Giada La Gala was born in Italy. She studied physics at the University of Pavia, obtaining a Bachelor’s degree in 2013 with a final research project about Raman spectroscopy applied to forensic sciences.
She later obtained a Master’s degree in Condensed Matter Physics from the same University in 2016. During the Master’s program she spent five months at Utrecht University following the European Erasmus+ study exchange program. For the final research project, she spent one year at the NWO institute AMOLF in Amsterdam working in the Photonic Forces group of Professor Ewold Verhagen in the field of quantum optomechanics.
In 2016, Giada started as a PhD researcher in the same group. During her PhD she presented her results in international conferences and advanced schools (in USA, Israel, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Greece and Italy). She graduated in 2020. Since 2021 she works as a postdoctoral fellow at Italian Institute of Technology - Genova, Morego. Here she works at the intersection between nanophotonics, microfluidics and molecular biology. She is independently active as an organizer of cultural and artistic initiatives connecting art and science.