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:
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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
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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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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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Iker Yturralde
University of Hawaii at Manoa

Hugo Mauricio Ortega Andrade
Universidad Regional Amazónica Ikiam
Rachel Gallery
University of Arizona

Roisin Moore
Rhizocore Technologies

Raklami Anas
Cadi Ayyad University, Faculty of Science Semlalia, Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology, Agrosciences, and Environment (BioMAgE), Labeled Research Unit-CNRST N°4
Basiru Sulaimon
Mohammed VI Polytechnic University

Prof. Jesus Perez-Moreno
Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo

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

Claudia Bashian-Victoroff
Holden Forests and Gardens

Nicholas Medina
Morton Arboretum

BADOU Akotchayé Sylvestre
Laboratory of "Tropical Mycology and Plants-Soil Fungi Interactions" ( MyTIPS)
Antonio Marcos Miranda Silva
University of Southern Denmark

María del Rosario Lonardi
Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Sarah Symanczik
Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL)

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

OLATUNDE Oluwaseun J. A.
Horticultural Research Institute

Dr. Samina Sarwar
Botany Department, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan

Liz Koziol
University of Kansas

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

Jordon Tourville
Appalachian Mountain Club

Catalina Alicia Guerra León
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Cristiane Figueiredo
Federal University of Lavras and Westerdijk fungal biodiversity

Mohamed Hijri
University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P)

Sujai Kumar
SPUN | Society for the Protection of Underground Networks
Solomon Maerowitz-McMahan
Western Sydney University- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment

Kenkwo Promise
Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Nigeria.

Felix Zimmermann
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL

Jean Evans Israël CODJIA
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Dr. Nandkumar M. Kamat
Goa University

Tijana Martinović
Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia; Slovenian Forestry Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Sarah Cuprewich
Dartmouth College

Anna Hopkins
Edith Cowan University
McKenzie Stock
New Mexico State University

Dr. Hanna Artuti Ekamawanti
Universitas Tanjungpura (Tanjungpura University)

Jazmin Salazar
Catholic University of Cuenca

Ayooluwa Adebanke Olubode
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. Ogun State

Laura Yahdjian
University of Buenos Aires, Facultad de Agronomia. IFEVA-CONICET

Aynalem Gochera Sade
KU Leuven