Associates
The SPUN Science Associates are an international group of mycorrhizal and soil scientists and local experts who are unearthing the mysteries of underground ecosystems.
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 230+ science associates from more than 30 countries here.
To join our network, fill out the application here:
Raphael Wangalwa
Raphael Wangalwa
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Raquel Milagros Rodriguez-Rodriguez
Raquel Milagros Rodriguez-Rodriguez
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Ecology of soil and arbuscular mycorrhizae. Study of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in natural and disturbed ecosystems, their relationship with the main soil properties, and plants. Mycotrophy of plant species and internal morphology of the AM association.
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Rebecca Bunn
Rebecca Bunn
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My research focuses on understanding the function of soil biota, particularly mycorrhizal fungi, when plants are stressed. This work can be applied to managing invasive plants, creating sustainable agriculture systems, and improving restoration outcomes.
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Roberto Godoy
Roberto Godoy
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Researcher to study the fungal communities and mycorrhizal associations through their roles in important soil processes in the old growth temperate forest ecosystems in Southern Chile and expertise in terrestrial biogeochemistry and soil ecology
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Rocío Vega-Frutis
Rocío Vega-Frutis
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Rodica Pena
Rodica Pena
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Saeed Karbin
Saeed Karbin
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Soil Biodiversity and Carbon Dynamic
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Sanni Färkkilä
Sanni Färkkilä
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I'm interested in mycorrhizal nutrient dynamics
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Sebastián Zambrano Rojas
Sebastián Zambrano Rojas
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Soil fungi biodiversity characterization using next generation sequencing and bioinformatics
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Sibusiso Trevor Dlamini
Sibusiso Trevor Dlamini
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Sigisfredo Garnica
Sigisfredo Garnica
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We are working on questions how abiotic and biotic factors influence the biodiversity, distribution and composition of plant-associated fungi in natural and managed ecosystems, including the effects of the plant-microbe interactions under controlled conditions.
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Sreejith Kalpuzha Ashtamoorthy
Sreejith Kalpuzha Ashtamoorthy
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Long-term monitoring of tropical forests of Southern Western Ghats in the context of climate change through permanent sample plots
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Stephen Russell
Stephen Russell
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Steven de Goede
Steven de Goede
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Effects of forest management and drought on forest soils, in particular the role of soil fungi in carbon cycling
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T. Bertie Ansell
T. Bertie Ansell
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I am interested in the molecular dialogue between plants, mycorrhizal fungi and bacteria during community formation. I apply electron tomography and light microscopy to study the structural organisation of community interactions during symbiosis and how the mechanisms of molecular transport inform our understanding of planetary health.
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Takem Ebangha Agbor Delphine
Takem Ebangha Agbor Delphine
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As a researcher and Geospatial Analyst, I do a lot of mapping as daily routine and work in soil, climate and forest conservation projects,
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Tanner Hoffman
Tanner Hoffman
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Bacterial and fungal community and functional responses to natural and anthropogenic disturbances.
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Tom May
Tom May
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Tonjock Rosemary Kinge
Tonjock Rosemary Kinge
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Trupti Sharma
Trupti Sharma
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Udaya Prakash Nyayiru Kannaian
Udaya Prakash Nyayiru Kannaian
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28 Years of Research in Mycology, speciality on Aerobiology published 140 publications exceeding 250 presentations.
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Umpawa Pinruan
Umpawa Pinruan
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Urmila Mallick
Urmila Mallick
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Valérie Tchung
Valérie Tchung
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The overarching objective of this study is to survey and characterize soil fungal communities in the tropical rainforests of Mo'orea Island in the context of biological plant invasion and forthcoming climate change
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Vineet Vishal
Vineet Vishal
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Walter Huaraca Huasco
Walter Huaraca Huasco
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Horizontal and vertical precipitation effect on above-belowground carbon cycle and microbial community in upper montane forests
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Wei Fu
Wei Fu
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William Watson Guido
William Watson Guido
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Estudio de la intercomunicación entre plantas mediada por redes micorrícicas comúnes
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Wilmar Alexander Wilches Ortiz
Wilmar Alexander Wilches Ortiz
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Researcher in charge of custody, curatorship and scaling of HFMA accessions of the Collection of microorganisms with biofertilizer interest (CMIB) of the Microorganisms Germplasm Bank of Agrosavia. Additionally, research on the use of HFMA and its diversity applied in agriculture.
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Yazhini Gunasekaran
Yazhini Gunasekaran
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Zoirjon Islomiddinov
Zoirjon Islomiddinov
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Ñawi K. Flores
Ñawi K. Flores
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My research weaves Indigenous Knowledge Systems with Western scientific methods to evaluate Indigenous-led climate/culture innovative conservation, adaptation, and mitigation, as well as the ethical approach to nature-based solutions and nature-positive practices. The kinship-based regenerative landscape restoration of the Global South food systems (farmlands & forestlands) links the intersections between the kallamp ecosystem (mycorrhizal network), soil health stewardship systems, and Indigenous People (IP) and Local Communities (LCs) symbiotic-indigeneity cultural philosophy on “commonning" the rhizosphere health.
Lab-to-Land Experimental Farm, kinship-based Chichupampa Clan, Tawantinsuyu, Ecuador.
Regenerative Collaborations, Turtle Island, USA.
