Prof. Dr. Marco Cantonati

Prof. Dr. Marco Cantonati, Top Italian Scientist (TIS) of Via-Academy and included in the list of Stanford University’s Top 2% Worldwide Scientists since the first edition, works as a professor in systematic botany at his alma mater, the University of Bologna (Italy), and was formerly a Section Head (Limnology & Phycology) at the MUSE—Museo delle Scienze, Trento, Italy. Moreover, he is an associate researcher at Drexel University (PA, USA). He received his M.Scs in Biology and Natural Sciences at the University of Pavia (Italy) and his Ph.D. in Ecology of Inland Waters at the University of Innsbruck (Austria). His research topics mainly include the biology, ecology, paleolimnology, and ecohydrogeology of inland waters and the biodiversity and ecology of microphytobenthos.