{{short description|Professor for Molecular Plant Physiology at the University of Glasgow}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Anna Amtmann | alma_mater = Heidelberg University (BS) <br /> University of Göttingen (MSc, PhD) | workplaces = University of York <br /> University of Glasgow | thesis_title = Ca2-360 und NA+ im Cytoplasma der Meeresalge Acetabularia : Aktivitätsbestimmungen mit ionenselektiven Mikroelektroden und kinetische | thesis_url = https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/FKT=1016/FRM=Anna%2BAmtmann/IMPLAND=Y/LNG=EN/LRSET=1/SET=1/SID=5f7e78b1-2/SRT=YOP/TTL=1/SHW?FRST=2 | thesis_year = 1993 }}
'''Anna Amtmann''' is a German scientist. She is professor for Molecular Plant Physiology at the University of Glasgow. She served as Editor-in-Chief of the journal ''Plant, Cell & Environment'' from 2018 to 2023.
== Early life and education == Amtmann studied languages, mathematics and biology at the University of Paris and Heidelberg University.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/biology/staff/annaamtmann/#/biography|title=University of Glasgow - Research Institutes - Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology - All staff - Dr Anna D Amtmann|website=www.gla.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-12-24}}</ref> She was an Erasmus Programme student at the University of Barcelona.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/diversity-in-science/parent-carer-scientist/anna-amtmann/|title=Professor Anna Amtmann {{!}} Royal Society|website=royalsociety.org|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-12-24}}</ref> Amtmann completed her graduate degrees in biology in the laboratory of Dietrich Gradmann at the University of Göttingen.<ref name=":1" /> Her doctoral research involved the use of electrophysiology to study unicellular marine algae, in an effort to understand how they maintain homeostasis for calcium and sodium ions.
== Research and career == In 1993, after earning her PhD, Amtmann investigated ion transport properties in barley in Dale Sanders' laboratory at the University of York. Whilst at York she developed microarrays that could be used to monitor how ion transporters responded to nutrient deficiency and salinity.<ref name=":0" />
Amtmann was appointed a lecturer at the University of Glasgow in 2001 and was promoted to Professor in 2014. She spent 2007 on sabbatical at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology in Golm.<ref name=":1" /> Her research considers the mechanisms by which plants adapt to nutrient deficiency, drought and salinity. She has explored how solar-powered microorganisms could be used to extra salt from seawater.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://the-gist.org/2011/11/using-biology-to-solve-the-problem-of-water-shortage/|title=Using Biology to Solve the Problem of Water Shortage • theGIST|last=Eisenach|first=Cornelia|date=2011-11-01|website=theGIST|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-12-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wskep.net/index.php/waterruk/search?sortBy947=Company&sortOrder947=asc&pageSize947=25&page947=27|title=Water Portal :: People|website=www.wskep.net|access-date=2019-12-24}}</ref> Amtmann's research has been supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/grant-winners-21-july-2016|title=Grant winners – 21 July 2016|date=2016-07-21|website=Times Higher Education (THE)|language=en|access-date=2019-12-24}}</ref> She is a co-director of ''Algae UK'', one of six Networks in Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy (NIBBs) that look to support the UK's transition to a low carbon economy. Algae UK looks to increase research and development into high value products created from microalgae and macroalgae, as well as increasing attention to cyanobacterial synthetic biology.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/biology/newsevents/headline_356826_en.html|title=New opportunities for green biotechnology|website=www.gla.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-12-24}}</ref>
== Selected publications == * {{Cite journal|last=Amtmann|first=Anna|date=August 1999|title=K<sup>+</sup> Nutrition and Na<sup>+</sup> Toxicity: The Basis of Cellular K<sup>+</sup> /Na<sup>+</sup> Ratios|url=|journal=Annals of Botany|volume=84|issue=2|pages=123–133|doi=10.1006/anbo.1999.0912|doi-access=free}} * {{Cite journal|last=Amtmann|first=Anna|date=1998|title=Mechanisms of Na<sup>+</sup> Uptake by Plant Cells|url=|journal=Advances in Botanical Research|volume=29|pages=75–112|doi=10.1016/S0065-2296(08)60310-9|isbn=9780120059294}} * {{Cite journal|last=Amtmann|first=Anna|date=2008|title=The effect of potassium nutrition on pest and disease resistance in plants|url=|journal=Physiologia Plantarum|volume=133|issue=4|pages=682–691|doi=10.1111/j.1399-3054.2008.01075.x|pmid=18331404|doi-access=free}}
Amtmann is the editor-in-chief of ''Plant, Cell & Environment''.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/13653040|title=Plant, Cell & Environment|website=Wiley Online Library|language=en|doi=10.1111/(issn)1365-3040|access-date=2019-12-24|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
== Personal life == Amtmann is married to Pawel Herzyk, who she met during her first postdoctoral position at the University of York.<ref name=":1" /> Together they have twin boys.<ref name=":1" />
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