Anneleen Kool

Academic interests
My research focuses on plant systematics, ethnobotany, molecular identification and DNA barcoding.
I am currently working on two main projects:
- Plant use and migration during the Viking Age
- Market ethnobotany and molecular identification of medicinal plants
My main interest is in people´s negative as well as positive influence on wild plants through use and trade throughout history.
Teaching
BIOS 1150: Biodiversity
BIOS 2200: Botanical diversity
BIOS 3050: Internships in the biosciences
BIO 4250: Evolution and systematics of organismal Groups: The Plant Kingdom
BIOS 4218: Field course in tropical rainforest ecology and biodiversity
Background
MSc in Biology (2003), Wageningen University
MSc in Biology (2004), Uppsala University
PhD in Systematic Botany (2012) Uppsala University
Awards
2007: Uppsala University’s Excellence in Teaching Award
Publications
- Teixidor Toneu, Irene; Kjesrud, Karoline; Bjerke, Ernst; Parekh, Krupali & Kool, Anneleen (2020). From the “Norwegian Flora” (Eighteenth Century) to “Plants and Tradition” (Twentieth Century): 200 Years of Norwegian Knowledge about Wild Plants. Economic Botany. ISSN 0013-0001. . doi: 10.1007/s12231-020-09507-y
- Teixidor Toneu, Irene; Kjesrud, Karoline & Kool, Anneleen (2020). Sweetness Beyond Desserts: The Cultural, Symbolic, and Botanical History of Angelica (Angelica archangelica) in the Nordic Region. Journal of Ethnobiology. ISSN 0278-0771. 40(3), s 289- 304 . doi: https://doi.org/10.2993/0278-0771-40.3.289 Show summary
- Kool, Anneleen & Poulsen, Axel Dalberg (2019). Joining transdisciplinary forces to revive the past: Establishing a Viking Garden at the Natural History Museum, Oslo, In Peter Bjerregaard (ed.), Exhibitions as Research - Experimental Methods in Museums. Routledge. ISBN 9781315627779. Chapter 2.
- Xu, Maonian; Heidmarsson, Starri; de Boer, Hugo Joris; Kool, Anneleen & Olafsdottir, Elin Soffia (2019). Ethnopharmacology of the club moss subfamily Huperzioideae (Lycopodiaceae, Lycopodiophyta): A phylogenetic and chemosystematic perspective. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. ISSN 0378-8741. 245:112130, s 1- 8 . doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2019.112130
- Manzanilla, Vincent; Kool, Anneleen; Nguyen Nhat, L; Nong Van, H; Le Thi Thu, H & de Boer, Hugo (2018). Phylogenomics and barcoding of Panax: toward the identification of ginseng species. BMC Evolutionary Biology. ISSN 1471-2148. 18(1), s 1- 14 . doi: 10.1186/s12862-018-1160-y Full text in Research Archive. Show summary
- Montesinos, Daniel; Cano, Asuncion; Garcia-Llatas, Luis; Ju, Yingzi & Kool, Anneleen (2018). Paronychia sanchez-vegae (Caryophyllaceae), a new woody species of Paronychia from North Peru. Phytotaxa. ISSN 1179-3155. 334(1), s 41- 48 . doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.334.1.6
- Kool, Anneleen & Thulin, Mats (2017). A giant spurrey on a tiny island: On the phylogenetic position of sanctambrosia manicata (caryophyllaceae) and the generic circumscriptions of spergula, spergularia and rhodalsine. Taxon. ISSN 0040-0262. 66(3), s 615- 622 . doi: 10.12705/663.6
- Kool, Anneleen & Thulin, Mats (2017). A plant that Linnaeus forgot: Taxonomic revision of Rhodalsine (Caryophyllaceae).. Willdenowia. ISSN 0511-9618. 47(3), s 317- 323 . doi: http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.3372/wi.47.47313 Full text in Research Archive.
