The Ecological Mind: ecology, research, creativity
Matthias C. RilligIdeas and thoughts about ecology, soil, biodiversity, environment, global change. One of the goals to generate opportunities for creativity and collaboration. So if you find a post interesting, let me know and contribute!
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A common model plant-soil ecosystem
Could we agree on and then design a common model plant-soil ecosystem on which many groups could work? (Pic: M. Rillig)
(This is based on an earlier article published on 11.5.2023; then updated 22.4.2024 - but here the thoughts are focused...
Diversity of plant-microbial interactions and the late arrival of land plants
Is there a connection between late land plant arrival in early terrestrial ecosystems and the current diversity of plant-fungal symbioses (Pic: From the visit to the medieval tapestries of the apocalypse in Angers, France; can you see the m...
A community ecology of agentic AI
A community ecology of AI agents? (Pic: M. Rillig, this is from a graffiti wall seen in Amsterdam)
In the recent issue of Nature there are three articles and a news article about agentic AI and its use in the research enterprise. It seems...
How to dose passion for your research
How to manage passion and critical evaluation of ideas? (Pic: M. Rillig)
I have written about this topic before on this substack, a few years ago. It’s a very important topic, and it seems it affects us on a day-to-day basis.
In my caree...
Lab culture: is it good to have a vision?
Is a vision beneficial for a lab? (Pic: M. Rillig)
I lately have been thinking a lot about how to run the lab. There has been a change in that many people are now in the group because they have obtained their own funding (for example, thro...
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Professor of ecology at Freie Universität Berlin. Works on and writes about soil ecology, biodiversity, global environmental change, and fungi. New ideas, creativity in ecological research. Book author. Highly cited researcher.
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