Science Associates / Specialization:
Carbon Cycle

Alessandra Monteiro de Paula

Alessandra Monteiro de Paula
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Ana Vanessa Aguilar Paredes
Ana Vanessa Aguilar Paredes
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Andressa Monteiro Venturini

Andressa Monteiro Venturini
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Using molecular and bioinformatics methods, my research is focused on the microbial communities of tropical soils, their role in biogeochemical cycles, and how they are being impacted by land-use and climate change.
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Andrew Elohim Laloo

Andrew Elohim Laloo
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Anne M. Katula

Anne M. Katula
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Antonio Marcos Miranda Silva
Antonio Marcos Miranda Silva
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I am a postdoctoral researcher in Denmark working on a project aimed at promoting lake restoration across Europe. My research focuses on utilising microbes, including bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi, to enhance the recycling of nutrients, particularly phosphorus, from nutrient-rich sediments dredged from lakes. I am eager to expand my professional network and collaborate with researchers worldwide to further explore these microbial interactions and their potential applications.
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Basiru Sulaimon
Basiru Sulaimon
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Busayo Joshua Babalola
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Busayo Joshua Babalola
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In my previous research work, I explored how different AMF taxa changed over time in response to nitrogen fertilisation and reduced irrigation. I'm generally currently working on bioenergy sorghum AMF interaction.
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Carlos Aguilar-Trigueros
Carlos Aguilar-Trigueros
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Catalina Alicia Guerra León

Catalina Alicia Guerra León
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Chandra Man Rai

Chandra Man Rai
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Christopher Ngosong
Christopher Ngosong
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Cristian Silva

Cristian Silva
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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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Damilola Grace Olanipon

Damilola Grace Olanipon
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Danielle Stevenson
Danielle Stevenson
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AMF and other fungal roles in bioremediation of contaminated sites
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David J. Castillo

David J. Castillo
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We use low-cost remote, modular sensing devices to measure how environmental variables modulate the abundance of microbial population and their impact on vegetation growth in difficult settings, addressing unknown interactions between soil bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi in complex ecosystems dynamics like soil respiration, carbon cycle and nitrogen fixation.
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David Johnson
David Johnson
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David Robles
David Robles
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Microbial community composition, C cycling, and N cycling within organically amended agroecosystems.
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Dr. Adriana L. Romero-Olivares

Dr. Adriana L. Romero-Olivares
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Responses and adaptation of fungi to global climate change and impacts to biogeochemical cycles.
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Dr. Alexis Carteron

Dr. Alexis Carteron
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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
Dr. Alia Rodriguez Villate
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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. Burenjargal Otgonsuren
Dr. Burenjargal Otgonsuren
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I work on community ecology of ectomycorrhizas in boreal forests and arbuscular mycorrhizas in Mongolian grassland.
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Dr. Carlo Jacomini
Dr. Carlo Jacomini
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Soil and Land Ecology Lab, Head
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Dr. Carolin Schneider

Dr. Carolin Schneider
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- Benefits of Plant Growth Promoting Microorganisms (PGPM): Highly effective strains, encapsulation, seed coating
- Mycorrhiza/PGPM: Physiology, markers and predictive tools, strategies for mastering colonization/beneficial effects on crop production, tracking introduced strains
- Quality control of mycorrhizal fungi as microbial plant biostimulants, member of CEN-TC 455 'Biostimulants for future'
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Dr. Christian Taylor

Dr. Christian Taylor
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Dr. Christine Hawkes

Dr. Christine Hawkes
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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
Dr. Christopher W. Fernandez
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Mycorrhizal control of C and nutrient cycles.
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Dr. César Terrer
Dr. César Terrer
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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. Douglas Godbold
Dr. Douglas Godbold
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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
Dr. Eddie Brzostek
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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
Dr. Edith C. Hammer
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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

Dr. Elly Morriën
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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
Dr. Erik Verbruggen
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Relationships between mycorrhizal fungi and plant biodiversity, the soil microbiome, and ecosystem functioning.
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Dr. Gerardo Ojeda

