Vito Di Noto

CURRICULUM VITAE ET STUDIORUM

Prof. Vito Di Noto

Present Positions:
– Full Professor of Electrochemistry for Energy and Solid-State Chemistry in the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Padova, Italy.
– Head of the Section of Chemistry for Technology in the same Department; founder and team leader of the “Chemistry of Materials for the Metamorphosis and the Storage of Energy – CheMaMSE” group.
– Fellow of the Electrochemical Society (ECS) and recipient of the Energy Technology Division (ETD) Award 2022 of ECS. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellow.
– Past President of the Division of Electrochemistry and Coordinator of the Interdivisional Group for “Chemistry of the Accumulation and the Conversion of Electrochemical Energy” of the Italian Chemical Society.
– Chair of the Publications Committee of ISE.

Office Address:
Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Via Marzolo 9, 35131 Padova, Italy
Contacts: Phone: +39 049 827 5229; e-mail address: vito.dinoto@unipd.it

EDUCATION
B.S./M.S. Chemistry (full marks), University of Padova, Academic Year 1985/1986;
Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Padova, 1992.

NATIONAL FULL PROFESSOR HABILITATIONS 
18/12/2013 – Industrial Chemistry (03/C2);
23/12/2013 – Inorganic Chemistry (Fundamentals of Chemical Sciences; 03/B1);
29/01/2014 – Physical Chemistry (Models and Methods for Chemical Sciences; 03/A2);
17/02/2014 – Chemistry for Technologies (03/B2).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2015- Full Professor of Solid State Chemistry and Chemistry for Energy at the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Padova, Italy;
2002-2015 Professor of Solid State Chemistry and Chemistry for Energy at the Department of Chemical Sciences of the University of Padova, Italy;
1992-2002 Researcher at the Department of Inorganic, Metallorganic and Analytical Chemistry of the University of Padova, Italy.

The scientific performance of prof. V. Di Noto (December 2024):
a) 360 published papers: 305 are peer-reviewed papers (ISI+SCOPUS), 14 are book chapters, 31 patents (13 international and 18 national, 13 were sold) and 13 are papers on proceedings.
b) 411 meeting contributions including:
     i. 266 oral presentations in international symposia, among which 122 are invited: 90 invited, 21 Keynotes and 11 Plenary Lectures;
     ii. 43 oral presentations in national meetings, of which 7 are invited.
     iii. 12 poster presentations in national meetings.
c) Editor of 1 book of “Electrocatalysis for Membrane Fuel Cells: Methods, Modeling, and Applications”, Pages 1 – 558, Wiley (2023). ISBN: 978-352783057-2, 978-352734837-4, DOI: 10.1002/9783527830572.
h-index = 56 (Google Scholar), more than 10760 citations. h-index = 52 (Scopus), more than 8678 citations. h-index = 48 (ISI), more than 8068 citations.

Research Activity

The main achievements of the research activity carried out by Prof. Di Noto are summarized in the following five main topics:

Topic I – Electrolyte and electrode materials for fuel cells of the type PEMFCs (Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells), AEMFCs (Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells), HT-PEMFCs (High-Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells), DAFCs (Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells), and for PEM electolyzers (since 1999);

The aim of this research was focused on the synthesis and the study of:
a) proton-conducting and anion-conducting ionomers, both conventional and hybrid inorganic-organic, mainly based on Nafion, for application in PEMFCs;
b) electrocatalysts (ECs) based on transition metals supported on carbon-nitride conductive matrices (CN) and electrode configurations for the fabrication of membrane-electrode assemblies (MEAs). These materials were developed for application in PEM electrolysers and low-temperature PEMFCs.

These activities led to the development of:
a) new hybrid inorganic-organic Nafion-based electrolytes, characterized by an excellent performance in single PEMFC;
b) new mono/plurimetallic carbon nitride-based electrocatalysts of the “core-shell” type based on PGM and Non-PGM, characterized by a high Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) performance and durability in fuel cells;
c) new membranes and electrocatalysts for passive direct methanol fuel cells with a high efficiency.

Most relevant results of topic I
Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reactions (ORR):
1. Device and preparation for the first time of new ORR ECs with a “core-shell” morphology consisting of a conducting “core” and a “shell” of a carbon-nitride matrix supporting Pt and Pd active sites. These systems, @ 0.9V vs RHE, show an “ex-situ” specific surface activity for Pt and Pd based ECs, which is up to ca. 13 and 1.6 times higher than that of Pt/C ref., respectively. These materials, when tested in single fuel cells under operating conditions, required 0.045 and 0.45 g of Pt and Pd, respectively, to deliver 1kW of Power.
2. The effect of different parameters, such as precursors used in the synthesis, composition of pre-catalysts, and pyrolysis processes, were elucidated.
3. The interplay between the composition, oxidation states of metal active sites in alloy nanoparticles (NPs), structure and electrochemical performance was clarified. It was demonstrated, for the first time, that the best ECs of this class consist of a “shell” of carbon-nitride matrix (CN) which presents: a N concentration lower than 5wt% with N located exclusively in metal coordination “nests”; active sites on metal alloy NPs which are well exposed to reagents (good accessibility of reagents to sites).
Proton and Anionic Exchange Membranes
Proton Exchange Membranes (PEMs)
1. New hybrid inorganic-organic membranes based on Nafion and suitable “core-shell” inorganic nanofillers were obtained. These membranes present: (i) an improved conductivity at high temperatures (up to 7.0 × 10−2 S cm−1 at 115 °C; in the same conditions, pristine Nafion has a conductivity of 3.3 × 10−2 S cm−1); and (ii) an interesting implementation in single fuel cells running at low hydration degrees.
2. The interplay between the structure, thermo-mechanical transitions and electric response of membranes was fully clarified. These studies permitted to propose an unitary model which allowed to reconcile the structural features and the nano-morphological reorganizations of host polymer domains with the phenomena responsible of thermo-mechanical and electrical relaxations. Thus, for the first time, a crucial basic background is provided for designing new materials and for understanding the conductivity mechanisms of ionomers.
Anion Exchange Membranes (AEM)
1. The interactions and the thermo-mechanical and electrical relaxations characterizing the structure and the properties of these materials were elucidated.
2. In these materials, for the first time, a new solid-state transition, indicated as T, was detected. T is the temperature of the AEM at which a disorder-order transition occurs. It modulates the electrical and mechanical properties of membranes.
3. A totally new family of AEMs were developed, based on polyketone backbones.

Topic II – Polymer electrolytes and innovative electrode materials for the reversible storage of electrical energy in secondary lithium and magnesium batteries (since 1992).
The research activity in this area was focused on the preparation and the study of:
a) hybrid inorganic-organic Li- and Mg-based electrolytes for batteries and sensors; new classes of materials and synthetic approaches were proposed;
b) electrode materials for the development of rechargeable magnesium batteries;
c) hybrid inorganic-organic electrolytes with a transport number close to 1 for lithium batteries (Lithium Single-Ion Conducting Materials);
d) All-solid-state electrolytes based on fluorinated titanium oxide and molten lithium.
e) electrolytes based on ionic liquids doped with inorganic NPs which are neutralized on the surface with lithium ions;
f) 3D-concatenated electrolytes through halide bridges based on -MgCl2 and ionic liquids for reversible magnesium batteries.

