Francesca De Giorgio

Francesca De Giorgio

Francesca De Giorgio is a researcher at the National Research Council (CNR) – Institute for the Study of Nanostructured Materials (ISMN) in Bologna, Italy.
Since 2009, she has been working in the field of electrochemical energy storage and conversion systems, earning her PhD at the Laboratory of Electrochemistry of Materials for Energy (LEME) of the Department of Chemistry «Giacomo Ciamician» (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Italy). Her research activity is focused on the development of innovative materials and processes for sustainable high-energy lithium batteries and next generation batteries, such as lithium-air, lithium-sulfur and sodium-ion batteries. In 2018, she co-founded the Italian Startup BETTERY Srl, Spin-off of the University of Bologna, and in 2019 she collaborated with Manz Italy Srl as Associate Battery Researcher. Since January 2024, she has been a member of the Management Board of the GISEL Association (Italian group for electrochemical energy storage).