Dr. Gerardo Ojeda
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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. Heidi-Jayne Hawkins

Dr. Heidi-Jayne Hawkins
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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 R. Sanders
Dr. Ian R. Sanders
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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. Jenny M. Bhatnagar
Dr. Jenny M. Bhatnagar
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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. John Ramana
Dr. John Ramana
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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 Plett
Dr. Jonathan Plett
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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. Krishna Saharan

Dr. Krishna Saharan
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Dr. Laura Castañeda Gómez
Dr. Laura Castañeda Gómez
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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
Dr. Laura M. Suz
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Mycorrhizal fungi ecology, mycorrhizal functional diversity, and drivers of ectomycorrhizal diversity & distribution.
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Dr. Lauren Waller
Dr. Lauren Waller
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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. Marcel van der Heijden
Dr. Marcel van der Heijden
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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. Mariana Gliesch Silva

Dr. Mariana Gliesch Silva
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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. Melissa Cregger

Dr. Melissa Cregger
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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. Mia Maltz
Dr. Mia Maltz
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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. Nadia Soudzilovskaia

Dr. Nadia Soudzilovskaia
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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

Dr. Nahuel Policelli
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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. Nicolas Corradi

Dr. Nicolas Corradi
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi genetics and genomics
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Dr. Raghad S Mouhamad
Dr. Raghad S Mouhamad
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Plant Biotechnology environmental
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Dr. Rebecca Hewitt
Dr. Rebecca Hewitt
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impacts of plant-fungal interactions on vegetation change, soil biogeochemistry, and feedbacks to climate
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Dr. Richard P. Phillips

Dr. Richard P. Phillips
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Interactions between plants and soil microorganisms and their influence on ecosystem processes/regulating and provisioning services. Focus on energy flow & nutrient dynamics.
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Dr. Roshan Babu Ojha
Dr. Roshan Babu Ojha
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Researching national soil issues particularly soil fertility and carbon management. Interested to understand the mechanism of soil microbe interactions and diversity because they are the player of all functioning mechanisms inside soil and regulator of the ecosystem.
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Dr. S. Emilia Hannula
Dr. S. Emilia Hannula
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Soil ecology & soil fungi focusing on understanding how composition, traits and interactions between soil biota regulate ecosystem functions, and ultimately how soil biodiversity and functions can be restored.
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Dr. Selva Kumar Dhandapani
Dr. Selva Kumar Dhandapani
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I am interested in biogeochemical, biodiversity and social impacts of global land-use changes and how scientific evidence can inform long term management of both natural and agricultural ecosystems around the world.
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Dr. Serita Frey

Dr. Serita Frey
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Ecology and evolution of fungi in response to global change and implications for soil organic matter dynamics
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Dr. Silvia Fernanda Mardegan
Dr. Silvia Fernanda Mardegan
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I work on ecosystem ecology, more specifically studying plant-soil-microorganisms interaction. I am interested in studying the factors influencing nitrogen and carbon cycles in natural and modified in the Amazon, including mycorrhiza, and their role in the ecosystem’s resilience.
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Dr. Sivuyisiwe (Sivu) Situngu
Dr. Sivuyisiwe (Sivu) Situngu
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Interested in bacterial and fungal communities associated with Savanna and grassland species.
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Dr. Subrata Nath Bhowmik
Dr. Subrata Nath Bhowmik
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Research in Plant-Microbe Interactions and plant nutrient use efficiency involving microorganisms; diversity studies of microorganisms in acid ecosystems and human environment interactions in Indo-Myanmar Mega diverse hotspots with special reference to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), root organ culture (ROC) mediated AMF mass production in vitro
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Dr. Valeria Verrone
Dr. Valeria Verrone
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Microbial activities involved in the degradation of tropical peatland ecosystems and identification of targeted solutions that can be incorporated into current restoration practices.
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Dr. Vincent Merckx
Dr. Vincent Merckx
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Mycorrhizal networks and their importance for plant health and survival.
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Elena Leander

