Luigi Provasoli

Luigi Provasoli (1908 – October 30, 1992) was an Italian phycologist, professor, and expert on the nutrition, physiology, and cultivation of algae, protozoa, and invertebrates.[1]

Luigi Provasoli
Born1908
Busto Arsizio, Italy
DiedOctober 30, 1992 (1992-10-31) (aged 84)
Comerio, Italy
NationalityItalian
Alma materUniversity of Milan
Scientific career
FieldsPhycology
InstitutionsUniversity of Camerino
St. Francis College
Haskins Laboratories
Yale University
Author abbrev. (botany)Provasoli

Career

Provasoli attended the University of Milan and earned his degree in 1931. He continued his studies into protozoa, silkworms and flagellates, and received his Ph.D in zoology in 1939.[1] After his graduation, he worked in the lab of Andre Lwoff at the Pasteur Institute in Paris and developed a deep interest in algae. In 1942, he was appointed Professor at the University of Camerino.[2]

Provasoli emigrated to the U.S. with his American wife after the outbreak of WWII. He was hired as an instructor at St. Francis College.[2] By 1948, he was appointed Professor and Chairman of Biology.[1] In 1951, Provasoli began collaborating with Seymour Hutner of Brooklyn College and Caryl Haskins of Haskins Laboratories in Manhattan.[2]

In the 1960s, he served thrice on the President's Science Advisory Committee. He was president of the Phycological Society of America in 1961.[3]

In 1970, Provasoli moved with Haskins to New Haven, Connecticut and began to research at Yale University's Osborn Memorial Laboratories. He remained with Haskins until 1981.[1] He also taught at Yale from 1970 until his retirement in 1987.[3]

Provasoli served on the boards of the American Institute of Biological Science and the American Type Culture Collection, and also was adviser to the National Science Foundation and Smithsonian Institution. Provasoli was the founding editor of the Journal of Phycology. Over the course of his career, he published over 80 works.[3]

Awards

In 1982, Provasoli received the Gilbert Morgan Smith Award of the National Academy of Sciences.[2]

Legacy

The Phycological Society of America gives out the Luigi Provasoli Award to authors of outstanding papers published in the Journal of Phycology.[2]

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References
  1. Lehman, John T. (1993). "In Memoriam. Luigi Provasoli, Naturalist: 1908-1992". Limnology and Oceanography. 38 (1): 250–252. JSTOR 2837911.
  2. "Luigi Provasoli Award". Phycological Society of America.
  3. "Luigi Provasoli, 84, Biologist Who Aided Federal Government". New York Times. November 5, 1992. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  4. IPNI.  Provasoli.
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