Paula Colavita received her undergraduate degree in Chemistry from the University of Trieste. She completed her PhD in Physical Chemistry in 2005 at the University of South Carolina and carried out postdoctoral research work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2008, she joined the School of Chemistry at Trinity College Dublin, where she is currently a Professor and a College Fellow. Her team focuses on understanding and controlling interfacial processes and reactions, as well as applying advanced functional surfaces to address significant scientific and technological challenges in electrocatalysis and materials chemistry.