Science Associates / Specialization:
Restoration

AIGNON Lougbégnon Hyppolite

AIGNON Lougbégnon Hyppolite
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Akihiro Koyama

Akihiro Koyama
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Andreina Bosch Fernandez

Andreina Bosch Fernandez
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Andressa Monteiro Venturini

Andressa Monteiro Venturini
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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.
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Anna Hopkins

Anna Hopkins
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Asun Rodriguez

Asun Rodriguez
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I explore the long-term recovery of human-disturbed ecosystems to improve restoration practices. I am currently leading a network of researchers worldwide (which is open to new collaborators!) interested in the recovery of post-agricultural forests through chronosequences. Collaborators collect soil, root and leave samples in their recovering forest chronosequences, enabling us to study the recovery of tree-ectomycorrhizal fungi networks and its relationship with belowground multifunctionality.
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Ayooluwa Adebanke Olubode

Ayooluwa Adebanke Olubode
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BADOU Akotchayé Sylvestre

BADOU Akotchayé Sylvestre
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Basiru Sulaimon
Basiru Sulaimon
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Busayo Joshua Babalola
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Busayo Joshua Babalola
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In my previous research work, I explored how different AMF taxa changed over time in response to nitrogen fertilisation and reduced irrigation. I'm generally currently working on bioenergy sorghum AMF interaction.
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Cameron Egan
Cameron Egan
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Christopher Chesire

Christopher Chesire
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Christopher Ngosong
Christopher Ngosong
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Claire Willing

Claire Willing
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Clara Bo

Clara Bo
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Claudia Bashian-Victoroff

Claudia Bashian-Victoroff
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My research is focused on ectomycorrhizal fungi in forest ecosystems. I am passionate about coupling field collections with molecular identification methods to investigate ectomycorrhizal species diversity. As a Holden biologist, I am driven to connect people to fungi and their tree partners.
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Damilola Grace Olanipon

Damilola Grace Olanipon
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Danielle Stevenson
Danielle Stevenson
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AMF and other fungal roles in bioremediation of contaminated sites
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David Johnson
David Johnson
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David M. Kothamasi

David M. Kothamasi
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I study the role of arbuscular mycorrhizas as maintenance specialists of the ecosystem. I am focused on: (i) better understanding of the ecosystem through analysis of mycorrhizas as drivers of ecosystem function; (ii) investigating the effects of toxic pollutants on mycorrhizas; and (iii) development of new restoration technologies using mycorrhizas.
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Dr. Adriana Montañez Massa
Dr. Adriana Montañez Massa
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My lines of research include: 1- Microbial ecology: beneficial interactions between plants and soil microorganisms: biological nitrogen fixation and arbuscular mycorrhizae; 2- Soil biodiversity; 3- Soil quality/health indicators: biological parameters; 4-Biotechnology: use of beneficial microorganisms in agriculture
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Dr. Anita Antoninka

Dr. Anita Antoninka
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I am interested in how soil organisms, like mycorrhizal fungi and biocrusts, shape the function of ecosystems and can be used in restoraiton.
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Dr. Arooj Naseer

Dr. Arooj Naseer
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Ectomycorrhizal community structure of Himalayan and Hindu Kush Forests of Pakistan. Multigene Phylogeny of Mushrooms from Plains to alpine regions.
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Dr. Arthur Prudêncio de Araujo Pereira

Dr. Arthur Prudêncio de Araujo Pereira
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Microbial ecology in Brazilian drylands to disentangle the impacts of soil desertification on the mycorrhizal fungi community.
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Dr. Bruno Tomio Goto
Dr. Bruno Tomio Goto
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I am a taxonomist, describing the diversity and evolutionary biology of Glomeromycota.
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Dr. Burenjargal Otgonsuren
Dr. Burenjargal Otgonsuren
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I work on community ecology of ectomycorrhizas in boreal forests and arbuscular mycorrhizas in Mongolian grassland.
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Dr. Camila Pinheiro Nobre

