Rita de Brito Francisco

Swiss National Contact Point For European Innovation Council (eic) at Euresearch

Rita de Brito Francisco currently serves as the Swiss National Contact Point for both the European Innovation Council (EIC) and the European Research Council (ERC) at Euresearch since January 2023. Prior to this role, Rita held the position of Head of Communications and Scientific Project Manager at TOPADUR PHARMA AG from June 2020 to December 2023. Rita took maternity leave from June 2019 to June 2020 and worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Zurich from August 2011 to December 2018. Rita obtained a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Biochemistry from Universidade Nova de Lisboa and holds an Engineer's degree in Agronomy and Crop Science from the University of Lisbon.

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Zürich, Switzerland

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Euresearch

Euresearch is a non-profit association with offices in all Swiss regions and a Network Office in Bern. It is funded by the federal government to inform, advise and connect researchers based in or coming to Switzerland.


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Bern, Switzerland

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51-200

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