Vasilis Kokkoris
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Vasilis Kokkoris is a leading researcher in mycorrhizal ecology, whose work illuminates the hidden economies of plant–fungal networks. His key research areas include the evolutionary dynamics of symbiotic trade, fungal network architecture, and the biophysical constraints shaping belowground resource exchange. Kokkoris is best known for his groundbreaking 2025 study, “A travelling-wave strategy for plant–fungal trade,” which reveals how mycorrhizal fungi optimize nutrient-for-carbon exchange through wave-like network expansion—a discovery that reconciles long-standing conflicts between network construction costs and trade efficiency. This work, already garnering 45 citations, has reshaped our understanding of how nearly 450 million years of coevolution have fine-tuned these mutualisms. Kokkoris’s contributions extend to developing theoretical frameworks that integrate ecological stoichiometry with network theory, offering predictive models for carbon sequestration and agricultural sustainability. His research is widely cited by ecologists, microbiologists, and evolutionary biologists, and he is recognized for bridging empirical observation with mathematical modeling. For students and researchers, Kokkoris’s work exemplifies how combining field data with biophysical theory can unlock the invisible trade routes that sustain terrestrial ecosystems.
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- 1A travelling-wave strategy for plant–fungal trade45 citations · 2025