- Havinga, Reinout; Kool, Anneleen; Achille, Frédéric; Bavcon, Joze; Berg, Christian; Bonomi, Costantino; Burkart, Michael; De Meyere, Dirk; Hart, Joke't; Havström, Mats; Keßler, Paul; Knickmann, Barbara; Köster, Nils; Martinez, Remy; Ostgaard, Havard; Ravnjak, Blanka; Scheen, Anne-Cathrine; Smith, Pamela; Smith, Paul; Socher, Stephanie A. & Vange, Vibekke (2016). The Index Seminum: Seeds of change for seed exchange. Taxon. ISSN 0040-0262. 65(2), s 333- 336 . doi: 10.12705/652.9 Full text in Research Archive.
- Montesinos-Tubee, Daniel B. & Kool, Anneleen (2015). Arenaria acaulis (Caryophyllaceae), a new species from South Peru. Phytotaxa. ISSN 1179-3155. 220(1), s 77- 82 . doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.1.7 Full text in Research Archive.
- de Boer, Hugo; Ourghidi, Abderrahim; Martin, Gary; Abbad, Abdelaziz & Kool, Anneleen (2014). DNA Barcoding Reveals Limited Accuracy of Identifications Based on Folk Taxonomy. PLOS ONE. ISSN 1932-6203. 9(1) . doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084291 Full text in Research Archive.
- Teixidor Toneu, Irene & Kool, Anneleen (2020). Se en plante!. Natural History Museum of Oslo. ISBN 978-82-7970-110-1. 13 s.
- Kjesrud, Karoline; Kool, Anneleen; Foldvik, Therese; Olsen, Luka Natassja & Dahl, June (2020). Medisinplanter i middelalderbyen Oslo.
- Kool, Anneleen (2020). Mennesker og planter.
- Kool, Anneleen & Christensen, Lina (2020, 03. juni). Nytteplantenes renessanse. [Fagblad]. Forskerforum.
- Kool, Anneleen & Kjørstad, Elise (2020, 17. juni). Hva spiste egentlig vikingene?. [Internett]. Forskning.no.
- Kool, Anneleen & Kjørstad, Elise (2020, 07. juli). What did the Vikings really eat?. [Internett].
- Kool, Anneleen & Olsen, Luka Natassja (2020). Mennesker og planter:Nordensplantetradisjoner i fortid og fremtid.
- Kool, Anneleen & Smedsrud, Morten Skipenes (2020, 08. april). Smaker på vikingenes planter. [Internett]. Titan.uio.no.
- Kool, Anneleen & Smedsrud, Morten Skipenes (2020, 19. februar). Smaker på vikingenes planter. [Fagblad]. Apollon.
- Kool, Anneleen; Teixidor Toneu, Irene & Kjesrud, Karoline (2020). Jumping the fence - Collaboration across disciplines and museum sections to study human-plant interactions.
- Kool, Anneleen; Teixidor Toneu, Irene & Kjesrud, Karoline (2020). Jumping the fence - Collaboration across disciplines and museum sections to study human-plant interactions.
- Parekh, Krupali; Carlsen, Eira; Kool, Anneleen; Teixidor Toneu, Irene; Kjesrud, Karoline; Grønbech, Marit Elisabeth & Vindegg, Gaute (2020). Humle gjennom tidene.
- Teixidor Toneu, Irene & Kool, Anneleen (2020). Nordic plant uses from Gunnerus and Høeg. Version 1.4.. [www ]. Show summary
- Teixidor Toneu, Irene; Kool, Anneleen & Danielsen, Dag Inge (2020, 12. mars). Ser vi egentlig plantene?. [Tidsskrift].
- Bjureke, Kristina; Aarvoll, Liv; Grønbech, Marit Elisabeth; Kool, Anneleen & Lofthus, Øystein (2019). Urtehagens dag.
- Kjesrud, Karoline; Kool, Anneleen & Schjølberg, Ulla Gjeset (2019, 27. september). Rasende vikingkrigere kan ha vært i urte-rus. [Internett]. www.forskning.no.
