUCN SSC Fungal Conservation Committee
Dr. Gregory M. Mueller
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Systematics, diversity, and distribution macrofungi with a focus on ectomycorrhizal species. Coordination and capacity building of fungal conservation efforts.
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Dr. Hannah Karuri
University of Embu
Dr. Hannah Karuri
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
My research interest is in free-living and plant-parasitic nematodes but I also work on other groups of soil organisms.
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Dr. Heidi-Jayne Hawkins
Conservation International; University of Cape Town

Dr. Heidi-Jayne Hawkins
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Location
Research Description
My main interest is nutrient cycling and drivers in aboveground-belowground communities including mycorrhiza, and what this means for ecosystem functioning and global change. Recent work tests how major drivers in grasslands and savanna (climate, herbivory, fire, woody plant encroachment) affect primary productivity as well as nutrient cycling, soil microbial and faunal diversity, and carbon sinks.
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Dr. Ian Dickie
University of Canterbury
Dr. Ian Dickie
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Understanding the role of fungi and other cryptic organisms on ecosystem functioning.
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Dr. Ian R. Sanders
University of Lausanne
Dr. Ian R. Sanders
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
We look at how to use genetic variation of mycorrhizal fungi to improve growth of tropical crops and improve soil structure and carbon sequestration. We also study effects of AMF inoculation on AMF community structure and the interaction with the soil microbiome.
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Dr. Jacob Ulzen
University of Ghana
Dr. Jacob Ulzen
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Location
Research Description
Jacob is a soil scientist with focus on soil fertility and microbiology. Jacob does research in nutrient cycling, plant nutrition, integrated soil fertility management, biological nitrogen fixation, carbon sequestration and citizen science.
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Dr. Jaime Andrés Duque Barbosa
Docente Universidad de Antioquia
Dr. Jaime Andrés Duque Barbosa
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Location
Research Description
Interesado en la diversidad de macrohongos neotropicales, en especial la familia de hongos ectomicorrícicos Russulaceae.
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Dr. Jaime E. Blair
Franklin & Marshall College

Dr. Jaime E. Blair
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Location
Research Description
My research lab focuses on the evolution of microbial eukaryotes, specifically the fungal-like oomycetes. We use a combination of field collection, lab isolation, and molecular characterization to describe new species, explore species distributions, and dissect genomic features associated with hybridization and pathogenicity.
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Dr. Janusz Blaszkowski
West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin
Dr. Janusz Blaszkowski
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Taxonomy and occurrence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (phylum Glomeromycota)
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Dr. Jason Hoeksema
University of Mississippi

Dr. Jason Hoeksema
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Ecological and evolutionary consequences of interactions among species, including coevolution between plants and mycorrhizal fungi, how mycorrhizal networks alter plant ecology, and the dynamics of plant-fungal co-invasions.
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Dr. Jenny M. Bhatnagar
Boston University
Dr. Jenny M. Bhatnagar
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Location
Research Description
I am a microbial ecologist, biogeochemist, and professor at Boston University with 20+ years of experience leading research teams in ecosystem ecology, soil biogeochemistry, and environmental microbiome science. My research focuses on using molecular and biogeochemistry tools to identify how human-induced global changes – such as warming, elevated carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, nutrient pollution, and urbanization – impact patterns of microbial abundance and activity in forests at the molecular, community, and landscape levels.
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Dr. Jessica Duchicela
Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE
Dr. Jessica Duchicela
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
My research revolves around the ecology of plant and soil microbial interactions and their effects on ecosystem services. I am particularly intrigued by the biodiversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities, their effect on soil aggregation and how this knowledge can be applied to the field of restoration and conservation ecology. Rhizosphere microbiome assembly from invasive, domesticated and will congener plants. Science diplomacy, science policy analyst and STEM advocator.
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Dr. John Davison
University of Tartu
Dr. John Davison
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Biogeography and community ecology of plants and other soil organisms with a focus on the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis.
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Dr. John Ramana
Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research
Dr. John Ramana
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Plant - microbiome interactions and understanding the role of mycorrhizal fungi in plant invasions, forest restoration, and carbon sequestration and agriculture.
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Dr. Jonathan Bennett
University of Saskatchewan