Most relevant results of topic II
1. The development of the first prototypes of operating secondary magnesium batteries;
2. the development of the first synthesis protocol for preparation of hybrid ion-conducting inorganic-organic materials of the Z-IOPE family (Z-IOPE: Zeolitic Inorganic Organic Polymer Electrolytes) by a sol→gel→plastic reaction starting from precursors consisting of transition metal complexes instead of metal alkoxides;
3. the preparation of the first ceramic nano-fillers, which consist of inorganic anionic nanoparticles (macroanions) neutralized on the surface with lithium cations, to use in the preparation of electrolytes. These electrolytes, which showed a unity transference number, are characterized by a high lithium ion conductivity and are very stable when contacted directly with solid metallic lithium at the anode of the batteries;
4. the preparation of magnesium electrolytes characterized by large exchange currents and high reversibility at the magnesium metallic anode.

Topic III – Study of the electric response of ion-conducting, electric and dielectric materials by broadband electrical spectroscopy (BES) (since 1994).
BES studies allowed to define the phenomena underlying the electrical response of ion-conducting, dielectric and semiconducting materials and to propose a mechanism for their operation.

Most relevant results of topic III
1. In cationic and anionic exchange membranes for applications in fuel cells, it was found that the electric response is modulated in “wet” conditions by the polarization phenomena and in the “dry” state by the dielectric relaxations corresponding to: (a) the segmental motions; and (b) the local fluctuations of the dipole moments of chemical functionalities of polymer matrix.
2. In polymer electrolytes based on polyethylene oxide for lithium and magnesium batteries, it was demonstrated that the electric response depends on the electrode polarization event and on the segmental motions associated to both the chains coordinating the metal ion (ion, slow relaxation mode) and those “free” (fast, fast relaxation mode), i.e. the chains not coordinating the metal ions.
3. In materials based on ionic liquids, it was revealed that the electric response is regulated by the polarization phenomena, thus demonstrating that the nanostructure of these systems plays a crucial role in modulating their electrical properties.
4. In dielectric and semiconducting materials, it was determined that the electric response is correlated to the dipolar relaxation modes associated to the chemical functionalities typical of these materials.

Topic IV – Environmental and BioInorganic Chemistry (from 1992 to 1994);
In the framework of this topic, prof. Vito Di Noto contributed to:
a) the development and the application of models and methods for the study of the [receptor] – [inorganic complex] interactions;
b) the synthesis of platinum coordination complexes characterized by anticancer activity;
c) the development of methods for the analysis and the study of the spatial distribution of chemical elements in the environment.

Most relevant results of topic IV
The main results include the synthesis and the characterization of platinum complexes characterized by anticancer activity; the development of thermodynamic theoretical models for the study of the binding interactions [metal ion complex] – [supramolecular system] and the start up and coordination of an innovative laboratory for the sequential and simultaneous analysis of the elements in environmental and biological samples by means of Inductively-Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES) mounting both a Meinhard and an Ultrasonic Nebulizer. The environmental studies were carried out in the framework of a project proposed and funded by the Department of the Environment of Venice.

Topic V – High-yield heterogeneous catalysis of the Ziegler-Natta type for polymerization of olefins (from 1990 to 1992).
From 1990 to 1992, prof. Di Noto carried out studies on high-yield Ziegler-Natta catalysis for the polymerization of olefins. In particular, he prepared and studied by means of spectroscopic techniques and wide- and small-angle powder X-ray diffraction, a large number of supported third-generation Ziegler-Natta catalysts. These materials were also tested in the olefin polymerization reaction.

Research Projects

Principal Investigator of the following research projects:
a) PRAT 2001: Scientific equipment for Research projects – Polymer electrolyte fuel cells: inorganic-organic hybrid polymer electrolytes and innovative electrodic systems (24 months).
b) PRAT 2011: Advanced nano-electrocatalysts for ethanol oxidation in direct ethanol fuel cells (24 months).
c) Strategic Project of the University of Padova: “From Materials for Membrane-Electrode Assemblies to Electric Energy Conversion and Storage Devices” (MAESTRA). From 1st January 2014 (36 months).
d) European “Graphene Flagship”: GRAFUS Project n° 14-GRPH-196 within the “Graphene Flagship” of the 7th framework program “Graphene-Based Revolutions in ICT and Beyond” (Project: 604391). From 1st October 2014 (18 months). TRL 2-4
e) European “Graphene Flagship”: Project “Graphene Core 1 – Graphene-based disruptive technologies” n° H2020-Adhoc-2014-20 within the “Graphene Flagship” of Horizon 2020 (Project: 696656). Activities carried out in the workpackage “Energy Generation”. From 1st April 2016 (24 months). TRL 3-5
f) “Development, characterization and tests in prototype devices of ion-exchange membranes for next-generation redox flow batteries”, project funded by ENI S.p.A.; CUP: C56J15001560007, code D_N_COMM6_01. This is a “commercial” project. From 1st July 2016 (initially 24 months, extended to 48 months).
g) “Advanced electrolytes for next-generation Anion-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells” (AGNI), project funded by the University of Padova in the framework of the BIRD 2016 action; protocol: BIRD164837/16. From 1st January 2017 (24 months).
h) European “Graphene Flagship”: Project “Graphene Flagship Core Project 2” n° H2020-SGA-FET-GRAPHENE-2017 within the “Graphene Flagship” of Horizon 2020 (Project: 785219). Activities carried out in the workpackage “Energy Generation”. From 1st April 2018 (24 months). TRL 5-7
i) “Batterie a flusso di nuova generazione: preparazione, caratterizzazione e test in dispositivi-prototipo di membrane a scambio ionico ad elevata selettività ed integrazione di sistema con fonti primarie intermittenti” (Next-generation redox flow batteries: preparation, characterization and test in prototype devices of high-selectivity ion-exchange membranes and system integration with intermittent primary sources). Project funded by ENI S.p.A., contract 2500026228; the financial aspects of this project are handled by INSTM in the project INDPD01581. This is an “institutional” project. From 5 September 2018 to 4 November 2019 (14 months).
j) “Single-tank”, “single-pass” redox flow battery systems with an innovative architecture and approach to operation. Project funded by FUJIFILM MANUFACTURING EUROPE B.V.; the financial aspects of this project are handled by INSTM in the project INDPD01588. This is an “institutional” project. From 01 November 2018 to 31 October 2019 (12 months).
k) “Sviluppo di membrane a scambio ionico ad elevate selettività per applicazioni in batterie a flusso di nuova generazione” (Development of high-selectivity ion-exchange membranes for application in next-generation redox flow batteries). Project funded by ENI S.p.A., contract 2500026228; the financial aspects of this project are handled by INSTM in the project INDPD01779. This is an “institutional” project. From 20 January 2020 to 20 November 2021 (23 months).
l) European “Graphene Flagship”: Project “Graphene Flagship Core Project 3” n° H2020-SGA-FET-GRAPHENE-2019 within the “Graphene Flagship” of Horizon 2020 (Project: 881603). Activities carried out in the workpackage “Energy Generation”. From 1st April 2020 (42 months). TRL 6-8
m) Advanced Low-Platinum hierarchical Electrocatalysts for low-T fuel cells (ALPE), Upscaling project funded by EIT Raw Materials. From 1 January 2020 (53 Months).
n) Optimization of a process for the synthesis of LiPF6 for electrochemical applications (Ottimizzazione di un processo per la sintesi di LiPF6 per applicazioni elettrochimiche). Project funded by Fluorsid Alkeemia, contract 1919; the financial aspects of this project are handled by INSTM. From 30th April 2021 (36 months).
o) Development of innovative materials for application in secondary sodium batteries (Sviluppo di materiali innovativi per applicazioni in batterie secondarie al sodio). Project funded by SoNick S.p.A. From 1st October 2021 (12 months).
p) Development of innovative materials for application in secondary sodium batteries (Sviluppo di materiali innovativi per applicazioni in batterie secondarie al sodio). Project funded by SoNick S.p.A. From 1st July 2023 (12 months).
q) PRIN 2022: “Alkaline membrane–electrode assemblies for fuel cells (ALEF)”. Protocol: 2022PYXHYL. From 1st October 2023 (24 months).
r) PNRR: “Hydrogen Mobility Made in Italy: High H2/O2 Back Pressure Stack for LEGO-like Upscalable PEMFCs for Heavy Duty Transportation (HYMOBITALY)”. Scalability Grant of the Italian PNRR, National Centre for Sustainable Mobility, Spoke 14 – Hydrogen and New Fuels. From 1st October 2023 (12 months).
s) “DURAble, Scalable, and Recyclable Components and Cell Designs for Next Generation Alkaline Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis (DURALYS)”. Italian-German project funded by the Italian Ministry of International Collaboration. From 1st January 2025 (36 months).

