Affiliation: Northwestern University

Eleonora Isotta is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Engineering in 2015 and her Master of Science degree in Energy Engineering in 2017 from the University of Trento. In 2021, she completed her PhD in Materials Science at the University of Trento, with a dissertation on the interplay between crystal structure and transport properties in thermoelectric materials. In November 2021, she started an appointment as a postdoctoral fellow at Michigan State University, where her work focused on the influence of elasticity and crystal structure on thermal transport, as well as the effects of oxidation on thermoelectric performance. In October 2022, she transitioned to Northwestern University, where she is currently investigating the impact of microstructure, specifically grain boundaries, on the heat transport properties of thermoelectrics. Her areas of interest encompass thermoelectrics, thermal transport, microstructure engineering, and crystallography.