Anna Amtmann

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. She was an Erasmus Programme student at the University of Barcelona. Amtmann completed her graduate degrees in biology in the laboratory of Dietrich Gradmann at the University of Göttingen. Amtmann's research has been supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. 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.

Selected publications

Amtmann is the editor-in-chief of Plant, Cell & Environment.

Personal life Amtmann is married to Pawel Herzyk, who she met during her first postdoctoral position at the University of York. Together they have twin boys.