Pringle Laboratory Harvard University 16 Divinity Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 617-496-9741

Anne was featured on the NPR program, All Things Considered, on February 8, 2007. Check out the interview, On the Trail of the Death Cap Mushroom!

In order of appearance...

• Anne Pringle at pringle[at]oeb.harvard.edu
  

  "I am interested in all aspects of the research described at this site."

• Benjamin E. Wolfe at bewolfe[at]fas.harvard.edu
  

  "My main research interests are in the ecological and evolutionary links between aboveground and belowground biota. I am specifically interested in how plants and soil fungi interact in natural environments at the population- and community-levels of biological organization. I am also interested in human perceptions and valuations of the hidden biodiversity of soils."

• Celeste Peterson at cpeterson[at]oeb.harvard.edu

"My research focus is on the community ecology of bacteria. Using 16S rDNA clone libraries, I'm interested in identifying the bacteria species found in the carnivorous plants Sarracenia purpurea and understanding their geographic distribution. In parallel, I'm studying in the evolution of multicellular behavior of bacteria, using swarming motility in E. coli as a model system. I'm a joint post-doc with Roberto Kolter at the Harvard Medical School."

• Primrose Boynton at pboynton[at]fas.harvard.edu

"I'm interested in the evolution and ecology of symbiotic lifestyles in fungi. Specifically, I like to learn how symbioses come about, how they're maintained, and what controls the diversity of symbiotic fungi in nature. Right now I'm studying the evolution of parasitism and saproby in wood-rotting fungi and their patterns of present-day diversity."

• Julie Shapiro at shapiro2[at]fas.harvard.edu

Harvard College class of 2010 "In addition to general lab rat tasks (and learning cool things about DNA from Hugh!) I am doing research on fungi in various caves of the Eastern US and the impact human activity has had on them."

• Marcus Roper at mroper[at]deas.harvard.edu

"I am a fluid dynamicist interested in the physics of fungal spore launch and dispersal, particularly in ascomycetes. In addition to the Pringle group, I'm affiliated with the groups of Howard Stone and Michael Brenner in HSEAS." For more about Marcus, visit his SEAS webpage: www.seas.harvard.edu/~mroper

• Junling Zhang at junlingz[at]cau.edu.cn

"My research focuses on the role of AM fungi in confering tolerance to plants experiencing abiotic and biotic stresses. Right now I am interested in fungal diversity and fungal intereactions with other soil microorganisms. Research will help us to understand the function of fungi in nature. I am a visiting scholar from China Agricultural Unveristy (www.cau.edu.cn/zihuan), and will stay in Anne's lab for one year."

• Karla Sartor at ksartor[at]fas.harvard.edu

"My interests are in plant and fungal ecology, environmental science, and computer applications to support this research. I am currently a lab manager in the Pringle Lab, and a visiting scholar working with Kiona Ogle at the University of Wyoming, to develop a database of tree physiological and structural parameters for use in ecological modeling projects."

• Franck Richard at franck.richard[at]cefe.cnrs.fr

Franck moved to a permanent position at the Universite de Montpellier (France) in December 2006. "My research interests are the diversity, ecology and role of fungi in natural ecosystems. During my PhD at the University of Toulouse (France), I focused on forest ecosystems, investigating the diversity and the role of ectomycorrhizal fungi along secondary successions in Mediterranean forests. Now as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Pringle Laboratory, my work addresses fungal fusion based on the Neurospora model on the one hand, and the symbiosis between the invasive species Amanita phalloides and North American forest trees on the other hand."

• Hugh Cross at hcross[at]oeb.harvard.edu

Hugh moved to a postion with the Department for Environment and Heritage at the State Herbarium of South Australia in May 2008. "I am interested in the evolution of plants and fungi and their distribution in space and time, particularly Pleistocene biogeography and how modern biotas were shaped by the last ice age and continue to be affected by humans. Here at the Pringle Lab I am developing techniques to co-extract fungi and plants from soils and other mixed substrates, as well as study the co-evolution of these symbiotic organisms. This continues from my previous research establishing an ancient DNA facility in Leiden, The Netherlands."

• Kristi Ann Fenstermacher at kfenster[at]fas.harvard.edu

Harvard College class of 2008 "My research interests include the growth rate and senescence of fungi, and using computers to help quantify them."

• Jessica Soon Ok Worl at jworl[at]fas.harvard.edu

Harvard College class of 2008 "I am interested in symbiotic relationships, especially those formed between insects and fungi."

check back as the Pringle laboratory grows.