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.
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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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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