Francesca Soavi (female, 0000-0003-3415-6938) is an Associate Professor in Inorganic Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” of the University of Bologna, Italy. She received her Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences in 2002 from Bologna University and has continuously carried out research activities focused on the electrochemistry, chemical–physical characterization, and synthesis of materials for diverse energy storage and/or conversion systems, from supercapacitors to Li-ion batteries, Li/O2 batteries, redox flow batteries, inorganic and microbial fuel cells, as well as for micro-electrochemical devices like ion-gated transistors. Her research is carried out at the Laboratory of Electrochemistry of Materials for Energetics (LEME) and Interdepartmental Center for Industrial Research (CIRI FRAME), where she leads ENERCube, a new laboratory dedicated to knowledge transfer actions in energetics. She is the Secretary General (2024-2026) of the International Society of Electrochemistry. She is involved in the knowledge transfer of research products by the StartUp BETTERY srl, which she co-founded in 2018. She co-authored more than 140 peer-reviewed papers in international journals.