Laura Van Galen

Affiliation
Location
Zürich, Switzerland
Research Description
I am a postdoctoral researcher at both ETH Zurich and SPUN, and I work with global-scale models to better understand the ecology and distribution of fungi around the world. I also work with eDNA from soils to improve our understanding of how fungal communities influence forest ecosystems (particularly with ectomycorrhizal fungi), as well as glasshouse experiments (involving both ectomycorrhiza and ericoid mycorrhizae).
specializations
Conservation
Fungal Biodiversity
Fungal Bioinformatics
Mapping
Restoration
Spatial Statistics
biomes
Peatlands
Temperate Forests