Toby Kiers, World Champion of Mycorrhizal Fungus
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Evolutionary biologist Toby Kiers of Vrije University Amsterdam was awarded the 2024 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement for her three decades of research on mycorrhizal fungi. Kiers studies these microbes that form vast underground networks, exchanging nutrients for carbon with plants and trees. Her research has shown the strategic nature of these organisms in resource exchange and their significant role in sequestering atmospheric carbon dioxide. In 2021, Kiers founded the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN) to identify and protect fungal diversity, resulting in the first global underground atlas. Her work also includes training scientists in legal and policy skills to advocate for these vital underground networks.
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