Kadri Põldmaa (born 28 April 1970 in
Tartu
Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...
) is an
Estonian mycologist.
Põldmaa is the daughter of mycologist
Peeter Põldmaa (1929–1990). She graduated from Tartu Secondary School No. 2 (now, the
Miina Härma Gymnasium
Miina Härma Gymnasium (; abbreviated as MHG) is an institution composed of a primary school and a secondary school in Tartu, Estonia. The school holds a special emphasis on languages. Miina Härma Gymnasium is an IB World School offering the Dip ...
) in 1988. In 1992, she graduated from the
University of Tartu's Department of Biology, receiving her master's degree from the institution in 1994, and her PhD in 1998 with the dissertation ''Studies in the Systematics of Hypomyces and Allied Genera (Hypocreales, Ascomycota)''. From 1999 until 2000, she was a postdoctoral student at the
University of Pennsylvania and from 2002 to 2003 at the
Estonian Biocentre
The Estonian Biocentre (EBC; et, Eesti Biokeskus) is a genetics and genomics research institute located in Tartu, Estonia. It's a joint venture between the University of Tartu and the National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics. The ...
.
Areas of research include taxonomy and distribution of taxa growing on the fruiting bodies of the fungal family ''Hypocreaceae'' in the world and microfungi growing on the fruiting bodies and fungi of Estonia. Põldmaa has described 35 new fungal species and one fungal family for science, including the taxon ''
Hypomyces orthosporus''.
References
1970 births
Living people
Estonian mycologists
Estonian women scientists
University of Tartu alumni
University of Pennsylvania alumni
People from Tartu
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