Stéphane Bentolila received a B.A. degree in Biochemistry at Université des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc (Montpellier, France), a MS degree in Agronomic Science at Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Agronomie de Toulouse, and a Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics at Université Claude Bernard - Lyon I. He moved to Cornell for postdoctoral training in Steve Tanksley’s laboratory. He is presently associated with the Hanson Laboratory as an Assistant Research Professor.
He is also a faculty member in the Graduate Field of Plant Biology.