Chiara Figazzolo

Chiara Figazzolo, PhD, is an Associate Consultant in the Inhouse Consulting Global Graduate Program at Merck Group, where responsibilities include supporting strategic management and operational projects. Prior experience includes internships in the CEO Office and Inhouse Consulting at Merck, participation in the competitive Excellerator program focusing on leadership in biotech, and a PhD candidacy at Institut Pasteur, with research on nucleic acids and presentations at international conferences. Chiara's entrepreneurial spirit is evident through co-founding Piplettes, an online science communication magazine, and attending entrepreneurial training at ESCP Business School, where an award for the best project was received. An academic background includes an MPhil from the University of Cambridge and dual Bachelor's degrees in Science and Chemistry from Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori and Università di Pavia.