Anne Pringle (scientist)

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Anne Pringle
Alma materDuke University
Scientific career
Thesis Ecology and genetics of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi  (2001)

Anne Johnson Pringle is the L&S Mary Herman Rubinstein and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Botany at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is known for her work examining ecology and evolution using fungi as model organisms . Pringle was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2025.

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Education and career

Pringle received an A.B. from the University of Chicago in 1993. In 2001 she earned her Ph.D. from Duke University where her studies were in botany. Following her PhD. she was a fellow at the University of California, Berkeley until she joined the faculty at Harvard University. In 2015 Pringle moved to the University of Wisconsin, Madison where she was promoted to professor in 2017. As of 2025, she is the Letters & Science Mary Herman Rubinstein Professor and the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Botany. [1] [2]

Research

Pringle's early research examined diversity in arbuscular mycorrhiza, a fungus that lives in close association with plants. [3] [4] She has examined the distribution of fungus including a human pathogenic fungus, [5] ectomycorrhizal fungus that live with plants, [6] [7] and lichens that grow on tombstones. [8] Her research includes investigations into how fungal species move in the environment. [9] Pringle also participates in science events to promote knowledge about fungi, [10] shares her knowledge about fungus with children's newspapers, [11] and talks with the public on whiskey fungus, by-product of alcohol distilling. [12]

Selected publications

Awards and honors

In 2018 Pringle was named a fellow of the Mycological Society of America. [2] Pringle was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2025. [13]

References

  1. "Faculty profile for Anne Pringle". University of Wisconsin, Madison Department of Bacteriology. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  2. 1 2 "CV for Anne Pringle" (PDF). University of Wisconsin, Madison.
  3. Pringle, Anne; Moncalvo, Jean-Marc; Vilgalys, Rytas (2000). "High levels of variation in ribosomal DNA sequences within and among spores of a natural population of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Acaulospora colossica" . Mycologia. 92 (2): 259–268. doi:10.1080/00275514.2000.12061153. ISSN   0027-5514.
  4. Bever, James D.; Schultz, Peggy A.; Pringle, Anne; Morton, Joseph B. (2001-11-01). "Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: More Diverse than Meets the Eye, and the Ecological Tale of Why: The high diversity of ecologically distinct species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi within a single community has broad implications for plant ecology". BioScience. 51 (11): 923–931. doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0923:AMFMDT]2.0.CO;2. ISSN   0006-3568.
  5. Pringle, A.; Baker, D. M.; Platt, J. L.; Wares, J. P.; Latgé, J. P.; Taylor, J. W. (2005-09-01). "Cryptic Speciation in the Cosmopolitan and Clonal Human Pathogenic Fungus Aspergillus Fumigatus". Evolution. 59 (9): 1886–1899. doi:10.1111/j.0014-3820.2005.tb01059.x. ISSN   0014-3820.
  6. Vellinga, Else C.; Wolfe, Benjamin E.; Pringle, Anne (2009). "Global patterns of ectomycorrhizal introductions" . New Phytologist. 181 (4): 960–973. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02728.x. ISSN   1469-8137.
  7. Pringle, Anne; Bever, James D.; Gardes, Monique; Parrent, Jeri L.; Rillig, Matthias C.; Klironomos, John N. (2009-12-01). "Mycorrhizal Symbioses and Plant Invasions" . Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. 40: 699–715. doi:10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.39.110707.173454. ISSN   1543-592X.
  8. Rosner, Hilary (2013-02-10). "Lichens on gravestones may answer question: Is immortality possible?". Austin American-Statesman. pp. F2. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  9. Roper, Marcus; Seminara, Agnese; Bandi, M. M.; Cobb, Ann; Dillard, Helene R.; Pringle, Anne (2010-10-12). "Dispersal of fungal spores on a cooperatively generated wind". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107 (41): 17474–17479. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1003577107 . PMC   2955148 . PMID   20880834.
  10. Worland, Gayle (2021-10-18). "Science festival coming to Madison". Baraboo News Republic. pp. A3. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  11. Kasson, Matt (2022-08-27). "Wild mushrooms are curious organisms that require respect". Telegraph-Journal. pp. C7. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  12. Broden, Scott (2018-03-04). "Experts: Whiskey fungus not a major threat". The Tennessean. pp. A14. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  13. "Anne Pringle elected AAAS Fellow". University of Wisconsin, Madison Department of Botany. 2025-03-31. Retrieved 2025-04-20.