Local coordinator of the following projects:
National projects:
a) ex 60% of University of Padova: Electroactive materials and polymer electrolytes for the production and the reversible storage of energy and for the development of sensors: synthesis, studies and applications (since 1998).
b) FISR 1999: “Electrolityc Materials and innovative electrodic systems for polymeric fuel cells”. (24 months). Principal investigator: prof. B. Scrosati.
c) PRIN 2000: “Electrochemical, vibrational and morphological characterization of polymer-based films for the development of transducers and transistors for gas and vapour sensors”. Protocol: MM03025954_004. From 20th December 2000 (24 months). Principal investigator: prof. P. G. Zambonin.
d) FISR 2001: “Development of composite protonic membranes and of innovative electrodic configurations for polymer electrolyte fuel cells”. (42 months). Principal investigator: prof. B. Scrosati.
e) PRIN 2002: “Synthesis of hybrid inorganic-organic thin films for sensors and studies with vibrational and broad-band dielectric spectroscopies of the correlations between the functionality and the molecular dynamics”. Protocol: 2002037994_003. From 16th December 2002 (24 months). Principal investigator: prof. P. G. Zambonin.
f) PRIN 2004: “Polymers and hydrogels based on inorganic-organic hybrids for electroactive and dielectric thin films”. Protocol: 2004034021_006. From 30th November 2004 (24 months). Principal investigator: prof. P. G. Zambonin.
g) PRIN 2006: “Direct methanol fuel cells for portable electronics. Synthesis and study in prototype cells of hybrid inorganic-organic membranes and electrode materials”. Protocol: 2006092700_003. From 9th February 2007 (24 months). Principal investigator: prof. P. Bettini.
h) PRIN 2008: “Direct polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells: synthesis and study in prototype cells of hybrid inorganic-organic membranes and electrode materials”. Protocol: 200832JRN_004. From 22nd March 2010 (24 months). Principal investigator: prof. A. Stella.
i) ALADIN – “Nuova generazione di sistemi di illuminazione/segnalazione intelligenti ad alta efficienza che incorporano generazione ed accumulo energetico”, project code EE01_00003. Aladin has been funded in the framework of the Italian program “Industria 2015. From 1st May 2009 (28 months).
j) Exploiting interplay between bacteria and microalgae for simultaneous wastewater removal and biorefinery: a microbial fuel cell proof-of-concept (EXOTICA). From 1st October 2016 (24 months). Principal investigator: prof. P. Mustarelli.
k) Hierarchical electrocatalytsts with a low platinum loading for low-temperature fuel cells (HELPER). Project funded in the framework of the “Bando UNI-IMPRESA 2018”. From 1st March 2019 (24 months).
l) Alkaline Membranes and Platinum-free catalysts Enabling innovative, open electRochemical devices for Energy storage and conversion (AMPERE). Protocol: FISR2019_01294. Project funded in the framework of “Bando FISR 2019”. From 1st March 2021 (30 months).
m) UNIPD participant of “Spoke 6 – Energy Storage” of “NEST – NETWORK 4 ENERGY SUSTAINABLE TRANSITION – SCENARI ENERGETICI DEL FUTURO”, funded by Italian PNRR. From 1 September 2022 (36 months).
n) Spoke Leader for UNIPD of “Spoke 14 – Hydrogen and New Fuels” of “Centro Nazionale per la Mobilità Sostenibile”, funded by Italian PNRR. From 1 September 2022 (36 months).
o) “ORgANics for Green Electrochemical Energy Storage – ORANGEES”. From 25th May 2023 (36 months).
p) “Diagnostic train, hydrogen-fueled for inspection and functional verification during motion of the rail transport infrastructures and quality control – DHINAMIC”, funded by Italian PNRR. From 1 June 2024 (16 months).
q) “H2: Energy vector for railways transportation; homologation, environment, and safety – HERMES”, funded by Italian PNRR. From 1 July 2024 (14 months).

International projects a) “Interplay between relaxations and structure in anion-exchange membranes (AES) by broadband electrical spectroscopy (BES), thermomechanical and vibrational studies”, (contract n° W911NF-13-10400) in the framework of the MURI project “An Integrated Multi-Scale Approach for Understanding Ion Transport in Complex Heterogeneous Organic Materials”, project funded by the Army Research Office, Principal Investigator: Prof. A. Herring (Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA) (72 months).
b) “Versatile Ionomers for DIvalent CAlcium baTteries – VIDICAT” FET-Open call of Horizon 2020, Project 829145, From 1st March 2019 (48 months). Principal Investigator: Prof. Jean-Yves Sanchez, University “Charles III” of Madrid, Spain.
c) “Interplay between structure, properties, relaxations and conductivity mechanism in new electrolytes for secondary Magnesium batteries”, Project funded by the Army Research Office of the U.S. Army. From 19 August 2021 (36 Months).
d) Storage Research Infrastructure Eco-System – StoRIES. Project funded in the framework of the call “LC-GD-9-1-2020 – European Research Infrastructures capacities and services to address European Green Deal challenges”. From 1st November 2021 (48 months).
e) CRM-geothermal: Raw materials from geothermal fluids: occurrence, enrichment, extraction – CRM-geothermal. Project Number: 101058163; Call: HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01; topic: HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-06. From 1 June 2022 (48 months).
f) Educational Learning Modules on Li-ion batteries (ELMO-LION), Education project funded by EIT Raw Materials. From 1 September 2022 (40 Months).