Dr. Jonathan Bennett
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Focus on natural variation in plant interactions with mycorrhizal fungi, and how these interactions change with different management actions. Mycorrhizal research is then applied in agroecosystems.
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Dr. Jonathan Plett
Western Sydney University
Dr. Jonathan Plett
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
My main two areas of research are seeking to understand the role of microbial secreted proteins, nucleic acids, and metabolites in negotiating symbiotic interactions with plants (chemical ecology). I also study the plant perception systems that enable them to differentiate between mutualistic and pathogenic microbes.
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Dr. Jorinde Nuytinck
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Dr. Jorinde Nuytinck
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Fungal diversity, evolution and function in nature and in urban environments. Focus on ectomycorrhizal and biotrophic macrofungi.
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Dr. Joshua Herr
School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska
Dr. Joshua Herr
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
The research in my laboratory is fairly broad, but we are mostly interested in understanding the taxonomic and functional diversity of mycorrhizal fungi with a particular focus on arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal fungi in the Great Plains of North America.
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Dr. Joyce Mnyazi Jefwa
Pwani University, Kilifi Kenya
Dr. Joyce Mnyazi Jefwa
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
My research focuses on Mycorrhiza and Mushrooms utilization, restoration and conservation in natural and agro-ecosystems. Additionally, I am working on the bio-geography of mycorrhiza for inoculum production and management of degraded habitats.
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Dr. Julieta Alvarez Manjarrez
Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Dr. Julieta Alvarez Manjarrez
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Tropical ecology of fungal communities with main interest in the ectomycorrhizal and pathogenic fungi.
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Dr. Justine Karst
University of Alberta
Dr. Justine Karst
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
I study the mycorrhizal ecology of forests. Through a combination of field, lab and greenhouse experiments, my lab learns about mycorrhizas and we apply this knowledge to maintain and restore forests on the landscape.
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Dr. József Geml
Environmental Microbiome Research Group, Eszterházy Károly Catholic University

Dr. József Geml
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Location
Research Description
I study the spatial and temporal dynamics in the composition and functionality of soil and plant microbiomes in natural and agricultural ecosystems, utilizing cutting-edge molecular, bioinformatic, and statistical tools.Ongoing research projects on mycorrhizal fungi investigate the influence of environmental conditions and disturbance on diversity and community composition in temperate and tropical regions.
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Dr. Kabir Peay
Stanford University
Dr. Kabir Peay
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Spatial patterns in the distribution of mycorrhizal fungi and their host plants, the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that create them, and their consequences for a sustainable planet.
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Dr. Kadri Koorem
University of Tartu
Dr. Kadri Koorem
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
I am interested in the community ecology of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
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Dr. Katie Field
University of Sheffield
Dr. Katie Field
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Evolution, diversity, function and ecology of plant-fungal symbioses and their applications in sustainable agriculture.
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Dr. Laura Bogar
University of California, Davis
Dr. Laura Bogar
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
I study the ecology and function of ectomycorrhizal symbiosis between tree roots and soil fungi. This involves some work in the field, studying which fungi are out there and what they are doing, and a lot of experiments in the greenhouse and the lab, investigating how the plants and fungi work together from molecular and physiological perspectives.
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Dr. Laura Castañeda Gómez
SouthPole
Dr. Laura Castañeda Gómez
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
I am a Sr. Project Coordinator/Soil Carbon expert at SouthPole, an environmental consultancy company working on developing and implementing emission reduction projects via nature based solutions around the globe and across ecosystems.
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Dr. Laura M. Suz
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Dr. Laura M. Suz
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Mycorrhizal fungi ecology, mycorrhizal functional diversity, and drivers of ectomycorrhizal diversity & distribution.
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Dr. Lauren Waller
Kauri Protection Agency, Biosecurity NZ, Ministry for Primary Industries
Dr. Lauren Waller
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Community ecology focused on plant-fungi interactions & broader community/ecosystem processes. Dr. Lauren Waller is the science lead for the Kauri Protection Agency, a governmental agency aimed at protecting a treasured tree species in NZ from a disease caused by an invasive pathogen.
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Dr. Loreto Oyarte Galvez
VU Amsterdam
Dr. Loreto Oyarte Galvez
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
High throughput analysis of fungal networks.
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Dr. Luisa Lanfranco
Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Italy

