Elisa is a professor at the Federal University of Paraná (Brazil) and leader of the research group “Group of Catalysis and Kinetics” at the same institution. Her research is focused on organophosphorus chemistry, neutralization and detection processes of agrochemicals and chemical warfare simulants, forensic science, chemical security, disaster mitigation, catalysis, functionalization of biopolymers, nanomaterials, and renewable resources; and green chemistry.

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She is an affiliate member of the Brazilian Academy of Science and received over 30 prizes, highlighting Brazilian Women in Chemistry and Related Sciences (ACS, Brazil, 2019), PhosAgro/UNESCO/IUPAC Green Chemistry for Life (Thailand, 2018), International Rising Talents (L’Oréal-UNESCO, France, 2016) and For Women in Science (ABC-L’Oréal-UNESCO, Brazil, 2015). She is a member of the scientific advisory board of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW; The Hague; Nobel Peace Prize 2013), and she is also engaged in gender equality and scientific dissemination activities.