- Kjesrud, Karoline; Kool, Anneleen & Teixidor Toneu, Irene (2019). Nordic People and Plants. Rediscovering and Safeguarding Nordic Ethnobotanical Heritage..
- Kool, Anneleen (2019). Mennesker og planter i fortid og fremtid.
- Kool, Anneleen (2019). Viking-assisted plant dispersal and the role of public outreach in research.
- Kool, Anneleen (2019). Vikingaträdgården i Oslo.
- Kool, Anneleen (2019). Vikingenes naturarv - er det vikingspor i salaten din?.
- Kool, Anneleen & Baanerud, Erik (2019, 27. august). Disse blomstene spiste vikingene. [Radio]. NRK.
- Kool, Anneleen & Disney, Walt (2019, 07. november). Frozen II. [TV]. Hollywood.
- Kool, Anneleen; Grønbech, Marit Elisabeth; Muskaug, Mai Linn; Bøckman, Petter; Ekrem, Gry; Godager, Ann Kristin; Parekh, Krupali; Lødrup Carlsen, Eira Catharina; Schure, Anna Theresia Maria ter; Kaattari, Sami; Estupinan, Lara; Allard, Anna; Vikinglag, Valhalla & Tekstilgruppe, Oseberg (2019). Vikingdag i Botanisk hage.
- Kool, Anneleen; Kjesrud, Karoline; Teixidor Toneu, Irene & Danielsen, Dag Inge (2019, 07. september). Forskere tror vikingene spiste mer planter enn kjøtt og fisk. Aftenposten.
- Kool, Anneleen; Kjesrud, Karoline; Teixidor Toneu, Irene & Danielsen, Dag Inge (2019, 07. september). Kartlegger bruk av planter fra vikingetiden til i dag. [Internett]. Forskningsdagene website.
- Kool, Anneleen; Kjesrud, Karoline; Teixidor Toneu, Irene & Danielsen, Dag Inge (2019, 19. februar). Vikingenes urtehager blir gjenåpnet av forskere. Forskning.no.
- Kool, Anneleen; Kjesrud, Karoline; Teixidor Toneu, Irene; Vindegg, Gaute & Danielsen, Dag Inge (2019, 07. september). Kartlegger bruk av planter fra vikingtiden. Forskning.no.
- Kool, Anneleen; Kjesrud, Karoline; Teixidor Toneu, Irene; Vindegg, Gaute & Danielsen, Dag Inge (2019, 26. september). Nå kan DU delta i forskningen. [Fagblad]. Palmebladet.
- Kool, Anneleen; Kjesrud, Karoline & Vindegg, Gaute (2019). Fra vikingkost til Michelin-stjerner.
- Kool, Anneleen; Kjesrud, Karoline & Vindegg, Gaute (2019). Fra vikingkost til Michelin-stjerner - reprise.
- Kool, Anneleen & Moe Disteler, Marit (2019, 28. august). Hamp: miljøvennlig fiber eller rusmiddel?. [Tidsskrift]. Aftenposten Innsikt.
- Kool, Anneleen; Teixidor Toneu, Irene; Kjesrud, Karoline & Danielsen, Dag Inge (2019, 25. januar). Pesthåndbøker og magiske oppskrifter åpner porten til vikingenes urtehager. Titan.
- Bjureke, Kristina; Aarvoll, Liv; Grønbech, Marit Elisabeth; Kool, Anneleen & Lofthus, Øystein (2018). Urtehagens dag.
- Grønbech, Marit Elisabeth; Kool, Anneleen; Bøckman, Petter; Birkeland, Anne; Ekrem, Gry & Muskaug, Mai Linn (2018). Vikingdag i Botanisk Hage.
- Kool, Anneleen; Kjesrud, Karoline; Teixidor Toneu, Irene & Bilit Hagen, Lars (2018, 09. juni). Gammel plantekunnskap kan bli en ny ressurs. Nationen.
