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 300+ science associates from more than 30 countries here.
To join our network, fill out the application here:
Maria Victoria Vignale
Maria Victoria Vignale
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Marie-Charlott Petersdorf
Marie-Charlott Petersdorf
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Mariela Lis Ambrosino
Mariela Lis Ambrosino
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Studies related to nutrient dynamics and organic matter decomposition; evaluation of chemical, biochemical and microbiological indicators of soil quality in semi-arid environments. Ecological studies about the effect of different disturbances on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi present in the rangelands of central-southern Argentina.
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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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Marina Semchenko
Marina Semchenko
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Mark Worthing
Mark Worthing
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Martin Hassan Polo Marcial
Martin Hassan Polo Marcial
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María Belén Moya Mejía
María Belén Moya Mejía
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Effects of soil type management on mycorrhizal communities in conserved dry forest, coffee, corn and peanut crops in southern Ecuador.
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María del Rosario Lonardi
María del Rosario Lonardi
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McKenzie Stock
McKenzie Stock
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Meirong Chen
Meirong Chen
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Melina Soledad Piacenza
Melina Soledad Piacenza
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Melissa Uribe Acosta
Melissa Uribe Acosta
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Meryem ADOUANE
Meryem ADOUANE
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Michael Adedotun Oke
Michael Adedotun Oke
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Economic Behaviour and Livestock Production in the Forestry Zones of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. Studying the various activities that are involve in each of the forestry zones and looking at the advantages
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Michael Remke
Michael Remke
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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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Michela Audisio
Michela Audisio
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Mohamed Abourouh
Mohamed Abourouh
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Systematic and ecology of higher fungi, specially ECM. Promotion and conservation of edible species is equally a major focus.
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Mohamed Hijri
Mohamed Hijri
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My research interests encompass plant-microbiome interaction, environmental microbiology, and mycology. My research program focuses on understanding mycorrhizal symbiosis, particularly the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. My attention is specifically centered towards the fungus side of this symbiosis, known as AM fungi, which play a vital role in terrestrial ecosystems.
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Muhammad Noman
Muhammad Noman
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Flowering and Fruit Ripening in Coffee
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Muhammad Riaz
Muhammad Riaz
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Mustafa Saifuddin
Mustafa Saifuddin
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Nancy Johanna Pino Rodríguez
Nancy Johanna Pino Rodríguez
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Natalia Veronica Fernandez
Natalia Veronica Fernandez
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Bioecology of mycorrhizas and associated fungi in natural and human-modified environments; Taxonomic and functional diversity of mycorrhizas; Direct and indirect ecosystem services provided by mycorrhizas; Search for fungal species with biotechnological potential for application in various aspects of everyday life, remediation and restoration of natural environments; Fungi and global change.
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Natalie Ferro Lozano
Natalie Ferro Lozano
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Nathan Howard
Nathan Howard
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I study novel mycorrhizal nitrogen acquisition
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Naveen Dilawar
Naveen Dilawar
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Nelly Jazmín Pacheco Cruz
Nelly Jazmín Pacheco Cruz
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Estudiante de doctorado. Especializada en la genética de la conservación de especies forestales en los bosques de la Sierra Juárez de Oaxaca, México. Interesada en los efectos del cambio climático y en las interacciones entre plantas y ecosistemas del suelo (hongos y bacterias).
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Ngagne NDONG
Ngagne NDONG
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Nicholas Medina
Nicholas Medina
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Niloufar Hagh-Doust
Niloufar Hagh-Doust
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Nourou Soulemane Yorou
Nourou Soulemane Yorou
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I am working on tropical African mycorrhizal fungi and their interactions with green plants. Research aspects include mycorrhizal networking, integrative taxonomy, evolution, ecology, sustainable uses and conservation of mycorrhizal fungi from tropical Africa
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Nur Edy
Nur Edy
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Currently, I work as a researcher and teaching in the Faculty of Agriculture at Tadulako University. My core research area is the functional diversity of arbuscular mycorrhiza, fungal pathogens, and agroecology.
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OLATUNDE Oluwaseun J. A.
OLATUNDE Oluwaseun J. A.
