Affiliation: Åbo Akademi University– Turku (Finland)

Dr. Eleonora Macchia is a Senior Researcher – Cathegory B, as PI of the project “Protein Detection at the Single Molecule Limit with a Self-powered Organic Transistor for HIV early diagnosis (ProSiT)” funded by Academy of Finland Research Council (GA#332106). Since March 2019, she has been a project researcher at the Åbo Akademi University, in the framework of the H2020 European project “Single molecule bio-electronic smart system array for clinical testing SiMBiT” (GA#824946). Previously, she has been a Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Bari. She received her PhD in Chemical Sciences summa cum laude in 2018 from the University of Bari and her master’s degree in Physics 110/110 cum laude in 2014 from the same institution. At the age of 31 Eleonora Macchia has published 30 papers on International Journals and she is the first author of 16 of them and corresponding author of 3 of them. Her works gathered 658 Google Scholar citations resulting in an h-index of 15. She is also co-inventor of an international patent. Besides, she is co-author of five book chapters, as corresponding author in two of them, and she participated to 31 National and International Conferences, with 17 oral contributions and 14 posters. She was awarded with 8 national and international scientific grants and awards, and was selected as Top 10 candidate of the XVII Edition of the award “L’Oréal Italia Per le Donne e la Scienza” in collaboration with “Commissione Nazionale Italiana per l’UNESCO”. She is also strongly committed to the role of model for younger women scientists. Among other activities, she was selected as a Guest Speaker for the event "Global Women Breakfast event 2021" sponsored by IUPAC at Navyug Kanya Mahavidyalaya University. Moreover, she was selected as a role model for the project Inspiring Girls funded by the association Valore D and sponsored by Eni and Intesa San Paolo.