- Kool, Anneleen; Kjesrud, Karoline; Teixidor Toneu, Irene & Toft, Martin (2018, 09. juni). Skal sjå på samlivet mellom menneske og plantar sidan vikingtida. Uniforum.
- Kool, Anneleen; Teixidor-Toneu, Irene; Kjesrud, Karoline & Danielsen, Dag Inge (2018, 12. september). Stort tverrfaglig prosjekt skal lære oss om vikingenes plantebruk. [Fagblad]. Palmebladet.
- Tarlach, Gemma; Boessenkool, Sanne; Kool, Anneleen & Star, Bastiaan (2018, 01. mars). The secret history of the Vikings. [Tidsskrift]. Discover.
- Bjureke, Kristina; Jacobsen, Gro Hilde; Grønbech, Marit Elisabeth; Aarvoll, Liv; Kool, Anneleen & Lofthus, Øystein (2017). Urtehagens dag. Ølbrygging, demonstrasjoner, omvisninger, quiz m.m..
- Kool, Anneleen (2017). BIO-torsdag: Vikingenes naturarv – er det vikingspor i salaten din?.
- Kool, Anneleen (2017). Ig Nobel Show: Woman of the Year 2017 LFHCfS.
- Kool, Anneleen (2017). Planter i krimetterforskning.
- Kool, Anneleen (2017). Viking assited dipersal and the role of exhibitions in research.
- Kool, Anneleen (2017). Vikingnatur - om planter, dyr og stein i vikimgtiden.
- Kool, Anneleen; Bøckman, Petter; Høiland, Klaus & Lier Horst, Jørn (2017). Vin & Vitenskap: Planter i krimetterforskning.
- Kool, Anneleen; Grønbech, Marit Elisabeth; Bøckman, Petter; Ekrem, Gry; Teixidor Toneu, Irene & Palsdottir, Albina Hulda (2017). Vikingdagen i Botanisk Hage.
- Kool, Anneleen & Havinga, Reinout (2017). Seeds of change for seed exchange: The winding way to implementation.
- Kool, Anneleen & Havinga, Reinout (2017). Sex, death and resurrection : grabbing hold of your annuals..
- Lofthus, Øystein & Kool, Anneleen (2017). Urtehagens dag: Ølbryggingens botanikk.
- Bøckman, Petter; Anne, Doksrød & Kool, Anneleen (2016, 01. april). Frosk i vikingtiden (Aprilspøk). [Internett]. Naturhistorisk museum, Kulturhistorisk muserum.
- Kool, Anneleen (2016, 04. mars). Abels tårn. [Radio].
- Kool, Anneleen (2016). Botanisk hage og vikinghagen.
- Kool, Anneleen (2016). From the Roof of the World to Tøyen - On two botanical expeditions to Central Asia.
- Kool, Anneleen (2016). Hvil i fred? En mumie pakkes opp - og ned: Mumiebotanikk.
- Kool, Anneleen (2016). Knowing what you don’t have: using IrisBG for inventories and wish lists..
- Kool, Anneleen (2016). New Master specialization in Biodiversity and systematics.
- Kool, Anneleen (2016). Plantedyrking i vikingtiden.
- Kool, Anneleen (2016). Plants from the Past.
- Kool, Anneleen (2016). Premiering av hager og grøntanlegg 2016: Vikinghagen - Hver plante en historie.
- Kool, Anneleen (2016). Viking assisted dispersal and the role of exhibitions in research.
- Kool, Anneleen (2016). Vikinghagen.
- Kool, Anneleen (2016). Vikinghagen - en omvisning for arkeologistudenter IAKH.
- Kool, Anneleen (2016). Vikinghagen som kunnskapsgenererende utstilling.
- Kool, Anneleen & Abrahams, Marc (2016). Dr. Anneleen Kool (UiO) and Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS), 1-minute about her science and her hair.
