Gabriella Colucci (born 1960s) is an Italian researcher who identifies plant based chemicals for industrial use.
[2] Afterwards, she started research at the University of California, San Diego and at Arena Pharmaceuticals.
[3] In June 2018, she won the European Woman Innovator of the Year award[4] in recognition of the 35 chemicals she had identified that have potential applications in cosmetics or agrochemicals.
The second place went to Spaniard Alicia Asín Pére whose work relates to the Internet of Things and the third to Austrian Walburga Fröhlich.
The young award went to Norwegian Karen Dolva, who had devised a robot for socially inactive people.