Dr. Luisa Lanfranco
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Professor in Plant Biology at the University of Turin with a focus on arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis. Specifically, genetic variability of AM fungi and their microbiota (endobacteria and viruses), the molecular mechanisms at the basis of the interaction with the host plant, and the impact of the AM symbiosis on plant responses to biotic and abiotic stresses.
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Dr. Marcel van der Heijden
University of Zurich
Dr. Marcel van der Heijden
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
We investigate the importance of mycorrhizas and soil biodiversity for plant growth, ecosystem functioning and sustainability. We assess soil and plant microbiomes (including mycorrhizas) and investigate the physiology and molecular biology of mycorrhizal associations.
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Dr. Mari Moora
Department of Botany, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University Of Tartu
Dr. Mari Moora
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Biotic interactions underlying the diversity and composition of global plant communities including mycorrhizal symbiosis and mycorrhizal biodiversity/community composition.
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Dr. Mariana Gliesch Silva
University of Amsterdam

Dr. Mariana Gliesch Silva
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
My research focuses on how climate change, drought specifically, affects plant-microbe interactions and how that determines plant and microbial community composition.
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Dr. Martí March-Salas
Goethe University Frankfurt
Dr. Martí March-Salas
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
My research focuses on understanding whether plant evolutionary processes are mediated by climatic changes, abiotic factors and biotic interactions. My studies are usually conducted in experimental settings. However, I am extremely focused on investigating cliff ecological processes in natural conditions, as iconic landmarks that are refuge for many different rare and endemic plants. Assessing the role of fungal communities for plant's adaptation to cliff extreme conditions is key for understanding their outstanding specialization processes.
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Dr. Marwa Hatim Eltahir Elnaiem
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Khartoum, Sudan
Dr. Marwa Hatim Eltahir Elnaiem
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
I'm currently working on the diversity of soil fungi using next generation sequencing (NGS) techniques.
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Dr. Matt Kasson
West Virginia University
Dr. Matt Kasson
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
As a mycologist and plant pathologist, I work broadly on fungal biodiversity discovery and analysis to better inform conservation efforts with emphasis on plant pathogenic fungi, entomophthogenic fungi, and fungal mutualists of animals and plants. I also served as director of INVAM, the world's largest collection of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, from 2017-2022.
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Dr. Matteo Chialva
Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino

Dr. Matteo Chialva
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Plant-microbiota interactions by using complementary 'omics' approaches from molecular ecology to meta-transcriptomics tools using crop plants as models.
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Dr. Matthew Tarnowski
Farming with Fungi Research Project
Dr. Matthew Tarnowski
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
We are studying the role that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi can play in plant health
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Dr. Melissa Cregger
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Dr. Melissa Cregger
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
My research is focused on understanding how plant interactions with belowground microorganisms alters plant physiology, plant host tolerance to abiotic and biotic stress, and ecosystem function.
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Dr. Melissa McCormick
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Dr. Melissa McCormick
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
I study the effect of mycorrhizal specificity and fungal distribution and abundance on plant distribution and abundance.
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Dr. Mia Maltz
UC Riverside
Dr. Mia Maltz
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
I investigate fungal communities and functional ecology in novel ecosystems, including pumice plains, drying lakebeds, and the lung mycobiome. I work at the interface of community ecology, biogeography, and mycology and I broadly focus on community responses to environmental perturbations, which feedback to influence plant and fungal community structure and ecosystem functioning.
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Dr. Michal Choma
Dept. of Ecosystem Biology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia
Dr. Michal Choma
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Ecology of soil microrganisms in forest ecosystems with special interest in effect of disturbances (pest insect outbreaks, windthrows).
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Dr. Miranda Hart
University of British Columbia Okanagan

Dr. Miranda Hart
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Soil microbioal ecologist who studies how humans have affected soil biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.
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Dr. Monica Farfan
Colorado State University
Dr. Monica Farfan
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
I study saprophytic arthropods and the trophic systems they are a part of.
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Dr. Mélanie Roy
Université Toulouse 3, Université du Québec en Abitibi Temiscamingue, International Research Lab Institutio Franco Argentino sobre el estudio del Clima y sus Impactos (IRL IFAECI - CNRS - IRD)
Dr. Mélanie Roy
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
I work on mycorrhiza and their role in forest resilience, studying the extremely stable forest such as ancient, pristine forests in many ecosystems. I work more recently with forest and landscape managers searching for more resilient soil and practices associated with fungal diversity.
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Dr. Nadia Soudzilovskaia
Center for Environmental Sciences Hasselt University

Dr. Nadia Soudzilovskaia
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Global mycorrhizal contribution to carbon and nutrient cycles in the view of ongoing environmental change; impact of climate change of soil biodiversity
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Dr. Nahuel Policelli
Boston University

