Eiko Kuramae is a Senior Scientist at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology and Professor of Microbial Community Ecology & Environmental Genomics at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Trained as a microbial ecologist, she investigates soil microbiome interactions, especially within the Nitrogen cycle and broader nutrient cycling, to understand how ecosystems respond to land-use and climate change. Her work develops microbial solutions for greenhouse gas mitigation, land restoration, and improved crop production, and she leads international collaborations across the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Her expertise in soil microbiomes and nitrogen dynamics is highly valuable for AmazonFACE, helping uncover how belowground processes and biodiversity functions respond to elevated CO₂.