Speaker Faculty

Dr. Eleonora Benhar Noccioli is the Vice President of Science and Data at Natural Cycles, the company behind the world’s first FDA-cleared and CE-marked birth control app. A particle physicist by training, she holds a PhD from the Université de Genève and completed postdoctoral research at Yale University. Earlier in her career, she contributed to the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN. At Natural Cycles, Dr. Benhar Noccioli leads a team of top scientists from institutions like CERN, ETH, and EPFL, overseeing research, regulatory innovation, and global collaborations to advance women’s health. Under her leadership, the team has published over 20 peer-reviewed studies, continuing to close the data gender gap.