Paola Bonfante Explained

Paola Bonfante
Birth Date:	1947 5, df=yes
Birth Place:	Turin, Italy
Nationality:	Italian
Education:	University of Turin
Fields:	Plant biology Plant microbe interactions^[1]
Workplaces:	National Council of Research (1970-1985); University of Turin (1985-2017), Professor Emerita (Present)

Paola Bonfante is a Professor Emerita of plant biology at the University of Turin,^[2] she has studied symbiosis between fungi and plants (mycorrhizae), associations that involve 90% of plants with significant impacts on ecosystems, as well as on agriculture.

Awards and honors

• 2019: Appointed Commander (“Commendatore”) of the “Order of Merit of the Italian Republic” by the President of the Italian Republic (“motu proprio”)^[3]
• 2010: Award for the Award for the French Food Spirit- Science – Paris, December 16, 2010 2021: The Adam Kondorosi -Academia Europaea Award for Advanced research, September 2021^[4]

She is in the list of:

• Clarivate Analytics: highly quoted researcher 2017, 2018, 2020^[5]
• One hundred Italian Experts^[6]

External links

• Prof. Paola Bonfante - Emeritus Professor - University of Turin - Italy

Notes and References

1. Web site: Paola Bonfante - Fields of Scholarship . www.ae-info.org.
2. Web site: Prof. Paola Bonfante - Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology - University of Turin . www.unito.it.
3. Web site: Conferimento di onorificenze dell'Ordine "Al merito della Repubblica italiana" . presidenza.governo.it .
4. Web site: Paola Bonfante riceve il Premio Adam Kondorosi . www.lincei.it .
5. Web site: Paola Bonfante - Highly Cited Researcher . recognition.webofscience.com .
6. Web site: Paola Bonfante - One hundred Italian Experts . 100esperte.it .