Dr. Nahuel Policelli
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
How ectomycorrhizal fungi facilitate or hinder the invasion of plants; how the interactions between ectomycorrhizal fungi, free living saprotrophs, and plants can shape soil biogeochemistry in forests, and the role of these fungi in forest restoration.
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Dr. Nataly Gómez Montoya
Universidad de Antoquia

Dr. Nataly Gómez Montoya
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Taxonomy and systematics of basidiomycota fungi
specializations
biomes
Dr. Nelly Rodríguez Eraso
Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Bogotá
Dr. Nelly Rodríguez Eraso
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Landscape ecology with spatial analysis for biodiversity conservation and ecosystems services are my topics of work.
specializations
biomes

Dr. Nicolas Corradi
University of Ottawa

Dr. Nicolas Corradi
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi genetics and genomics
specializations
biomes
Dr. Nicole Hynson
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Dr. Nicole Hynson
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Fungal ecology with an emphasis on plant-fungal interactions and mycorrhizal symbiosis. Applied reseach in restoration and invasion ecology.
specializations
biomes

Dr. PHAM Nguyen-Duc Hoang
Director of Applied Biotechnology Institute

Dr. PHAM Nguyen-Duc Hoang
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Our group studies about the ECM communities, EEM and ECM physiology in several kinds of forest in southern Viet Nam such as pine forest, lowland rain forest, evergreen forest, deciduous forest...
specializations
biomes
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Dr. Paola Bonfante
Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino, Italy
Dr. Paola Bonfante
Affiliation
Location
Research Description
Plant-microbe interaction focused on arbuscular mycorrhizal endobacteria and local and systemic plant responses using omics approaches.
specializations
biomes

Dr. Alexis Carteron
Università degli Studi di Milano
Sanni Färkkilä
University of Tartu

Manikandan Ariyan
University of Tartu

Dr. Ariadne Nóbrega Marinho Furtado
Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Dr. Heidi-Jayne Hawkins
Conservation International; University of Cape Town

Dr. Jaime E. Blair
Franklin & Marshall College
Dr. Rik Verdonck
University of Hasselt

Dr. Mariana Gliesch Silva
University of Amsterdam

Ramona Werner
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
Nourou Soulemane Yorou
Faculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou, Benin
Michael Adedotun Oke
Michael Adedotun Oke Foundation

Marco Iannaccone
University of Malta, Department of Biology

Dr. Touseef Hussain
Matimate Agromart Pvt. Ltd., Bhavnagar

Dr. Tiffany Mak
Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Biosustainability at Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

Dr. Susana C. Gonçalves
Centre for Functional Ecology, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Dr. Soon-Jae Lee
University of Lausanne & Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research Microbiome

Dr. Slavomír Adamčík
Plant Science and Biodiversity Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Dr. Petr Heděnec
Institute of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, University Malaysia Terengganu

Dr. Shingo Miyauchi
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Gratuate University
Dr. Shiva Devkota
Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (GIIS)

Dr. Roberto Garibay Orijel
UNAM

Dr. PHAM Nguyen-Duc Hoang
Director of Applied Biotechnology Institute
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Dr. Peng Wang
Hunan Normal university
Dr. Paola Bonfante
Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino, Italy

Dr. Nahuel Policelli
Boston University

Dr. Nicolas Corradi
University of Ottawa

Dr. Nataly Gómez Montoya
Universidad de Antoquia

Dr. Nadia Soudzilovskaia
Center for Environmental Sciences Hasselt University

Dr. Miranda Hart
University of British Columbia Okanagan

Dr. Melissa Cregger
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Dr. Matteo Chialva
Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino

Dr. Luisa Lanfranco
Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Italy

Dr. József Geml
Environmental Microbiome Research Group, Eszterházy Károly Catholic University

Dr. Jonathan Bennett
University of Saskatchewan

Dr. Jason Hoeksema
University of Mississippi
Dr. Ian Dickie
University of Canterbury

Dr. Franck Stefani
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Dr. Gerardo Ojeda
Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia - UNAD

Dr. Francis M. Martin
INRAE

Dr. Elly Morriën
University of Amsterdam

Dr. Christine Hawkes
North Carolina State University

Dr. César Marín
Universidad Santo Tomás (Chile) - Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences

Dr. Camille Delavaux
ETH Zurich; The University of Kansas

Dr. Camille Truong
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria

Dr. Arthur Prudêncio de Araujo Pereira
Federal University of Ceará

Dr. Anita Antoninka
Northern Arizona University

Dr. Adriana L. Romero-Olivares
New Mexico State University

Cristian Silva
Guardian of Bio Lab