- Kool, Anneleen & Danielsen, Dag Inge (2016, 30. september). På vikingers vis. [Tidsskrift]. Palmebladet.
- Kool, Anneleen; de Boer, Hugo; Wieringa, Jan & Ghorbani, Abdolbaset (2016, 16. september). Making Biodiversity Accessible in Tajikistan. [Internett]. Science Nordic Blog.
- Kool, Anneleen & Grønbech, Marit Elisabeth (2016). Vikingdagen i botanisk hage.
- Kool, Anneleen; Larsson, Karolina; Weststrand, Stina & Vihriälä, Sami (2016). Att nå ut.
- Kool, Anneleen & Vange, Vibekke (2016). Orden i Systemet. Om arbeidet med omlegging av systematisk avdeling i Oslo og Trondheim..
- Grønbech, Marit Elisabeth; Bøckman, Petter; Bjureke, Kristina; Kool, Anneleen; Strømnes, Einar & Poulsen, Axel Dalberg (2015). Åpning av Friluftlivets år.
- Kool, Anneleen (2015). Vikinghagen og viking-assistert spredning.
- Kool, Anneleen (2015). Vikingnatur – om planter, dyr og stein i vikingtiden. Show summary
- Kool, Anneleen (2015). Vikings, biodiversity and the role of exhibitions in research.
- Kool, Anneleen & Alstedt, Rune (2015, 18. september). Rune Alstedt blir med vikingenes naturarv. [Radio].
- Kool, Anneleen & Boessenkool, Sanne (2015). Viking-assisted dispersal and the role of exhibitions in research.
- Kool, Anneleen; Boessenkool, Sanne; Bill, Jan; Kjesrud, Karoline; Helleve, Torstein & Gupta, Ram Eivind (2015). Vikingenes naturarv - kunnskapskafe med vikingforskere, vikingmat og vikingøl i baren.
- Kool, Anneleen; Boessenkool, Sanne & Danielsen, Dag Inge (2015, 22. mars). Eldgammelt DNA viser hvordan vikingene påvirket dyr og planter. [Internett].
- Kool, Anneleen; Boessenkool, Sanne & Danielsen, Dag Inge (2015, 24. mars). Old DNA reveals Viking impacts on flora and fauna. [Internett].
- Kool, Anneleen; Grønbech, Marit Elisabeth; Birkeland, Anne & Ekrem, Gry (2015). Verdens Kuleste Dag.
- Kool, Anneleen; Grønbech, Marit Elisabeth; Birkeland, Anne; Ekrem, Gry; Bøckman, Petter & Nistelberger, Heidi Maria (2015). Vikingdag - naturresurser i vikingtiden.
- Kool, Anneleen; Grønbech, Marit Elisabeth; Bøckman, Petter & Boessenkool, Sanne (2015). Vi graver i vikingenes mat.
- Kool, Anneleen & Havinga, Reinout (2015). The Index Seminum - a marketplace without time or venue?.
- Kool, Anneleen; Kjesrud, Karoline & Karlsen, Charlotte (2015, 16. september). Museum serverer vikingøl.
- Kool, Anneleen & Manzanilla, Vincent (2015). Medisin, mat og magi i Marrakech.
- Kool, Anneleen; Poulsen, Axel Dalberg; Næss, Ellen Marie & Tessem, Liv Berit (2015, 06. juli). Vikingenes grønne arv strutter av liv og lære.
- Kool, Anneleen & Solem, Knut Albert (2015, 11. september). Researcher recreates Viking beer. [Internett].
- de Boer, Hugo & Kool, Anneleen (2014). Identifying Medicinal Plant Roots in Trade: DNA barcoding in Morocco. iBOL Barcode Bulletin. 5, s 3
- Guldahl, Ane Senstad; Kvam, Unni Irmelin; Kool, Anneleen; Poulsen, Axel Dalberg; Lofthus, Øystein; Skjeklesæther, Hanne Lene & Skinnarland, Nils Ifver (2014). Urter i Begeret.