Spatial Statistics

I am working on how environmental changes such as forest expansion or tree line movement impact the underground microbial communities and their role in ecosystem processes

I study the biogeography of soil fungi. I use statistical methods based on macroeco-evolutionary theory to understand how environmental conditions, biotic interactions, and evolutionary history shape fungal species ranges. My research predicts how mycorrhizal fungal species ranges will respond to global change and identifies areas of high conservation priority.

I am a PhD stundent working on ecological genomics of ectomycorrhizal fungi associated to oaks. In particular, I am interested in evolutionary processes of the ECM species Cenococcum geophilum.

In my research, I examine the correlations between pedodiversity and biodiversity. We research how soil properties and soil depth is effecting the arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi population.

Biogeography for conservation of threatened species/ecosystems. Systematics, taxonomy and evolutive biology

My research focuses on the response of plant and forest communities, particularly in montane systems, to global change drivers. This includes investigating mycorrhizal controls on tree species seedling establishment and distributions, and mycorrhizal-mediated community changes of alpine vegetation in northeastern North America.

Spatial temporal compositional dynamics of fungal communities in old-growth and new regenerating forests

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).

I explore mycorrhizal and nitrogen-fixing associations by mapping the diversity of tree symbiotic guilds and their fungal and bacterial partners in Australian forests. My research spans national (all forests) to bioregional (broad-leaf temperate forests) scales. I aim to identify diversity hot-spots and primary global change threats to these vital partnerships.

Dr. Maan B. Rokaya, a researcher at the Institute of Botany and the Global Change Research Institute, both under the Czech Academy of Sciences, is involved in research related to population dynamics of economically important plant species, plant adaptation, and species interaction in the Himalayan region.

My research is on the role of arbuscular mycorrhiza on carbon cylces processes

Research focuses on documenting the diversity and understanding the ecology and population dynamics of under explored organisms including mycorrhizal fungal communities of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, an Afromontane forest located in southwestern, Uganda.

My research explores the impacts of domestic and wild megaherbivores on mycorrhizal dynamics and ecosystem carbon balance in tropical and boreal systems. I apply methods across soil ecology, biogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology, and conservation biology to assess how animals mediate aboveground/belowground processes and can be incorporated into nature-based climate solutions.