Andrea Zitolo

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Andrea Zitolo
NationalityItaly France
Alma materSapienza University of Rome
Scientific career
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InstitutionsSOLEIL

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

Life and career

Zitolo, who was born in the

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
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

Ordre des Palmes Académiques.[4]

He is also Editorial Board Member for the Springer Nature Group.[1]

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

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]

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. PMID 32986414
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  6. PMID 26259106
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  7. ^ "A quoi sert... Le Synchrotron et ses techniques structurales".
  8. PMID 29038426
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  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".
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