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Silvia Bonoli is a leading astrophysicist whose work bridges the gap between large-scale photometric surveys and the transient universe. Her key research areas include galaxy evolution, multi-band photometric surveys, and the electromagnetic follow-up of gravitational-wave sources. Bonoli made major contributions as a key member of the Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey (S-PLUS), which is imaging ~9,300 deg² of the sky through 12 unique optical filters. The resulting paper, with 197 citations, has become a foundational resource for improving spectral energy distributions, morphologies, and photometric redshifts of local galaxies. She also played a pivotal role in the TOROS Collaboration, contributing to the first-ever optical identification of an electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational-wave event (GW170817). That landmark 2017 paper, cited 139 times, demonstrated the power of rapid, robotic follow-up observations. Through her work on S-PLUS and TOROS, Bonoli has enabled transformative studies of galaxy populations and time-domain astrophysics, cementing her reputation as a versatile and impactful researcher in modern observational cosmology.