Andrea Zitolo

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Andrea Zitolo
Nationality Italy France
Alma mater Sapienza University of Rome
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Institutions SOLEIL, partner of Paris-Saclay University

Andrea Zitolo OMRI (Pescina, born 1980 [1] ) is an Italian French scientist (with full professor status) and academic specialized in physical chemistry and material science.

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Life and career

Zitolo, who was born in the Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, grew up in Ladispoli, a seaside city that is currently part of the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital. After his diploma at the Liceo Scientifico Sandro Pertini, he started his studies at Sapienza University of Rome. He graduated in chemistry with a specialization in physical chemistry and top marks (110 cum laude/110). At the same university, he obtained his PhD in Chemical Sciences with a thesis on “Structural investigation of lanthanoid coordination: a combined XAS and Molecular Dynamics study” and he started his career as researcher. Years after, he moved to Paris, to work at the Synchrotron Soleil, where he is currently employed as scientist. Italian press said he moved to France "in order to revolution the world of low-cost energy". [2] On 2020 he obtained a Agence nationale de la recherche grant to start and coordinate “Spectroscope”, [3] an operando X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) study of novel non-precious metal electrocatalysts.

On 2 June 2017 the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella nominated him Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic for his contribution to the advancement of Science and in January 2018, the French Minister of Education Jean-Michel Blanquer nominated him Knight of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques. [4]

He is also Editorial Board Member for the Springer Nature Group.

Recent scientific works

His pioneering research [5] interest focuses on the application of x ray absorption spectroscopy in understanding the structure and properties of fuel cell catalysts. [6] [7] [8]

Since 2020 he is external review panel member at DESY in Germany and at Paul Scherrer Institut in Switzerland. [9]

Activism and Philanthropy

On 2016, among other Italian celebrities, he served as Testimonial for the World Water Day campaign of the Green Cross, advocating on the need of saving and protecting natural resources such as Water and showing their importance for the advancement of Science. [10]

Sensitive to the issues related to the transformation of the Higher-Education System and Research, consequently affecting the evolution of young researchers' career in STEM, he highlights the need of bridging the gap between institutions and investigators to answer to the new claims and needs of young scientists. [11] [12] [13]

Since 2020 he is a panelist for the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Andrea Zitolo: lo scienziato di Ladispoli che ha conquistato la Francia - www.baraondanews.it". Archived from the original on 2015-12-10. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  2. ↑ "Si chiama Andrea Zitolo, è di Ladispoli ed è andato in Francia per rivoluzionare il mondo dell'energia a basso costo - Terzo Binario News". 12 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Operando SPECTROscopies for unveiling the activity and Stability mechanisms of novel non-precious metal Cathode catalysts under OPEration in fuel cell and electrolyzer".
  4. ↑ web, Segretariato generale della Presidenza della Repubblica-Servizio sistemi informatici- reparto. "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana". Quirinale.
  5. ↑ Timoshenko, Janis; Roldan Cuenya, Beatriz (2021). "In Situ/Operando Electrocatalyst Characterization by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy". Chemical Reviews. 121 (2): 882–961. doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00396. PMC   7844833 . PMID   32986414.
  6. ↑ Zitolo, Andrea; Goellner, Vincent; Armel, Vanessa; Sougrati, Moulay-Tahar; Mineva, Tzonka; Stievano, Lorenzo; Fonda, Emiliano; Jaouen, Frédéric (September 2015). "Identification of catalytic sites for oxygen reduction in iron- and nitrogen-doped graphene materials". Nature Materials. 14 (9): 937–942. Bibcode:2015NatMa..14..937Z. doi:10.1038/nmat4367. PMID   26259106.
  7. ↑ "A quoi sert... Le Synchrotron et ses techniques structurales".
  8. ↑ Zitolo, Andrea; Ranjbar-Sahraie, Nastaran; Mineva, Tzonka; Li, Jingkun; Jia, Qingying; Stamatin, Serban; Harrington, George F.; Lyth, Stephen Mathew; Krtil, Petr; Mukerjee, Sanjeev; Fonda, Emiliano; Jaouen, Frédéric (16 October 2017). "Identification of catalytic sites in cobalt-nitrogen-carbon materials for the oxygen reduction reaction". Nature Communications. 8 (1): 957. Bibcode:2017NatCo...8..957Z. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01100-7 . PMC   5715157 . PMID   29038426.
  9. ↑ "Project Review Panel Members".
  10. ↑ "Un tweet (e un'azione) per salvare l'acqua". 22 March 2016.
  11. ↑ "ESY 2017 "Energies and SYnergies" - French national synchrotron facility". www.synchrotron-soleil.fr.
  12. ↑ "Energies and Synergies: Debating the role of the Higher Education System in the career advancement of scientific researchers". UNESCO. 13 April 2017.
  13. ↑ "SESAME Beamline Scientist spends 4 weeks at SOLEIL".
  14. ↑ https://www.jxafs.org/w/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/021_Andrea-Zitolo_CV.pdf
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