Eleonora Mantione is a second-level Master's student in Drug Design and Development at the University of Pavia, Italy. She obtained her Bachelor's degree in Biology in 2022 and her Master's degree in Molecular and Biomedical Sciences in 2025.

During her undergraduate studies, she completed an internship at the Photogreen Laboratory, University of Pavia, synthesising photoreactive compounds and evaluating their antibacterial activity. In 2024, she undertook a six-month Erasmus+ traineeship at King's College London, where she synthesised three lipoguanidine compounds and investigated their activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, particularly ESKAPE pathogens. Her work included minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) determination, testing in different culture media, antimicrobial synergy screening, and checkerboard assays with macrolide antibiotics.

Currently, her research at iB2Lab focuses on evaluating the antifungal activity of peptides against fungal pathogens associated with Esca disease in grapevines.