Dr. Camila Pinheiro Nobre
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Dr. Carlo Jacomini
Dr. Carlo Jacomini
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Soil and Land Ecology Lab, Head
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Dr. Catherine Gehring
Dr. Catherine Gehring
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I study plant -fungal associations and how they respond to environmental change and can be used to restore degraded ecosystems.
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Dr. Cesar Arriagada
Dr. Cesar Arriagada
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Mycoremediation
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Dr. Elly Morriën

Dr. Elly Morriën
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Soil ecology focused on broad soil biota & fungi unraveling how interactions within the soil food web drives soil functions & carbon storage.
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Dr. Erik Verbruggen
Dr. Erik Verbruggen
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Relationships between mycorrhizal fungi and plant biodiversity, the soil microbiome, and ecosystem functioning.
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Dr. Gerardo Ojeda

Dr. Gerardo Ojeda
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Professor specializing in soil microbial activity and soil organic matter decomposition, and section editor of Land Degradation and Development journal.
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Dr. Gregory Janusz Pec
Dr. Gregory Janusz Pec
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I study the belowground interactions between plants, microbes and their environment. My research group addresses both basic and applied questions to the restoration and management of terrestrial ecosystems. We have also become increasingly involved in ecological projects on agricultural adaptation to climate change.
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Dr. Janusz Blaszkowski
Dr. Janusz Blaszkowski
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Taxonomy and occurrence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (phylum Glomeromycota)
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Dr. Jessica Duchicela
Dr. Jessica Duchicela
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My research revolves around the ecology of plant and soil microbial interactions and their effects on ecosystem services. I am particularly intrigued by the biodiversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities, their effect on soil aggregation and how this knowledge can be applied to the field of restoration and conservation ecology. Rhizosphere microbiome assembly from invasive, domesticated and will congener plants. Science diplomacy, science policy analyst and STEM advocator.
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Dr. John Ramana
Dr. John Ramana
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Plant - microbiome interactions and understanding the role of mycorrhizal fungi in plant invasions, forest restoration, and carbon sequestration and agriculture.
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Dr. Jonathan Bennett

Dr. Jonathan Bennett
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Focus on natural variation in plant interactions with mycorrhizal fungi, and how these interactions change with different management actions. Mycorrhizal research is then applied in agroecosystems.
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Dr. Justine Karst
Dr. Justine Karst
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I study the mycorrhizal ecology of forests. Through a combination of field, lab and greenhouse experiments, my lab learns about mycorrhizas and we apply this knowledge to maintain and restore forests on the landscape.
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Dr. Kadri Koorem
Dr. Kadri Koorem
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I am interested in the community ecology of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
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Dr. Laura Castañeda Gómez
Dr. Laura Castañeda Gómez
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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.
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Dr. Marcel van der Heijden
Dr. Marcel van der Heijden
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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.
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Dr. Mari Moora
Dr. Mari Moora
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Biotic interactions underlying the diversity and composition of global plant communities including mycorrhizal symbiosis and mycorrhizal biodiversity/community composition.
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Dr. Mariana Gliesch Silva

Dr. Mariana Gliesch Silva
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My research focuses on how climate change, drought specifically, affects plant-microbe interactions and how that determines plant and microbial community composition.
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Dr. Martí March-Salas
Dr. Martí March-Salas
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My research focuses on understanding whether plant evolutionary processes are mediated by climatic changes, abiotic factors and biotic interactions. My studies are usually conducted in experimental settings. However, I am extremely focused on investigating cliff ecological processes in natural conditions, as iconic landmarks that are refuge for many different rare and endemic plants. Assessing the role of fungal communities for plant's adaptation to cliff extreme conditions is key for understanding their outstanding specialization processes.
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Dr. Melissa McCormick
Dr. Melissa McCormick
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I study the effect of mycorrhizal specificity and fungal distribution and abundance on plant distribution and abundance.
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Dr. Mia Maltz
Dr. Mia Maltz
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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.
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Dr. Mélanie Roy
Dr. Mélanie Roy
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I work on mycorrhiza and their role in forest resilience, studying the extremely stable forest such as ancient, pristine forests in many ecosystems. I work more recently with forest and landscape managers searching for more resilient soil and practices associated with fungal diversity.
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Dr. Nahuel Policelli