Collaborations

International Academic Collaborations
1. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany (Prof. Stefano Passerini);
2. Physics Department, School of Engineering Science, LUT-University, Lappeenranta, Finland (Prof. Bernardo Barbiellini);
3. Helmholtz Zentrum Potsdam Deutschesgeoforschungszentrum GFZ, Potsdam, German (Dr. Katrin Kieling, Dr. Simona Regenspurg, Dr. Joerg Zotzmann);
4. FUNDACION CIDETEC, Spain (Prof. Luis César Colmenares);
5. Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, France (Prof. Laure Monconduit);
6. LEPMI, France (Prof. Cristina Iojoiu);
7. Grenoble-INP, France (Prof. Marian Chatenet);
8. University of Lorraine, Nantes, France (Prof. Olivier Lottin);
9. University College London, London, United Kingdom (Prof. Paul McMillan, Prof. Dan Brett, Prof. Cecilia Mattevi);
10. Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom (Prof. Milo Shaffer);
11. Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Dr. Ali Shaygan Nia);
12. University of Giessen, Germany (Prof. Juergen Janek)
13. Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Australia (Prof. M. Forsyth);
14. Physics Department, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, USA (prof. J.J. Fontanella and M. Wintersgill);
15. Energy Institute, Hunter College of CUNY, New York, NY, USA (prof. S. Greenbaum);
16. Department of Chemistry, Science University of Tokyo, Japan (prof. T. Furukawa, prof. S. Kobayashi);
17. University of Montpellier, France (prof. Nicolas Alonso-Vante, Prof Frédéric Jaouen).
18. PECS Department, Medgar Evers College, New York, NY, USA (prof. M. Vittadello);
19. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan (prof. H. Ohno, prof. Y. Tominaga);
20. Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Japan (prof. S. Kohjiya);
21. Graduate School of Engineering, Yokohama National University, Japan (prof. M. Watanabe);
22. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Sendai, Japan (prof. N. Matsumi);
23. Department of Ceramics and Materials Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA (prof. A. Safari);
24. Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Solid-State Research, Stuttgart, Germany (dr. K. D. Kreuer);
25. Research Centre Juelich, Germany (prof. W. Lehnert, prof. D. Stolten);
26. Fraunhofer Institut für Silicatforschung, Würzburg, Germany (prof. M. Popall);
27. Zentrum für Sonnenenergie und Wasserstoff Forschung, Ulm, Germany (prof. J. Garche);
28. Department of Technical Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gotheborg, Sweden (prof. P. Johansson);
29. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University Charles III of Madrid, Spain (prof. J. Y. Sanchez, Prof. A. Varez Alvarez);
30. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA (prof. T. Zawodzinski and prof. S. J. Paddison);
31. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, (prof M. M. Mench);
32. Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MS, USA (prof. B. Coughlin);
33. Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA (prof. A. Herring);
34. CEA, Grenoble, France (prof. G. Gebel, Dr. Marie Heitzmann, Dr. Fabrice Micoud);
35. Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Poland (prof. P. J. Kulesza, Prof. I. A. Rutkowska);
36. Department of Electrical and Electronic Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic (prof. M. Sedlarikova);
37. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MS, USA (prof. S. Mukerjee);
38. Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MS, USA (prof. B. Barbiellini);
39. The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine, USA (prof. P. Atanassov);
40. Los Alamos National Laboratories, USA (Prof. P. Zelenay);
41. Bar-Ilan University, Israel (Prof. Lior Elbaz);
42. The Wolfson Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel (Prof. Dario Dekel);
43. Vanderbilt University, USA (Prof. Peter Pintauro);
44. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , USA (Dr. Adam Weber, Dr. Ahmet Kusoglu);
Oak Ridge National Laboratories, USA (Dr. David Cullen).

National Academic Collaborations
1. Italian Institute of Technology, Genova (dr. F. Bonaccorso, dr. V. Pellegrini, dr. M. Prato);
2. Department of Physics, Politecnico di Milano (Prof. Rafael Ferragut);
3. Department of Chemistry, University of Roma “La Sapienza” (prof. B. Scrosati e Dr.ssa M. A. Navarra);
4. Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, University of Venezia (prof. S. Polizzi);
5. CRS4, Pula, Italy (dr. D. Hofmann);
6. Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, Italy (Prof. Ellie Paillard);
7. Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento (prof. M. Fauri);
8. Department of Materials Engineering and Industrial Technologies, University of Trento (prof. G. Sorarù, prof. R. Di Maggio);
9. University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Department of Electronics Engineering (Prof. Aldo Di Carlo);
10. Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino (Prof. Claudio Gerbaldi);
11. Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia (prof. E. Quartarone);
12. Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova (prof. A. Bertucco, prof. M. Guarnieri, prof. A. Natali);
13. Department of Materials Science, University of Milano-Bicocca (prof. P. Mustarelli, prof. R. Ruffo, Dr. Carlo Santoro);
14. Department of Civil, Energy, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria (Prof. Saveria Santangelo);
15. National Research Council, Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems, Bologna, Italy (Dr. Andrea Migliori, Dr. Vittorio Morandi);
16. CNR-ICCOM, Florence (Dr. Francesco Vizza, Dr. Hamish Miller, Dr. Alessandro Lavacchi).
17. CNR-ITAE, Messina (Dr. Vincenzo Baglio).
CNR-ICMATE, Padova (Dr. Davide Barreca, Dr. Laura Crociani).

International Industrial Collaborations
1. Fuel Cell Program, 3M Company, St. Paul, MN, USA (Dr. G. Haugen, Dr. S. Hamrock, Dr. R. Atanasoski);
2. FuMA-Tech GmbH, St. Ingbert (Saarland), Germany (Dr. M. Schuster).
3. SCHMIDLIN Labor+Service AG (Sarbach Neuheim Switzerland).
4. FUJIFILM MANUFACTURING EUROPE B. V., The Neatherlands (Dr. Henk Jongerden, Dr. Jacko Hessing).
5. ERAS LABO, France (Dr. Lionel Ogier).
6. Toyota Motor Europe, Belgium (Dr. Isotta Cerri, Dr. Stephane Cotte)
7. Amalyst, United Kingdom (Dr. David Hodgson)

National Industrial Collaborations
1. SoNick S.p.A. (Montecchio Maggiore, Dr. Giovanni Zola);
2. Fluorsid Alkeemia S.p.A. (Porto Marghera, Venezia, Dr. Luca Pala, Dr. Fabrizio Caschili)
3. ENI S.p.A. (Novara, Dr. Laura Meda, Dr. Chiara Gambaro);
4. Centro Ricerche Giulio Natta; MONTELL S.p.A. (Ferrara);
5. ECP-Enichem Polimeri (Ferrara);
6. Agusta (Milano);
7. Cryvet (Treviso);
8. Automation Progetti (Padova);
9. Spectro (Milano);
10. Breton S.p.A., Castello di Godego, Treviso (Dr. S. Zeggio);
11. Strumenti Scientifici CINEL s.r.l., Vigonza, Padova (Dr. E. Bongiovanni);
12. COFI s.r.l., Castagnole, Treviso (Dr. L. Comin);
13. TEXA S.p.A., Monastier, Treviso (Dr. C. Nogarino);
14. SILYSIAMONT, Milano (Dr. R. Gallina).
15. FIAMM Group, Montecchio Maggiore, Vicenza (Dr. G. Lodi)
16. RIELLO, Legnago, Verona (Dr. E. Zambolin)
17. Newa Tecno Industria s.r.l., Loreggia, Padova (Dr. G. Guoli)
Centro ricerche Fiat, Orbassano, Torino (Dr. Stefano Pullini, Dr. Mauro Sgroi)

Activities as Visiting Professor

Prof. Vito Di Noto was visiting professor in several universities and research institutions:
a) In the late ‘80’s, he carried out research activity at the Hamburg Synchrotron (DESY), as a guest of prof. H. G. Zachmann of the Department of Macromolecular Chemistry.
b) June-August 2001, he was in the Physics Department, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, USA, invited by prof. J. J. Fontanella to investigate the effect of pressure on the conduction mechanisms of polymer electrolytes by Broadband Electrical spectroscopy;
c) June-July 2002, he was in the Physics Department, Hunter College of City University of New York (CUNY), NY, USA, invited by prof. S. Greenbaum, for studies on the diffusion coefficients of polymer electrolytes measured by solid-state NMR spectroscopy;
d) January-March 2002 he carried out research activities in Japan as invited “visiting professor” in the framework of the “Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) Invitation Fellowship Program for Research in Japan”. In this occasion, he gave seminars in the following universities and research institutions: Institute of Chemical Research of Kyoto University; Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology; Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Yokohama National University; Department of Chemistry Tokyo University of Science (TUS);
e) In September 2007 he was in Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan, invited by prof. H. Ohno, in order to carry out studies on polymer electrolytes doped with ionic liquids;
f) August-September 2007 and December 2008 he was in the Department of Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Japan, invited by prof. T. Furukawa, in order to carry out studies on proton- and lithium-conducting polymer electrolytes by Broadband Electrical Spectroscopy up to 15 GHz.