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David M. Kothamasi
University of Delhi
Dr. Hanna Artuti Ekamawanti
Universitas Tanjungpura (Tanjungpura University)
Jazmin Salazar
Catholic University of Cuenca
Mark Worthing
Awinakola Foundation
Christopher Ngosong
University of Buea
Yazhini Gunasekaran
Vanavarayar Institute of Agriculture
Osayomwanbo Osarenotor
University of Benin, Nigeria
Ayooluwa Adebanke Olubode
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. Ogun State
Laura Yahdjian
University of Buenos Aires, Facultad de Agronomia. IFEVA-CONICET
Chandra Man Rai
Utah State University
Aynalem Gochera Sade
KU Leuven
Ian R. Mounts
University of Mississippi
Nur Edy
Tadulako University
Dr. Shannon Nix
Independent
Patricia Carina Fernandez
CONICET - University of Buenos Aires
Lilian Moforcha Zemenjuh
University of Buea
Alfred Balenor Buernor
Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
Melina Soledad Piacenza
Grupo de Estudios Ambientales-Instituto de Matemática Aplicada San Luis (GEA-IMASL)-Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina (UNSL)
Kristin Saltonstall
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Dr MD Sabdar Rahaman
Bangabasi Evening College affiliated to University of Calcutta
Alessandra Monteiro de Paula
Universidade de Brasília
Nelly Jazmín Pacheco Cruz
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Fruzsina Eva Felegyhazi
Hungarian Soil Science Society
Blaine Martin
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne
Clara Bo
Instituto Spegazzini, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP).
Mustafa Saifuddin
New York University
Pablo Cornejo
Escuela de Agronomía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile
Klara Scharnagl
University Herbarium, UC Berkeley
Sibusiso Trevor Dlamini
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Umpawa Pinruan
National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC)
Maan Bahadur Rokaya
Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences
Raphael Wangalwa
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Dr. Kannan Kilavan Packiam
Department of Biotechnology, Bannari Ammman Institute of Technology
Nancy Johanna Pino Rodríguez
University of Antioquia
Elena Leander
University of Texas at Austin
Khalid Hafazallah
Yayasan Generasi Biologi Indonesia
Cleophas Ajiya Billah
Gombe State University Nigeria
Urmila Mallick
Yale University
BHUVANESWARI. S
Bharathi Women's College
Ilyor Mustafaev
Institute of Botany
Eric Pereira
Australian National University
Peter Wachira
University of Nairobi, Kenya
Michael Sakha
Kenyatta University
Carolina Rothen
CRILAR CONICET - Universidad Nacional de La Rioja
Claire Willing
University of Washington
Kennedy Masamba
Mzuzu University
Muhammad Noman
Federal University of Lavras
Laura Aldrich-Wolfe
North Dakota State University
AIGNON Lougbégnon Hyppolite
Land, Environment and Global Life NGO
Farah Shafiq
Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu
Melissa Uribe Acosta
Utrecht University
Wei Fu
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Christopher Chesire
National Museums of Kenya
Bolaji Thanni
KULeuven, Belgium
Paul Thomas
University of Stirling
Akihiro Koyama
Michigan State University
Trupti Sharma
Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Grace Gachara
Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
Laura Van Galen
ETH University, SPUN
Muhammad Riaz
Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan
Natalia Veronica Fernandez
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) - Universidad Nacional del Comahue (UNComahue)
Jonathan Cazabonne
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Inviolata Lusweti
University of Nairobi
Jonathan Henn
University of Colorado Boulder
Lucía Ana Díaz Ariza
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Benjamin Narh-Madey
University of Ghana
Andrew Elohim Laloo
National University of Singapore
David J. Castillo
Arizona State University
Niloufar Hagh-Doust
University of Tartu
Haiyang Zhang
Hebei University
Luke Florence
La Trobe University
Janey Lienau
Yale University
Rodica Pena
Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania
Guillermo Bueno
Pyrenean Institute of Ecology
Andreina Bosch Fernandez
University of York
Hari Sharan Adhikari
Amrit Campus, Tribhuvan University
Joana Castro
University of Minho
Damilola Grace Olanipon
Afe Babalola University
Vineet Vishal
Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee University
Rocío Vega-Frutis
Autonomous University of Nayarit
David Peris Navarro
Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA) - CSIC
Walter Huaraca Huasco
University of Oxford and National University of Saint Anthony the Abad in Cuzco
Gabriel Grilli
IMBIV - CONICET
Natalie Ferro Lozano
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Adrien Taudière
IdEst
Pablo Adrián García Parisi
University of Buenos Aires
William Watson Guido
Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
Lorinda Bullington
University of Montana
Zoirjon Islomiddinov
The laboratory of mycology of Institute of Botany of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Dr. Christian Taylor
The Open University
Stephen Russell
Mycota Lab
Elina Karimullina
University of Calgary
Tonjock Rosemary Kinge
1) University of Bamenda 2)Bamenda University of Science and Technology
Dr. Carolin Schneider
Inoq GmbH
Lindsay Holsen
Swedish Agricultural University (SLU)
Laura Cecilia De Luca
Instituto Nacional De Tecnologia Agropecuaria
Tom May
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
Cameron Egan
University of Southern California
Mahmoud Gargouri
Centre of Biotechnology of Borj Cedria, Tunisia