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Okoro Ikwuakonam George
Okoro Ikwuakonam George
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Osayomwanbo Osarenotor
Osayomwanbo Osarenotor
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Pablo Adrián García Parisi
Pablo Adrián García Parisi
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Exploring the vital role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in agriculture, my research aims to understand their potential in enhancing agroecosystem sustainability. I investigate the impact of agricultural practices on AMF abundance and diversity, offering insights crucial for disentangling the complexities of a fungal-friendly approach to sustainable farming. Argentinean Pampas
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Pablo Cornejo
Pablo Cornejo
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Patricia Carina Fernandez
Patricia Carina Fernandez
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Paul Shannon
Paul Shannon
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Paul Thomas
Paul Thomas
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Paulette Goyes
Paulette Goyes
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I work with pollutants and their degradation with fungi
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Pedro Madeira Antunes
Pedro Madeira Antunes
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My research focuses on understanding the role of soil fungal communities on plant community composition in different systems (agricultural, grassland and temperate and boreal forest). In addition, I am interest in understanding how global change factors such as soil disturbance, biological invasions and climate change affect such plant-fungal interactions.
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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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Peter Wachira
Peter Wachira
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Philemon Gyamfi
Philemon Gyamfi
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I am currently a 2nd year MSc. Plant Protection, and my research focuses on the effects of different fertilizer levels on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in different corn varieties under different water regimes. This research aims to evaluate the potential impacts of different nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium levels on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi under different water conditions to ascertain the best soil nutrient addition methods that can help sustain soil microbiome functioning and diversity.
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Pratima Vasistha
Pratima Vasistha
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My primary research focus lies in harnessing the power of genomics to develop innovative solutions that promote a harmonious relationship between agriculture and the environment. Additionally, I'm passionate about exploring marine bioprospecting for the development of novel drugs and other valuable applications.
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Prof. Jesus Perez-Moreno
Prof. Jesus Perez-Moreno
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Biodiversidad y ecología de hongos ectomicorrízicos en ecosistemas templados, subtropicales y tropicales. Biotecnología de inoculación con hongos ectomicorrízicos tendiente a reforestaciones exitosas y rehabilitación de ecosistemas forestales. Uso sostenible de hongos comestibles silvestres, como recurso forestal no maderable, para la conservación de ecosistemas naturales en los pueblos originarios de México.
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Quinn Moon
Quinn Moon
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My research interests are within the nexus of ecology and evolutionary biology, studying the role of fungi in generating and maintaining biodiversity. Some current project I am currently working on include the mycobiome of the deep earth and deep sea, systematics of leotiomycetes, and fungal community assembly.
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Raja Polachi Reddiar
Raja Polachi Reddiar
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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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Raphael Boussageon
Raphael Boussageon
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Raphael Wangalwa
Raphael Wangalwa
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Raquel Correa Delgado
Raquel Correa Delgado
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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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Rebeca Gonnet
Rebeca Gonnet
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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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Ricardo Arraiano Castilho
Ricardo Arraiano Castilho
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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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Romuald Oba
Romuald Oba
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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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Sara Cazzaniga
Sara Cazzaniga
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Sarah Cuprewich
Sarah Cuprewich
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Sarah Symanczik
Sarah Symanczik
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Sarkal Jyakhwa
Sarkal Jyakhwa
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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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Simone Graziosi
Simone Graziosi
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Simone Marcolini
Simone Marcolini
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Snehanjana Chatterjee
Snehanjana Chatterjee
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Solomon Maerowitz-McMahan
