Assist.-Prof. Dr. Mark Anthony
Assistant Professor at the Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research
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✉ mark.anthony(at)univie.ac.at
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Mark Anthony’s research focuses on the ecology and evolution of fungi. By employing genomic tools to characterize the composition, diversity, and functioning of fungal communities, Mark and his group investigate how the forest mycobiome drives emergent forest functions, like forest productivity and soil carbon storage.
They also explore how soil fungi respond to ongoing environmental change, from invasive species to global warming. Recent work has encompassed multiple trophic levels, examining interactions among fungi, prokaryotes, plants, and animals. Current studies focus on the roles of mycorrhizal fungi in shaping tree responses to climate change, the functioning of common mycorrhizal fungal networks, the ecology of fungal endophytes, and microbiome engineering to manipulate plant growth, reproduction, and death. Mark was recently awarded a Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Ambizione Fellowship and a WWTF Vienna Research Groups for Young Investigators grant.
Publications
Waschk P, Spiegel P, Gessler A, Saurer M, Bock BM, Hinterdobler W et al. Evidence for resource transfer via common endophyte networks. Scientific Reports. 2026 Jun 8. doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-56653-9
Mansfield TM, Zarsav A, Cox F, Suz LM, Bidartondo MI, van der Linde S et al. Ecological and genomic variation in ectomycorrhizal fungal exploration types. New Phytologist. 2026 Apr 5;1-16. doi: 10.1111/nph.71157
Anthony M, Röckel N, Traistaru A, Krishna A, Meesenburg H, Wagner M et al. Soil microbial community differences drive variation in Pinus sylvestris physiology, productivity, and responses to elevated CO2. Environmental Microbiome. 2025 Dec 4. doi: 10.1186/
Yu Q, Anthony MA, Gessler A, Tan X, Zhu J, Ji C et al. Decadal nutrient addition reveals phosphorus limitation and its adaptive mechanisms in tropical rainforests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2025 Dec;211:109976. Epub 2025 Sept 8. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.109976
Kaiser C, Anthony MA. The role of ectomycorrhizal functional diversity in mediating soil carbon cycling under global change. New Phytologist. 2025 Sept 8;248(4):1605-1608. doi: 10.1111/nph.70559