Achievements and Institutional Roles

SCIENTIFIC CITATIONS
Two of the papers published by prof. Vito Di Noto in 1997 were reviewed by international divulgation journals: (1) V. Di Noto, M. Mecozzi, Appl. Spectrosc. 51 (1997) 1294, was reviewed by Photonics Spectra (February 1998); (2) V. Di Noto, J. Mater. Res. 12 (1997) B393, was reviewed by Platinum Metal Reviews (vol.42, (2), April 1998).
Two of the papers published in the context of high yield Ziegler-Natta heterogeneous catalysts were included in the group of 271 papers, published between 1956 and 1998, making supported Ziegler-Natta catalysis one of the four “breakthroughs” of the chemistry for humankind (E. P. Moore “The rebirth of polypropylene: Supported Catalysis”, Hanser Publishers, Münich, 1998). The cited papers are: (1) n° 247 – V. Di Noto et al., Makromol. Chem. 193 (1992) 1653; and (2) n° 248 – V. Di Noto et al., Makromol. Chem. 193 (1992) 123.

COVERS OF JOURNALS
1. The journal “Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics” has dedicated the cover of Volume 203 of 2002 to the following publication: V. Di Noto et al., Macromol. Chem. Phys. 203 (2002) 354;
2. The journal “ChemSusChem” has dedicated the cover of Volume 8(18) of 2015 to the following publication: F. Bertasi, V. Di Noto et al., ChemSusChem 8 (2015) 3069;
3. The journal “Advanced Functional Materials” has dedicated the cover of Volume 26(27) of 2016 to the following publication: F. Bertasi, V. Di Noto et al., Adv. Funct. Mater. 26 (2016) 4860.
4. The “Journal of Applied Polymer Science” dedicated the cover of Volume 135, Issue 13 to the following publication: S. Todros, P. G. Pavan, P. Pachera, G. Pace, V. Di Noto, A. N. Natali, J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 135 (2018) 46014.
5. The “Journal of Materials Chemistry A” dedicated the inside back cover of Issue 48, 2020 to the following publication: High valence transition metal-doped olivine cathodes for superior energy and fast cycling lithium batteries, G. Pagot, M. Bandiera, K. Vezzù, A. Migliori, R. Bertoncello, E. Negro, V. Morandi, V. Di Noto, J. Mater. Chem. A 8 (2020) 25727. The inside back cover is cited as in the following: J. Mater. Chem. A 8 (2020) 26175 https://doi.org/10.1039/D0TA90289F

INVITED PAPERS
He was invited to write five papers (two Editorials and three Forewords) by the Organizing Committee of the “ISPE-12” and “ISPE-13” international conferences (International Symposia on Polymer Electrolytes), to provide an overview on the development of the research in the topic of polymer electrolytes. He was also the Guest Editor of the Special Issues of the journals “Electrochimica Acta” and “The International Journal of Hydrogen Energy” dedicated to the “ISPE-12” and “ISPE-13” international conferences.
He was invited by the Organizers of the Symposium “Advanced Materials for Energy Applications” (held in the framework of the international conference “AMPT-15”, hosted in Madrid, Spain on 14-17 December 2015) to write the Foreword of the Virtual Special Issue of the Journal “Electrochimica Acta” dedicated to that Symposium, which he also co-edited.
He was invited by the International Society of Solid State Ionics (ISSI) to write an Editorial to provide an overview on the development of the research in the topic of solid state ionic conductors, to be published on the Special Issue of the Elsevier journal “Solid State Ionics” dedicated to the 21st International Conference on Solid State Ionics (SSI-21) held in Padova, Italy on 18-23 June 2017. He was also invited to write the Foreword of the same Special Issue, where he is also the Managing Guest Editor.
He was invited to submit one paper to the Special Issue of the journal “ChemElectroChem” of Wiley entitled: “Non-Precious-Metal ORR Catalysis”. The paper is entitled: “(Co, Ni)Sn0.5 rparticles supported on hierarchical CN-graphene-based electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction” and was published on ChemElectroChem 5 (2018) 2029-2040.
He was invited to submit one paper to the Themed Issue of Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics “Bunsentagung 2019: Functional Materials”. The paper is entitled “Structural analyses of blended Nafion/PVDF electrospun nanofibers” and was published on Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 21 (2019) 10357-10369.
He is also one of the Guest Editors of the “Focus Issue on Heterogeneous Functional Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage” of the Journal of the Electrochemical Society, that is open to receive contributions between 25 July and 23 October 2019.
He is also one of the Guest Editors of the “Focus Issue on Heterogeneous Functional Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage” of the Journal of the Electrochemical Society.
He is the Guest Editor of the Special Issue “Challenges of Batteries in the Post Li-Ion Era” of the MDPI Journal “Batteries”. The Special Issue is open to receive contributions between 1 April 2020 and 30 November 2020.
He was invited to submit one review on magnesium batteries, which was published on the Journal of Power Sources as in the following: R. Dominko, J. Bitenc, R. Berthelot, M. Gauthier, G. Pagot, V. Di Noto, Magnesium batteries: current picture and missing pieces of the puzzles, J. Power Sources 478, 229027 (2020). DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.229027.
He is one of the Editors of the Vol. 98, no. 10 of the ECS Transactions. The volume is entitled “Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids 22” and it was published in 2020 (ISBN-print: 1938-5862). The full list of the Editors of the volume is as follows: D. P. Durkin, P. C. Trulove, A. Bund, A. Ispas, V. Di Noto, W. M. Reichert, R. A. Mantz, H. C. De Long, M. Mizuhata, M. Ueda.
He is one of the Editors of the Vol. 109, no. 14 of the ECS Transactions. The volume is entitled “Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids 23” and it was published in 2022 (ISBN-online: 1938-6737). The full list of the Editors of the volume is as follows: D. P. Durkin, P. C. Trulove, A. Bund, A. Ispas, V. Di Noto, W. M. Reichert, R. A. Mantz, H. C. De Long, T. Tsuda, M. Ueda.
He was invited to publish a contribution to the Special Issue of the Wiley Journal “ChemElectroChem” (Online ISSN: 2196-0216) entitled “In Memoriam: Prof. Jean-Michel Savéant”. In this Special Issue, Di Noto published the paper entitled “Interplay between Conductivity, Matrix Relaxations and Composition of Ca-Polyoxyethylene Polymer Electrolytes” as ChemElectroChem 8 (2021) 2459-2466.
He is the Lead Guest Editor of the Special Issue of Electrochimica Acta “And Yet Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Moves in 2021”, which is open to receive manuscript from 20 March to 20 September 2021.

Editorials:
1. V. Di Noto, S. Lavina, G. A. Giffin, E. Negro, B. Scrosati. “Polymer electrolytes: Present, past and future”, Electrochim. Acta 57 (2011) 4;
2. V. Di Noto, T. A. Zawodzinski, A. M. Herring, G. A. Giffin, E. Negro, S. Lavina. “Polymer electrolytes for a hydrogen economy”, Int. J. Hydrog. Energy 37 (2012) 6120.

