Dr. Leonora Abdullahu
Dr. Leonora Abdullahu is a nucleic chemist with a PhD in Chemistry from McGill University. Currently, she works with US-based pharmaceutical company, Eli Lilly’s External Innovation team, evaluating potential partnership opportunities for the company, in the RNA therapeutics field. She has served as a board member on multiple Albanian Community Associations in Canada, including the Albanian Society of Hamilton where she served a term as Vice-President, and the Albanian Canadian Excellence Society where she was a board member in 2021. She is a Kosovar refugee who came to Canada with her parents and two brothers in 1999.