Dr. Nahuel Policelli
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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.
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Dr. Nandkumar M. Kamat

Dr. Nandkumar M. Kamat
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Dr. Nelly Rodríguez Eraso
Dr. Nelly Rodríguez Eraso
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Landscape ecology with spatial analysis for biodiversity conservation and ecosystems services are my topics of work.
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Dr. Nicole Hynson
Dr. Nicole Hynson
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Fungal ecology with an emphasis on plant-fungal interactions and mycorrhizal symbiosis. Applied reseach in restoration and invasion ecology.
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Dr. PHAM Nguyen-Duc Hoang

Dr. PHAM Nguyen-Duc Hoang
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Our group studies about the ECM communities, EEM and ECM physiology in several kinds of forest in southern Viet Nam such as pine forest, lowland rain forest, evergreen forest, deciduous forest...
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Dr. Patricia Silva Flores
Dr. Patricia Silva Flores
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Ecology of mycorrhizae and applications in ecological restoration, sustainable agriculture, and forestry related to climate change.
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Dr. Rik Verdonck
Dr. Rik Verdonck
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My research focuses on the effects of contamination with heavy metals or radionuclides on soil communities, and on the potential protective effects of mycorrhiza against toxicity. I am also interested in the evolution of partner selection in symbiosis.
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Dr. Roberto Garibay Orijel

Dr. Roberto Garibay Orijel
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Ectomycorrhizal fungi systematics, ecology and management. Soil biodiversity. Edible and toxic mushrooms ethnomycology, genomics and biotechnology.
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Dr. Samina Sarwar

Dr. Samina Sarwar
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Dr. Shannon Nix

Dr. Shannon Nix
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I investigate the impacts that management and other land-use practices have on the composition and diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi in post-agricultural and transitional forests. I am also interested in how ectomycorrhizal fungal community structure is affected in forests impacted by invasive pests and climate change.
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Dr. Slavomír Adamčík

Dr. Slavomír Adamčík
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Laboratory of Molecular Ecology and Mycology focus on functional diversity of soil fungi. We link taxonomy wich next generation methonds to understand ecological roles of indivdual species
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Dr. Subrata Nath Bhowmik
Dr. Subrata Nath Bhowmik
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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
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Dr. Susana C. Gonçalves

Dr. Susana C. Gonçalves
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I am a fungal ecologist focusing on ectomycorrhizal fungi (one pet fungus is Amanita phalloides), and I have also become deeply involved in fungal conservation efforts. I am passionate about the human dimensions of conservation and an enthusiast (and practitioner!) of citizen science and community-based conservation.
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Dr. Tanya Cheeke

Dr. Tanya Cheeke
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My research focuses on understanding how changing environments, including disturbance and biological invasions, impact plants and their associated mycorrhizal fungal communities across scales. Current projects in my lab include: (1) examining how symbiotic interactions between plants and mycorrhizal fungi shape above and belowground communities in response to, and recovery from, disturbance events; (2) determining how microbiomes can be tailored to improve plant productivity in natural and agroecosystems; and (3) investigating the role of microbial inoculations in the success or failure of native plant establishment in ecological restorations.
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Dr. Touseef Hussain

Dr. Touseef Hussain
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Molecular detection, Characterization of Plant Pathogens, Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria, biocontrol agents (Bacteria, Fungi), Biosynthesis of microbial metabolites
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Dr. Valeria Verrone
Dr. Valeria Verrone
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Microbial activities involved in the degradation of tropical peatland ecosystems and identification of targeted solutions that can be incorporated into current restoration practices.
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EC Cline

