Ton Bisseling

Ton Bisseling (born 1952)^[1] is a Dutch molecular biologist. He is a professor at Wageningen University and Research Centre.

In 1975 Bisseling obtained a degree in biology from the Radboud University Nijmegen.^[1] Five years later he earned his PhD in molecular biology at Wageningen University. In 1998 Bisseling became professor and head of the molecular biology laboratory at the same institution.^[2][3] During his career Bisseling has done research on the symbiosis between root nodules and rhizobia bacteria.^[4][5]

Bisseling became a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization in 1996.^[6] He was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2010.^[7] Ton Bisseling was elected as a Foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, in November 2021.