Paola Gori Giorgi

Paola Gori-Giorgi is a Senior Principal Research Manager at Microsoft Research AI for Science and leads the Skala project, which aims to transform density functional theory through data-driven, continuously improving exchange-correlation functionals. A recognized expert in electronic structure theory, she has made influential contributions to density functional theory, particularly in the areas of optimal transport, range separation, and dispersion interactions. Her work spans fundamental theory, method development, and large-scale scientific computing, with a current focus on bringing machine-learning advances into practical tools for chemistry and materials research.