Forewords:
1. V. Di Noto, “Foreword 12th International Symposium on Polymer Electrolytes (ISPE-12)”, Electrochim. Acta, 57 (2011) 1;
2. V. Di Noto, “Foreword”, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 37 (2012) 6119;
3. V. Di Noto. “ISPE–13 Foreword”, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 39 (2014) 2715;
4. V. Di Noto, J. Y. Sanchez, A. Varéz Alvarez. “Foreword”, Electrochim. Acta, 245 (2017), 1075.
5. V. Di Noto, “Preface: 21st International Conference on Solid State Ionics”, Solid State Ionics 329 (2019) 155.
6. D. Guyomard, V. Di Noto, M. Forsyth, P. Poizot, T. Rojo, K. Zaghib, B. Lucht, D. Aurbach, Preface — JES Focus Issue on Challenges in Novel Electrolytes, Organic Materials, and Innovative Chemistries for Batteries in Honor of Michel Armand, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 167 (2020) 070001
7. D. Aurbach, T. F. Fuller, D. E. Cliffel, W. K. S. Chiu, V. Di Noto, S. Goplan, N. Liu, A. H. Suroviec, Preface-JES Focus Issue on Heterogeneous Functional Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage, J. Electrochem. Soc. 167, 050001 (2020). DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/ab84fe
8. P. J. Kulesza, F. Nobili, S. Dsoke, V. Di Noto, I. A. Rutkowska, Foreword to the memorial issue for Professor Roberto Marassi, J. Solid State Electrochem. (2021). DOI: 10.1007/s10008-021-05099-2

Prof. Vito Di Noto acted as co-editor and contributed an overview on electrocatalysis in the Summer 2015 Issue of the quarterly ECS magazine “Interface”, as follows:
1. Editorial: A. M. Herring, V. Di Noto, “Electrochemical Energy Conversion”;
2. Contribution: V. Di Noto, E. Negro, K. Vezzù, F. Bertasi, G. Nawn, “Origins, Developments and Perspectives of Carbon Nitride-Based Electrocatalysts for Application in Low-Temperature FCs”.

Prof. Vito Di Noto provided a contribution on hydrogen policy in the EU in the Winter 2021 Issue of the quarterly ECS magazine “Interface” as follows:
1. P. Atanassov, V. Di Noto, S. McPhail, From Hydrogen Manifesto, through Green Deal and Just Transition, to Clean Energy Act, The Electrochemical Society Interface, Winter 2021, 30, 57-60 (2021). DOI: 10.1149.2/2.F14214IF

EDITORIAL BOARDS
1. Prof. Vito Di Noto was voted to join and is in the Advisory Board of “Electrochimica Acta” (Publisher: Elsevier; ISSN: 0013-4686); from 1 January 2017.
2. He belongs to the Editorial Advisory Board of “Current Nanomaterials” (Publisher: Bentham Science; ISSN: 2405-4623); from 25 August 2017 to 24 August 2020.
3. He is Associate Editor and on the Board of the Journal “Frontiers in Chemistry” (Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.; ISSN: 2296-2646), in the Electrochemistry section. From 16 July 2018.
4. He is Editor of the Section “Energy, transport and environment” of the journal “European Journal of Materials” (Publisher: Taylor and Francis; ISSN: 2688-9277). From 1 January 2021.
5. He was invited to join and is in the Editorial Board of “Ionics” (Publisher: Springer; ISSN: 1862-0760/0947-7047); from 4 May 2017.
6. He belongs to the Editorial Board of “Batteries” (Publisher: MDPI; ISSN: ISSN 2313-0105); from 24 September 2015.
7. He is an Editor of the journal “Reviews on Advanced Materials Science” (URL: https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/rams?rskey=mdaegp&result=2 Publisher: De Gruyter; ISSN: 1605-8127); from 1 February 2019.
8. He is on the Editorial Board of the journal “BMC Materials” (URL: https://bmcmaterials.biomedcentral.com/ Publisher: Springer Nature; ISSN: 2524-8138); from February 2019.
9. He is on the Editorial Board of the Journal “Polymers” (URL: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/polymers Publisher: MDPI; ISSN: 2073-4360); from April 2019.
10. He is on the Editorial Board of the Journal “Solids” (URL: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/solids Publisher: MDPI; ISSN: 2673-6497); from June 2020.
11. He is on the Editorial Board of the “Journal of Ionic Liquids” (URL: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-ionic-liquids ); ISSN: 2772-4220; from July 2021.

ACTIVITY AS REVIEWER OF INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
1. American Chemical Society: ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering; ACS Applied Energy Materials; ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces; ACS Nano; ACS Catalysis; Analytical Chemistry; Chemistry of Materials; Journal of the American Chemical Society; Journal of Physical Chemistry A, B and C; Langmuir; Energy and Fuels; Inorganic Chemistry; Macromolecules; Small
2. Elsevier: Applied Surface Science; Applied Catalysis B – Environmental; Catalysis Communications; Catalysis Today; Chemical Physics; Chemical Physics Letters; Coordination Chemistry Reviews; Electrochimica Acta; European Polymer Journal; Journal of Catalysis; Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry; Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids; Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry; Journal of Membrane Science; Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids; Journal of Supercritical Fluids; Surface and Coatings Technology; Materialia; The International Journal of Hydrogen Energy; Journal of Power Sources; Materials Science and Engineering B; Materials Chemistry and Physics; Microporous and Mesoporous Materials; Polymer; Polymer Degradation and Stability; Polyhedron; Solid State Ionics; Solid State Sciences; Vibrational Spectroscopy.
3. Materials Research Society: Journal of Materials Research.
4. RSC Publishing: ChemComm; Chemical Science; Energy and Environmental Science; Journal of Materials Chemistry A; Nanoscale; PCCP; Polymer Chemistry; RSC Advances; Soft Matter.
5. Springer: Journal of Solid-State Electrochemistry; Ionics.
6. The Electrochemical Society: The Journal of the Electrochemical Society; Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters; ECS Transactions.
7. Wiley: Advanced Energy Materials; Advanced Functional Materials; Advanced Materials; Advanced Science; Advanced Materials Interfaces; ChemCatChem; ChemElectroChem; ChemSusChem; Chemical Engineering and Technology; Energy Technology; Fuel Cells; International Journal of Energy Research; Journal of Polymer Science; Journal of Polymer Science part B; Journal of Applied Polymer Science; Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics; Macromolecular Rapid Communications; Physica Status Solidi B; Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment; Small.
8. Nature Publishing Group: Nature materials, Nature Communications.
9. Others: The Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Energies, ISRN Spectroscopy; Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Batteries, Catalysts.

REVIEWER OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS
1. PAZY foundation (Israel)
2. The European Commission (Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe);
3. The European Research Council, for Starting, Consolidator and Advanced Grants;
4. Program UNA4CAREER, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain;
5. Research Foundation Flanders’;
6. United States – Israel Binational Science Foundation;
7. Chilean National Science and Technology Commission;
8. German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development;
9. American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund;
10. National Science Center (Poland);
11. A*Midex (France);
12. National Science Foundation (NSF);
13. NSERC Discovery Grants (Canada);
14. Swiss National Science Foundation (Switzerland).
15. Head of the Panel for Sub-action 2. Funding Projects in Leading-Edge Sectors – RRFQ: Basic Research Financing (Horizontal support for all Sciences) of the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation.

