# Toby Kiers

> Erica Tobyn Kiers is an American evolutionary biologist who is a University Research Chair and professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Kiers pioneered an economic interpretation of the interactions and exchanges between plants, fungi and microbes in mycorrhizal networks. She co-founded the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN). Kiers is a 2023 Spinoza laureate, 2025 Climate Breakthrough Award awardee and the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. She also received the 2026 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement.

*Evolutionary biologist (born 1976)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1976
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Fame
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