Elena Leander
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Etienne Issa
Etienne Issa
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The interdisciplinary project explores the valorization of building waste streams using fungal microorganisms as an organic binder for circular and regenerative biomaterials. The applied research is grounded in a low-tech vernacular methodology for exploring architectural typologies through load bearing prototypes informed by variable ways of casting, growing and drying mycelium composites.
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Ezekiel Mugendi Njeru

Ezekiel Mugendi Njeru
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Gabriel Orrego Astorga
Gabriel Orrego Astorga
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Gabriel Orrego, forest engineer with a master's degree in forest ecology. Collaborator of the Fungi Foundation and scientific director of the Festival Reino Fungi. Co-founder of Symbiotica, dedicated to socioecological restoration and environmental education.
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Grace Gachara

Grace Gachara
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Guido Nicolaus Poliwoda
Guido Nicolaus Poliwoda
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Haiyang Zhang

Haiyang Zhang
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Hari Sharan Adhikari

Hari Sharan Adhikari
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Ido Rog
Ido Rog
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Inviolata Lusweti

Inviolata Lusweti
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James Weedon
James Weedon
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Does microbial diversity helps us understand processes in soil carbon and nitrogen cycles? What are the best quantiative and analytical methods to answer this question?
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Jessica Murray
Jessica Murray
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Climate change effects on soil carbon cycling in tropical soils.
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Jonathan Cazabonne

Jonathan Cazabonne
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Juliana Silva Rodrigues Cabral

Juliana Silva Rodrigues Cabral
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Laura Yahdjian

Laura Yahdjian
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Lindsay Holsen

Lindsay Holsen
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Lukelysia Nyawira
Lukelysia Nyawira
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My work involves studying and working with soil biodiversity in various degraded sites, such as rangelands, forests, and grasslands. My primary focus is on understanding how to restore and sustain these ecosystems through biological interventions.My research and activities explore the intricate relationships between living organisms in the soil, including microorganisms, fungi, bacteria, plants, and invertebrates.
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MARÍA ADELINA MOREL REVETRIA
MARÍA ADELINA MOREL REVETRIA
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Our research focuses on beneficial plant-microbe interactions and soil microorganisms'' roles in disturbed ecosystems
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Marije van Son

Marije van Son
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Imaging of Arbuscular mycorrhizal networks under nutrient limiting conditions
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Mark Worthing

Mark Worthing
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Melissa Uribe Acosta

Melissa Uribe Acosta
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Michael Sakha

Michael Sakha
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Michala Phillips

Michala Phillips
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I am an ecologist studying how biotic interactions, disturbance and global change mediate community assembly of plants and soil microbes to affect emergent ecosystem functions.
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Muhammad Riaz

Muhammad Riaz
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Mustafa Saifuddin
Mustafa Saifuddin
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Namid Krüger

Namid Krüger
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Interests: Inter-cropping, hydraulic lift, arbuscular mycorrhiza, stable isotopes, root exudates, priming effect -always interested in cooperation and knowledge exchange.
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Nancy Johanna Pino Rodríguez
Nancy Johanna Pino Rodríguez
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Naveen Dilawar
Naveen Dilawar
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Niloufar Hagh-Doust
Niloufar Hagh-Doust
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Pablo Cornejo

Pablo Cornejo
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Paul Thomas
Paul Thomas
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Peter Chatanga

Peter Chatanga
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Peter’s expertise lies in Plant Ecology and Biodiversity and is particularly interested in studying the complex networks of relationships between organisms and their environment, and how these interactions shape community structure and organisation, as well as ecosystem functioning. His research focuses not only on understanding the factors that influence species composition, diversity and abundance in ecological communities, but also the processes that drive the distributions of species at both fine and coarse spatial scales, as well as temporally.
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Ramona Werner

Ramona Werner
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I'm investigating community compositions of arbuscular and ectomycorrhizae in mixed forest plantations in temperate and boreal zones.
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Raquel Juan-Ovejero

Raquel Juan-Ovejero
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Rodica Pena
Rodica Pena
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Snehanjana Chatterjee

Snehanjana Chatterjee
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Stav Livne Luzon

Stav Livne Luzon
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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