Solomon Maerowitz-McMahan
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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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Stav Livne Luzon
Stav Livne Luzon
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Stefanie Lutz
Stefanie Lutz
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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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Sujai Kumar
Sujai Kumar
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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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TEMEGNE NONO Carine
TEMEGNE NONO Carine
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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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Thapelo Raseepho
Thapelo Raseepho
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Tijana Martinović
Tijana Martinović
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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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Vatsala Koul
Vatsala Koul
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Vineet Vishal
Vineet Vishal
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Vivek Kumar Awon
Vivek Kumar Awon
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Plant-mycorrhizal fungi-microbes tri-partite interaction in organic phosphate mineralization
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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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Prof. Jesus Perez-Moreno
Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo
Marina Semchenko
University of Tartu
Boris Armel Olou
Fungi for Nature NGO
Jadson Belem de Moura
Evangelical College of Goianesia
Luis Alberto Lara Pérez
Tecnologico Nacional de México campus Instituto Tecnológico de la Zona Maya
Maria Victoria Vignale
Universidad Nacional de Misiones - InBioMis e Instituto Misionero de Biodiversidad
Juliana Silva Rodrigues Cabral
Universidade de Rio Verde
Claudia Bashian-Victoroff
Holden Forests and Gardens
Nicholas Medina
Morton Arboretum
Hazel Marsden
The James Hutton Institute
Dushyant Dudhagara
Bhakta Kavi Narsinh Mehta University
Snehanjana Chatterjee
Texas Tech University
Anne M. Katula
University of Miami
BADOU Akotchayé Sylvestre
Laboratory of "Tropical Mycology and Plants-Soil Fungi Interactions" ( MyTIPS)
Antonio Marcos Miranda Silva
University of Southern Denmark
Emeliane KILADZE
Agricultural University of Goergia
María del Rosario Lonardi
Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Romuald Oba
University of Yaoundé I
Sarah Symanczik
Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL)
Marie-Charlott Petersdorf
Radboud University
Clara Qin
SPUN | Society for the Protection of Underground Networks
Vatsala Koul
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi, India
Kennedy Ododa
Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Sarkal Jyakhwa
University of Tartu
Meryem ADOUANE
Higher National School of Forestry- Khenchela (Algeria)
OLATUNDE Oluwaseun J. A.
Horticultural Research Institute
Dr. Samina Sarwar
Botany Department, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan
Liz Koziol
University of Kansas
Asa Dant
University of Edinburgh
Alan Wanke
Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Martin Hassan Polo Marcial
Tecnológico Nacional de México campus Instituto Tecnológico de la Zona Maya
Marcelo Betancur Agudelo
Universidad de Caldas
Ana Vanessa Aguilar Paredes
Crop Science Research Center, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
TEMEGNE NONO Carine
Université de Yaoundé I
Emily McIntyre
The University of Melbourne
Jordon Tourville
Appalachian Mountain Club
Rebeca Gonnet
Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de la República
Catalina Alicia Guerra León
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Cristiane Figueiredo
Federal University of Lavras and Westerdijk fungal biodiversity
Kian Jenab
University of Vienna
Mohamed Hijri
University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P)
Ezekiel Mugendi Njeru
Kenyatta University
Emily Brooks
University of Manchester
Eduardo Pérez-Pazos
University of Minnesota
Sujai Kumar
SPUN | Society for the Protection of Underground Networks
Solomon Maerowitz-McMahan
Western Sydney University- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
Felipe Gainza
Viña Concha y Toro
Michela Audisio
University of Göttingen
Sara Cazzaniga
ETH Zürich
Raja Polachi Reddiar
Greentrack Technology (M) Sdn Bhd
Simone Graziosi
University of Bologna
Stefanie Lutz
University of Zurich
Vivek Kumar Awon
University of Aberdeen
Thapelo Raseepho
National University of Lesotho
Chris Tembo
University of Aberdeen
Kenkwo Promise
Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Nigeria.
Louisa Robinson Boyer
NIAB
Simone Marcolini
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Ido Rog
University of Zurich
Felix Zimmermann
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Stav Livne Luzon
Weizmann Institute of Science
Jean Evans Israël CODJIA
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Aryaman Gupta
Universty of Oxford
Dr. Nandkumar M. Kamat
Goa University
Tijana Martinović
Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia; Slovenian Forestry Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ricardo Arraiano Castilho
University of Lausanne
Meirong Chen
University of Tartu
Arik Joukhajian
University of California, Riverside
Sarah Cuprewich
Dartmouth College
Anna Hopkins
Edith Cowan University
Raphael Boussageon
University of Zürich / Agroscope
David Johnson
The University of Manchester
McKenzie Stock
New Mexico State University
Claude Nestor KOMLA
University of Buea
Dr. Krishna Saharan
Agriculture University Jodhpur
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
Raquel Correa Delgado
INSTITUTO CANARIO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS
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