Vanderlan da Silva Bolzani (born November 19, 1949) is a Brazilian chemist at the São Paulo State University.

[1][5] She had originally planned to work with Paulo de Carvalho, but he died suddenly of a heart attack.

[1] She was awarded a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarship to work at Leibniz University Hannover.

[4] She has studied the biodiversity of Brazil, and called for new technologies and scientific policy to support preservation of the Brazilian rainforest.

She has served as Deputy Director of the São Paulo State University Innovation Agency from 2009.

[9] Her awards and honours include; In 2019 it was announced that the Brazilian Chemical Society would create a Vanderlan da Silva Bolzani Prize for women scientists.