ORGANIZATION OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
Since 2003, Prof. Vito Di Noto has been an Active Member of the Electrochemical Society (ECS). Since 2013, he has belonged to the Executive Committee of the Energy Technology Division (ETD) and is involved in many of the activities of ECS. He is currently a “member-at-large” of the Executive Committee of both the Energy Technology Division and of the Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division of the ECS. In recent years, he was and is involved in the organization/co-organization of a number of thematic sessions of ECS, as follows:
1. 224th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, held in San Francisco, California, USA, from 27 October to 1 November 2013, session: “B12: Stationary and Large Scale Electrical Energy Storage Systems 3 – Battery Division/Energy Technology Division/Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division”.
2. 225th Meeting of the Electrochemical society, held in Orlando, Florida, USA, on 11-15 May 2014, sessions: “A1: Batteries and Energy Technology Joint General Session – Battery Division/Energy Technology Division”; “H4: Charge Transfer: Electrons, Protons, and Other Ions 2 – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/High Temperature Materials Division”; “H8: Spectroelectrochemistry 2 – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”.
3. 226th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, held in Cancun, Mexico, on 5-10 October 2014, session “A2: Batteries Beyond Lithium Ion – Battery Division/Energy Technology Division”.
4. 227th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, held in Chicago, Illinois, USA, on 24-28 May 2015, sessions: “B01: Carbon Nanostructures and Devices – Carbon Nanostructures for Energy Conversion – Nanocarbons Division/Battery Division/Energy Technology Division/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”; “B06: Graphene and Beyond: 2D Materials – Nanocarbons Division/Dielectric Science and Technology Division/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”; “L11: Structure and Relaxations in Soft Ion-Conducting Materials – Energy Technology Division/Battery Division/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”.
5. 228th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, to be held in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, on 11-16 October 2015, sessions: “A03: Batteries Beyond Lithium-Ion – Battery Division/Energy Technology Division”; “A05: Electrolytes and Electrochemical Interfaces in Energy Storage Systems – Battery Division/Energy Technology Division”; “A07: Intermetallic Anodes – Battery Division”; “B01 – Carbon Nanostructures: Fullerenes to Graphene – Nanocarbons Division/ Dielectric Science and Technology Division / Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”.
6. 229th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, to be held in San Diego, California, USA, on 29 May – 3 June 2016, sessions: “A02: Future and Present Advanced Lithium Batteries and Beyond – a Symposium in the Honor of Prof. Bruno Scrosati – Battery Division/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”; “F02: Engineering the Interface between Catalysis and Electrocatalysis – Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division/Energy Technology division/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”; “L06: Ionic Liquids as Electrolytes – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”.
7. 230th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, to be held in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, on 9-14 October 2016, sessions: “A05: Beyond Li-ion Batteries – Battery Division/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/CSE Division”; “A02: ECS Battery Symposium in Honor of Prof. Zempachi Ogumi: Challenges in Advanced Analytical Tools and Techniques for Batteries – Battery Division/Energy Technology Division”.
8. 231st Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, held in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, on 28 May-2 June 2017, sessions: “A03: Battery Electrolytes – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”; “B01: Carbon Nanostructures for Energy Conversion – Energy Technology Division/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”; “L02: Ion-Conducting Polymeric (or, Polymer-based) Materials – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”.
9. 232nd Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, held in National Harbor, USA, on 1-5 Oct 2017, session: “L06: Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry of Ionic Liquids 6 – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/ Energy Technology Division/ Organic and Biological Electrochemistry Division”
10. 233rd Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, held in Seattle, WA, USA, on 13-17 May 2018, sessions “A03: Li-ion Batteries and Beyond – Battery Division/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”; “B01: Carbon Nanostructures for Energy Conversion and Storage – Nanocarbons Division/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”; “I04: Materials for Low Temperature Electrochemical Systems 4 – Energy Technology Division/Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”; “L04: Charge Transfer: Electrons, Protons, and Other Ions 3 – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/Energy Technology Division”; “L05: Oxygen Reduction Reactions – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/Energy Technology Division”.
11. 234th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society/AiMES 2018, held in Cancun, Mexico, on 30 Sept – 4 Oct 2018, session “A02 – Challenges in Novel Electrolytes, Organic Materials, and Innovative Chemistries for Batteries – in Honor of Michel Armand – Battery Division/Energy Technology Division/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”.
12. 235th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, held in Dallas, Texas, on 26-31 May 2019, sessions “B01 – Carbon Nanostructures for Energy Conversion and Storage – Nanocarbons Division/Battery Division/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”; “B07 – Inorganic/Organic Nanohybrids for Energy Conversion – Nanocarbons Division/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”; “I05 – Heterogeneous Functional Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage – High Temperature Materials Division/Battery Division/Energy Technology Division/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”; “L04 – Polyoxometallates and Nanostructured Metal Oxides in Efficient Electrocatalysis, Energy Conversion and Charge Storage – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/Energy Technology Division”.
13. 236th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, held in Atlanta, Georgia, on 13-17 October 2019, sessions “A03 – Fast Electrochemical Processes and Devices 3 (Electrochemical Capacitors and Batteries) – Battery Division/Energy Technology Division”; “A07 – Solid State Batteries – Battery Division/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”; “B01 – Carbon Nanostructures: From Fundamental Studies to Applications and Devices – Nanocarbons Division/ Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”; “L03 – Charge Transfer: Electrons, Protons, and Other Ions 4 – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/Energy Technology Division”.
14. PRIME 2020, held in Honolulu, Hawaii, on 4-9 October 2020, sessions “F02 – Advances in Application and Theory of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy – Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division/Energy Technology Division/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”; “L02 – Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids 22 – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/Electrodeposition Division/ Energy Technology Division”; “L06 – Fundamental Aspects of Electrochemical Conversion of Carbon Dioxide 2 – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/Energy Technology Division/ KECS Photoelectrochemistry”.
15. 239th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, held in Chicago, USA, on 30 May – 3 June 2021, sessions “A07 – Ion Coordination and Dynamics in Battery Electrolytes, Interfaces and Interphases – Battery Division”; “B01 – Carbon Nanostructures for Energy Conversion and Storage – Nanocarbons Division/Battery Division/Energy Technology division”; “B06 – 2D Layered Materials from Fundamental Science to Applications – Nanocarbons Division/Dielectric Science and Technology Division/Energy Technology Division/Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Subcommittee”; “B07 – Light Energy Conversion with Metal Halide Perovskites, Semiconductor Nanostructures, and Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Materials – Nanocarbons Division”; “F03 – Characterization of Porous Materials 9 – Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division/Energy Technology Division”; “L06 – Nanostructured Functional Materials for Electrochemistry – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/Energy Technology Division”.
16. 240th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, 10-14 October 2021, Digital Meeting, sessions “A02 – Sodium and Lithium Intercalation Chemistry For Rechargeable Batteries – Special Symposium in Honor of Claude Delmas – Battery Division”; “L06 – Nitrogen Reduction – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/Energy Technology Division/Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division”.
17. 241st Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, 29 May – 2 June 2022, sessions “I06 – Heterogeneous Functional Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage 3 – High-Temperature Energy, Materials, and Processes Division/Battery Division/Energy Technology Division/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”; “L04 – Redox Flow Systems for Energy Storage: New Chemical Systems and Mechanisms of Operation – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/Energy Technology Division”; “L05 – Mechanistic Understanding of Electrocatalytic Electrodics of Oxygen, Hydrogen, and Carbon Dioxide Electrochemistry – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/Energy Technology Division”; “L06 – Electrochemistry at the Nanoscale – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/Corrosion Division/Energy Technology Division”.
18. 242nd Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, 9 – 13 October 2022, sessions “L02 – Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids 23 (MSIL-23) – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/Electrodeposition Division/Energy Technology Division”; “L03 – In Situ Electrochemical Systems 5 – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/Energy Technology Division”.
19. 243rd Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, 28 May – 2 June 2023, sessions “A06 – Solid State Batteries – Battery Division”; “L07 – Electrochemistry in Extreme Conditions – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/Energy Technology Division/Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering”; “L10 – Fundamentals of Lead Electrochemistry – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”.
20. 244th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, 8 – 12 October 2024, sessions “L04 – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry in Ionic Liquids 6 – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/Electrodeposition Division/Energy Technology Division”; “L07 – Nanoscale Electrochemistry – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/Energy Technology Division”; “L08 – Nanostructured Metal Oxides and Polyoxometallate Clusters in Electrocatalysis, Electrochemical Energy Conversion, and Storage – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/Dielectric Science and Technology Division”.
21. 245th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, 26-30 May 2024, session “L05 – Electrochemistry at the Nanoscale 2 – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/Electrodeposition Division/Energy Technology Division”.
22. PRIME 2024, Honolulu, USA, 6-11 October 2024, session “L02 – Molten Salts & Ionic Liquids 24 in Memory of Yasuhiko Ito – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/Electrodeposition Division/Energy Technology Division/Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division”.

