Chemistry International
Vol. 23, No. 4
July 2001
Awards
and Prizes
Nicola Senesi Receives "Honoris Causa" from Institut National Polytechnique
de Toulouse (INPTN)
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Prof. Nicola Senesi
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Prof. Nicola Senesi
(Department of Agroforestal and Environmental Biology and Chemistry,
University of Bari, Italy), Titular Member of the Commission on Fundamental
and Environmental Chemistry (VI.1), has been conferred the title of
Doctor Honoris Causa from the Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse
(INPT), France. The honor was awarded to Prof. Senesi by the President
of INPT during an official ceremony held on 18 May 2000 at the École
National Superieure Agronomique de Toulouse (ENSAT). Prof. Senesi was
the President of the International Humic Substances Society (IHSS) and
Chairman of Commission II (Soil Chemistry) of the International Union
of Soil Sciences (IUSS). He is a Fellow of the Soil Science Society
of America (SSSA) and of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA); a Golden
Medal winner of the Polish Soil Science Society; and Associate Editor
of Soil Science, the European Journal of Soil Science, Geoderma, the
Journal of Environmental Science and Health, and Humic Substances in
the Environment.