# Anna Amtmann > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Anna_Amtmann > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Anna_Amtmann.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Amtmann > Source revision: 1346949868 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Heidelberg_University) (BS)
[University of Göttingen](/source/University_of_G%C3%B6ttingen) (MSc, PhD) | workplaces = [University of York](/source/University_of_York)
[University of Glasgow](/source/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](/source/University_of_Glasgow). She served as Editor-in-Chief of the journal ''[Plant, Cell & Environment](/source/Plant%2C_Cell_%26_Environment)'' from 2018 to 2023. == Early life and education == Amtmann studied languages, mathematics and biology at the [University of Paris](/source/University_of_Paris) and [Heidelberg University](/source/Heidelberg_University).{{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}} She was an [Erasmus Programme](/source/Erasmus_Programme) student at the [University of Barcelona](/source/University_of_Barcelona).{{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}} Amtmann completed her graduate degrees in [biology](/source/biology) in the laboratory of [Dietrich Gradmann](/source/%3Ade%3ADietrich_Gradmann) at the [University of Göttingen](/source/University_of_G%C3%B6ttingen). Her doctoral research involved the use of [electrophysiology](/source/electrophysiology) to study unicellular marine algae, in an effort to understand how they maintain [homeostasis](/source/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](/source/Dale_Sanders)' laboratory at the [University of York](/source/University_of_York). Whilst at York she developed microarrays that could be used to monitor how ion transporters responded to nutrient deficiency and salinity. Amtmann was appointed a lecturer at the [University of Glasgow](/source/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](/source/Max_Planck_Institute_of_Molecular_Plant_Physiology) in Golm. 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.{{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}}{{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}} Amtmann's research has been supported by the [Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council](/source/Biotechnology_and_Biological_Sciences_Research_Council).{{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}} 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](/source/microalgae) and [macroalgae](/source/macroalgae), as well as increasing attention to cyanobacterial synthetic biology.{{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}} == Selected publications == * {{Cite journal|last=Amtmann|first=Anna|date=August 1999|title=K+ Nutrition and Na+ Toxicity: The Basis of Cellular K+ /Na+ 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+ 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](/source/Plant%2C_Cell_%26_Environment)''.{{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}} == Personal life == Amtmann is married to [Pawel Herzyk](/source/Pawel_Herzyk), who she met during her first postdoctoral position at the [University of York](/source/University_of_York). Together they have twin boys. == References == {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Amtmann, Anna}} Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:German expatriates in France Category:German expatriates in the United Kingdom Category:German expatriates in Spain Category:University of Paris alumni Category:Heidelberg University alumni Category:Academics of the University of Glasgow Category:Biologists of the University of York Category:University of Göttingen alumni Category:German academic journal editors Category:German phycologists Category:Biotechnologists Category:Women phycologists Category:Women biotechnologists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Anna Amtmann](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Amtmann) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Amtmann?action=history)). 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