Letizia Catalini is an Italian researcher expert in nanomechanics and optomechanics. She earned her Master’s degree in Physics from the University of Camerino (Italy), with a Master thesis in Cavity Optomechanics supervised by Prof. Giovanni di Giuseppe and Prof. David Vitali. She then pursued a Ph.D. at the Niels Bohr Institute (University of Copenhagen), investigating nonlinear phenomena in ultracoherent nanomechanical resonators under the supervision of Prof. Albert Schliesser. After completing her Ph.D., she joined ETH Zurich as a postdoctoral researcher, working with Prof. Christian Degen and Dr. Alexander Eichler to develop novel scanning force microscopes based on advanced nanomechanical devices. During her whole career she has been part of several collaborations at the national and international level. In January 2024, she joined QSTeM (a mechanical sensing testbed founded by Prof. Simon Gröblacher and Prof. Ewold Verhagen) as its Director.