Paola Bonfante

Paola Bonfante is a Professor Emerita of plant biology at the University of Turin, 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”)
 * 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

She is in the list of:
 * Clarivate Analytics: highly quoted researcher 2017, 2018, 2020
 * One hundred Italian Experts