Harihar Jaishree Subrahmaniam

Jaishree Subrahmaniam is a plant scientist at the University of Hamburg who uncovers the hidden world of plant social lives. Her work revolves around understanding how roots exchange chemical signals, form alliances, and sometimes compete- a secret conversation happening beneath our feet. Using creative experiments and new imaging tools, she is exploring how plants cooperate to survive stress and shape ecosystems. Jaishree is passionate about sharing these discoveries beyond academia, inviting audiences to see plants not as silent background, but as active, social beings with stories of their own.