Carbon Cycling & Sequestration

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.

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.

In my previous research work, I explored how different AMF taxa changed over time in response to nitrogen fertilisation and reduced irrigation. I'm currently working on bioenergy sorghum AMF interaction.

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 lignocellulose rich biomass to grow mycelium bio-composites in Sri Lanka.

AMF and other fungal roles in bioremediation of contaminated sites

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.

Microbial community composition, C cycling, and N cycling within organically amended agroecosystems.

Rehabilitation of degraded post-mining areas using bio-phytoremediation modified with soil ameliorants. These include mycorrhizal fungi, beneficial bacteria/ fungi (i.e. endophytic microbes and phosphate-solubilizing microorganisms), plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria, and modified organic compounds (nanobiochar and pot-organic). These approaches are combined with the utilization of indigenous plant species supported by smart irrigation systems.

I am planning to do research in Lichen, that comes under the umbrella of Fungi. Specifically, bio-monitoring the air quality in our country -Bhutan with the use of lichen. This will help to substantiate the expensive air monitoring stations in difficult areas of reach.

Responses and adaptation of fungi to global climate change and impacts to biogeochemical cycles.

I study the impact of mycorrhiza on the distribution, dynamics and functioning of forests. I am also interested in understanding the interactions of the entire soil biota during ecosystem development.

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.

I work on community ecology of ectomycorrhizas in boreal forests and arbuscular mycorrhizas in Mongolian grassland.

Soil and Land Ecology Lab, Head

• 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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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.

Plant and microbial ecology focused on microbiome stress mediation in plants and soil microbiome response to climate change.

Mycorrhizal control of C and nutrient cycles.

Community ecology of ectomycorrhizas of tree line trees in the European alps and boreal forests of Mongolia. Cold tolerance of ectomycorrhizas

My research program measures and models the impacts of interactions between roots, mycorrhizae, and free-living microbes on ecosystem responses to global change.

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.

Soil ecology focused on broad soil biota & fungi unraveling how interactions within the soil food web drives soil functions & carbon storage.

Relationships between mycorrhizal fungi and plant biodiversity, the soil microbiome, and ecosystem functioning.

Professor specializing in soil microbial activity and soil organic matter decomposition, and section editor of Land Degradation and Development journal.

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.

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.

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.

Plant - microbiome interactions and understanding the role of mycorrhizal fungi in plant invasions, forest restoration, and carbon sequestration and agriculture.

My two main areas of research seek 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.

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.

Mycorrhizal fungi ecology, mycorrhizal functional diversity, and drivers of ectomycorrhizal diversity & distribution.

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.

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.

My research focuses on how climate change, drought specifically, affects plant-microbe interactions and how that determines plant and microbial community composition.

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.

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.

Global mycorrhizal contribution to carbon and nutrient cycles in the view of ongoing environmental change; impact of climate change on soil biodiversity

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.

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi genetics and genomics

Plant Biotechnology environmental

impacts of plant-fungal interactions on vegetation change, soil biogeochemistry, and feedbacks to climate

Interactions between plants and soil microorganisms and their influence on ecosystem processes/regulating and provisioning services. Focus on energy flow & nutrient dynamics.

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.

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.

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.

Ecology and evolution of fungi in response to global change and implications for soil organic matter dynamics

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.

Interested in bacterial and fungal communities associated with Savanna and grassland species.

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

Microbial activities involved in the degradation of tropical peatland ecosystems and identification of targeted solutions that can be incorporated into current restoration practices.

Mycorrhizal networks and their importance for plant health and survival.

My master's degree was in the synecology of animals such as mammals of the Greater and Lesser Caucasus Mountains (Red deer, Roe deer, Wild boar, Capra cylindricornis, Chamois, Mouflon, Wild goat ). Since 2013, I have been studying the macrofungi of the Greater and Lesser Caucasus Mountains.

Working with undergraduate students at the University of Panamá in the Agronomy Faculty in Agroforestry Engineering, one of our objectives is to strengthen their capabilities in understanding how the soil and its microorganisms work. Under this focus, we will try to evaluate the total fungal and mycorrhizal community richness and composition that will vary with elevation due to changes in climatic influences, in addition to soil characteristics and the influence of vegetation. For that, we will be establishing plots to collect data at several sites across the Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé in partnership with the GCBC-STRI project. In addition, our students will be using STRI labs for molecular (DNA) analysis and sequencing of fungal and mycorrhizal communities, working with Dr. Kristin Saltonstall.

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.

I am a soil microbial and chemical ecologist fascinated by plant-soil-microbe interactions. My goal as a researcher is to explore the complex interactions between aboveground plants and the soil and microbes belowground in tropical ecosystems in the context of climate change.

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.

My research focuses on assessing how eco-friendly soil amendments affect soil microbiomes thereby enhancing soil health. By focusing on the dynamics of soil microbial communities, my research contributes to the broader understanding of nutrient cycling and the role of organic inputs in promoting resilient, microbially active soils for sustainable agriculture.

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?

Climate change effects on soil carbon cycling in tropical soils.