Luigi Provasoli was an Italian phycologist, professor, and expert on the nutrition, physiology, and cultivation of algae, protozoa, and invertebrates.
11 Facts About Luigi Provasoli
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Luigi Provasoli continued his studies into protozoa, silkworms and flagellates, and received his Ph.
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Luigi Provasoli emigrated to the US with his American wife after the outbreak of WWII.
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Luigi Provasoli was hired as an instructor at St Francis College.
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In 1951, Luigi Provasoli began collaborating with Seymour Hutner of Brooklyn College and Caryl Haskins of Haskins Laboratories in Manhattan.
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Luigi Provasoli was president of the Phycological Society of America in 1961.
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In 1970, Luigi Provasoli moved with Haskins to New Haven, Connecticut and began to research at Yale University's Osborn Memorial Laboratories.
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Luigi Provasoli taught at Yale from 1970 until his retirement in 1987.
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Luigi Provasoli served on the boards of the American Institute of Biological Science and the American Type Culture Collection, and was an adviser to the National Science Foundation and Smithsonian Institution.
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Luigi Provasoli was the founding editor of the Journal of Phycology.
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In 1982, Luigi Provasoli received the Gilbert Morgan Smith Award of the National Academy of Sciences.