Chiara Tonelli is Vice-Rector for Research and Professor of Genetics at the University of Milan, Italy. She is leader of the Plant Molecular Genetic Group at the Department of Bio Sciences. She is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO).
Chiara has served on numerous scientific committees and Science Advisory Boards in Italy and elsewhere. Currently she is panel member of the ERC advanced grants and member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the JPI “Healthy Diet for healthy Life”, she was member of the Advisory Group for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology of the European Commission, and of the European Expert Group for Food and Health Research, a board member of the European Plant Science Organisation (EPSO), and a member of the Research and Technological Transfer Committee of the University of Milan. She has been member of the National Research Centre (CNR) Committee for Biology and Medicine and member of the Biosafety Committee of Italian Ministry of Environment.