Toby Kiers
Evolutionary biologist · Scientists · Born 1976 · age 50
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.
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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.
