Andrea Zitolo

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".{{cite web|url=http://www.terzobinario.it/si-chiama-andrea-zitolo-e-di-ladispoli-ed-e-andato-in-francia-per-rivoluzionare-il-mondo-dellenergia-a-basso-costo/77105|title=Si chiama Andrea Zitolo, è di Ladispoli ed è andato in Francia per rivoluzionare il mondo dell'energia a basso costo - Terzo Binario News|date=12 August 2015}} On 2020 he obtained a Agence nationale de la recherche grant to start and coordinate “Spectroscope”,{{Cite web|url=https://anr.fr/Project-ANR-19-CE05-0006|title=Operando SPECTROscopies for unveiling the activity and Stability mechanisms of novel non-precious metal Cathode catalysts under OPEration in fuel cell and electrolyzer}} an operando X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) study of novel non-precious metal electrocatalysts.

He is part of the Supervisors habilitated to research direction at Doctoral School of University of Paris-Saclay.

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.quirinale.it/elementi/Onorificenze.aspx?pag=23&qIdOnorificenza=&cognome=&nome=&daAnno=1800&aAnno=2017&luogoNascita=&testo=&ordinamento=2|title=Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana|first=Segretariato generale della Presidenza della Repubblica-Servizio sistemi informatici- reparto|last=web|website=Quirinale}}

He is also Editorial Board Member for the Springer Nature Group.[https://www.springer.com/journal/42452/editors]

His pioneering research{{Cite journal|doi = 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00396|title = In Situ/Operando Electrocatalyst Characterization by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy|year = 2021|last1 = Timoshenko|first1 = Janis|last2 = Roldan Cuenya|first2 = Beatriz|journal = Chemical Reviews|volume = 121|issue = 2|pages = 882–961|pmid = 32986414|pmc = 7844833}} interest focuses on the application of x ray absorption spectroscopy in understanding the structure and properties of fuel cell catalysts.{{cite journal |last1=Zitolo |first1=Andrea |last2=Goellner |first2=Vincent |last3=Armel |first3=Vanessa |last4=Sougrati |first4=Moulay-Tahar |last5=Mineva |first5=Tzonka |last6=Stievano |first6=Lorenzo |last7=Fonda |first7=Emiliano |last8=Jaouen |first8=Frédéric |title=Identification of catalytic sites for oxygen reduction in iron- and nitrogen-doped graphene materials |journal=Nature Materials |date=September 2015 |volume=14 |issue=9 |pages=937–942 |doi=10.1038/nmat4367 |pmid=26259106 |bibcode=2015NatMa..14..937Z }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.umontpellier.fr/articles/a-quoi-sert-le-synchrotron-et-ses-techniques-structurales|title = A quoi sert... Le Synchrotron et ses techniques structurales}}{{cite journal |last1=Zitolo |first1=Andrea |last2=Ranjbar-Sahraie |first2=Nastaran |last3=Mineva |first3=Tzonka |last4=Li |first4=Jingkun |last5=Jia |first5=Qingying |last6=Stamatin |first6=Serban |last7=Harrington |first7=George F. |last8=Lyth |first8=Stephen Mathew |last9=Krtil |first9=Petr |last10=Mukerjee |first10=Sanjeev |last11=Fonda |first11=Emiliano |last12=Jaouen |first12=Frédéric |title=Identification of catalytic sites in cobalt-nitrogen-carbon materials for the oxygen reduction reaction |journal=Nature Communications |date=16 October 2017 |volume=8 |issue=1 |page=957 |doi=10.1038/s41467-017-01100-7 |pmid=29038426 |pmc=5715157 |bibcode=2017NatCo...8..957Z |doi-access=free }}

Since 2020 he is external review panel member at DESY in Germany and at Paul Scherrer Institut in Switzerland.{{cite web | url=https://photon-science.desy.de/about_us/committees/prp/members/index_eng.html | title=Project Review Panel Members }}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2016/03/22/scienza/ambiente/focus/un-tweet-e-unazione-per-salvare-lacqua-m6gvosQxPVrweztIqN8sGN/pagina.html|title=Un tweet (e un'azione) per salvare l'acqua|date=22 March 2016}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.synchrotron-soleil.fr/en/events/esy-2017-energies-and-synergies|title=ESY 2017 "Energies and SYnergies" - French national synchrotron facility|website=www.synchrotron-soleil.fr}}{{cite web|url=https://en.unesco.org/events/energies-and-synergies-debating-role-higher-education-system-career-advancement-scientific|title=Energies and Synergies: Debating the role of the Higher Education System in the career advancement of scientific researchers|website=UNESCO|date=13 April 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.opensesame-h2020.eu/en/news/sesame-beamline-scientist-spends-4-weeks-at-soleil/|title=SESAME Beamline Scientist spends 4 weeks at SOLEIL}}

Since 2020 he is a panelist for the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awardshttps://www.jxafs.org/w/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/021_Andrea-Zitolo_CV.pdf

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