EC Cline
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Ectomycorrhizal ecology of Pacific Northwest conifer forests.
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Elena Leander

Elena Leander
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Emanuel Ontivero
Emanuel Ontivero
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Etienne Issa
Etienne Issa
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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.
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Fruzsina Eva Felegyhazi
Fruzsina Eva Felegyhazi
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Gabriel Orrego Astorga
Gabriel Orrego Astorga
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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.
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Helbert Lim

Helbert Lim
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My name is Helbert, a researcher from Research Center for Ecology and Ethnobiology, National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia. My work focuses on ectomycorrhizal fungal communities in Indonesian tropical forests, especially on their biodiversity and ecology. My goal is to map ectomycorrhizal fungi distribution in Indonesian forests.
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Hugo Mauricio Ortega Andrade

Hugo Mauricio Ortega Andrade
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Iker Yturralde

Iker Yturralde
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Inviolata Lusweti

Inviolata Lusweti
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Janey Lienau

Janey Lienau
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Jazmin Salazar

Jazmin Salazar
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Jean Evans Israël CODJIA

Jean Evans Israël CODJIA
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Jed Soleiman
Jed Soleiman
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Looking at nature recovery through the lens of mycorrhiza, and their responses to regenerative agriculture and Rewilding.
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Jeffery Stallman
Jeffery Stallman
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I work on the taxonomy, systematics, and biogeography of macrofungi, and conservation biology more broadly.
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Jenny Vivian

Jenny Vivian
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John Yangyuoru Kupagme

John Yangyuoru Kupagme
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Jonathan Henn
Jonathan Henn
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Joske Ruytinx
Joske Ruytinx
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Juan F. Dueñas

Juan F. Dueñas
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I am interested in studying the impact of global change factors on soil biodiversity, and how this relates to ecosystem functions and stability. I am particularly interested in fungal communities and their role in soils, as well as the interaction of plant and fungal communities. I mainly use high throughput sequencing in combination with field or greenhouse experiments to characterize fungal community responses to different global change factors.
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Kenkwo Promise

Kenkwo Promise
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Kennedy Masamba

Kennedy Masamba
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Kristin Saltonstall

Kristin Saltonstall
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Laura Aldrich-Wolfe

Laura Aldrich-Wolfe
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Laura Cecilia De Luca

Laura Cecilia De Luca
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Laura Van Galen

Laura Van Galen
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Laura Yahdjian

Laura Yahdjian
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Lilian Moforcha Zemenjuh

Lilian Moforcha Zemenjuh
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Lisa O'Donnell
Lisa O'Donnell
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We manage and monitor the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve for endangered and rare species, including Golden-cheeked Warbler, Black-capped Vireo, karst invertebrates, and rare plants.
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Liz Koziol

Liz Koziol
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Lorinda Bullington

Lorinda Bullington
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Louis Berrios

Louis Berrios
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My work focuses on tripartite interactions among bacteria, mycorrhizal fungi, and plants. In particular, I investigate positive interactions among these organisms.
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Lukelysia Nyawira
Lukelysia Nyawira
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My work involves studying and working with soil biodiversity in various degraded sites, such as rangelands, forests, and grasslands. My primary focus is on understanding how to restore and sustain these ecosystems through biological interventions.My research and activities explore the intricate relationships between living organisms in the soil, including microorganisms, fungi, bacteria, plants, and invertebrates.
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MARÍA ADELINA MOREL REVETRIA
MARÍA ADELINA MOREL REVETRIA
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Our research focuses on beneficial plant-microbe interactions and soil microorganisms'' roles in disturbed ecosystems
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Maan Bahadur Rokaya

Maan Bahadur Rokaya
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Marcelo Betancur Agudelo