Prof. Vito Di Noto chaired/co-chaired several thematic sessions at ECS meetings, as follows:
1. 221st Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, held in Seattle, USA on 6-10 May 2012, in the session “I4: Electrocatalysis Applied to Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers”.
2. 223rd Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, held in Toronto, Canada, on 12-16 May 2013, in the session “I3: Ethanol oxidation”.
3. 224th Meeting of the Electrochemical society, held in San Francisco, USA, on 27 October-1 November 2013, in the sessions: “B12: Stationary and Large Scale Electrical Energy Storage Systems 3”.
4. 225th Meeting of the Electrochemical society, held in Orlando, Florida, USA on 11-15 May 2014, in the session “H8: Spectroelectrochemistry 2”.
5. 226th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, held in Cancun, Mexico, on 5-10 October 2014, in the oral session “A2: Batteries Beyond Lithium Ion”; and in the poster session “Batteries Beyond Li-ion Posters”.
6. 227th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, held in Chicago, USA, on 24-28 May 2015, in the oral sessions “B01: Carbon Nanostructures for Energy Conversion”; “B06: Graphene and Beyond: 2D Materials”; “L11: Structure and Relaxations in Soft Ion-Conducting Materials”; and in the poster session “Structure and Relaxations in Soft Ion-Conducting Materials”.
7. 228th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, held in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, on 11-16 October 2015, in the oral sessions: “A03: Batteries Beyond Lithium-Ion – Battery Division/Energy Technology Division”; “A05: Electrolytes and Electrochemical Interfaces in Energy Storage Systems – Battery Division/Energy Technology Division”; “A07: Intermetallic Anodes – Battery Division”.
8. 229th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, held in San Diego, California, USA, on 29 May – 3 June 2016, sessions: “A02: Future and Present Advanced Lithium Batteries and Beyond – a Symposium in the Honor of Prof. Bruno Scrosati – Battery Division/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”; “L06: Ionic Liquids as Electrolytes – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”.
9. 230th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, held in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, on 9-14 October 2016, session: “A05: Beyond Li-ion Batteries – Battery Division/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/CSE Division”.
10. 231st Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, held in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, on 28 May-2 June 2017, session: “L02: Ion-Conducting Polymeric (or, Polymer-based) Materials – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”.
11. 232nd Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, held in National Harbor, MD, USA, on 1-5 October 2017, sessions: “A03: Battery Student Slam 2 – Battery Division”; “I01D: Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells 17 (PEFC 17) – Catalyst Activity/Durability for Hydrogen(-Reformate) Acidic Fuel Cells – Energy Technology Division/Battery Division/Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”; “I01E: Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells 17 (PEFC 17) – Materials for Alkaline Fuel Cells and Direct-Fuel Fuel Cells – Energy Technology Division/Battery Division/Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”; “L01: Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry General Session – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”; “L03: Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry of Ionic Liquids 6 – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry / Energy Technology / Organic and Biological Electrochemistry”.
12. 233rd Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, held in Seattle, WA, USA, on 13-17 May 2018, sessions: “L04: Charge Transfer: Electrons, Protons and Other ions 3 – Electrons 2 – Li and other ions 3 – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division / Energy Technology Division”; “L05: Oxygen Reduction Reactions – 1, 2, 12 – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division / Energy Technology Division”; “I04: Materials for low temperature electrochemical systems 4 – Proton Exchange Membrane – Energy Technology Division/Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”.
13. AiMES 2018, held in Cancun, Mexico, from 30 September to 4 october 2018, session: “A02: Challenges in Novel Electrolytes, Organic Materials and Innovative Chemistries for Batteries – In Honor of Michel Armand – Battery Division”.
14. 235th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, held in Dallas, TX, USA on 26-30 May 2019, sessions: “B07: Light Energy Conversion with Metal Halide Perovskites, Semiconductor Nanostructures, and Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Materials – Nanocarbons Division, Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”; “I05: Heterogeneous Functional Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage 2 – High-Temperature Energy, Materials, & Processes Division, Battery Division, Energy Technology Division, Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”; “L01: Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry, Electrocatalysis, and Photoelectrochemistry General Session and Grahame Award Symposium – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”; “L04: Polyoxometallates and Nanostructured Metal Oxides in Efficient Electrocatalysis, Energy Conversion, and Charge Storage – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division, Energy Technology Division”.
15. 236th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, held in Atlanta, Georgia, on 13-17 October 2019, sessions: “A07 – Solid State Batteries – Battery Division/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”; “B01 – Carbon Nanostructures: From Fundamental Studies to Applications and Devices – Nanocarbons Division/ Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”.
16. PRIME 2020, held in Honolulu, Hawaii, on 4-9 October 2020, session “F02 – Advances in Application and Theory of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy – Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division/Energy Technology Division/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”.
17. 239th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, held in Chicago, USA, on 30 May – 3 June 2021, session “L06 – Nanostructured Functional Materials for Electrochemistry – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/Energy Technology Division”.
18. 240th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, 10-14 October 2021, Digital Meeting, sessions “A02 – Sodium and Lithium Intercalation Chemistry For Rechargeable Batteries – Special Symposium in Honor of Claude Delmas – Battery Division”; “L06 – Nitrogen Reduction – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistr Division/Energy Technology Division/Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division”.
19. 241st Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, 29 May – 2 June 2022, sessions “I06 – Heterogeneous Functional Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage 3 – High-Temperature Energy, Materials, and Processes Division/Battery Division/Energy Technology Division/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”; “L04 – Redox Flow Systems for Energy Storage: New Chemical Systems and Mechanisms of Operation – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/Energy Technology Division”; “L05 – Mechanistic Understanding of Electrocatalytic Electrodics of Oxygen, Hydrogen, and Carbon Dioxide Electrochemistry – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/Energy Technology Division”.
20. 243rd Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, 28 May – 2 June 2023, sessions “A06 – Inorganic Solid Electrolytes 1- Battery Division”; “L07 – Applications of Systems Operating Under Extreme Conditions, Development and Diagnosis of Systems for Electrochemical Charge Storage, New Approaches in Electrocatalysis and Materials Electrochemistry – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/Energy Technology Division/Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering”.
21. 244th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, 8-12 October 2023, session “L07 – Nanoscale Electrochemistry – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/Energy Technology Division”.
22. 245th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, 26-30 May 2024, session “L05 – Electrochemistry at the Nanoscale 2 – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/Electrodeposition Division/Energy Technology Division”.
23. PRIME 2024, Honolulu, USA, 6-11 October 2024, sessions “I01B – 01 Alkaline Oxygen Evolution Reaction Catalysis 1 – Energy Technology Division/Battery Division/Corrosion Division/Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division/Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division”; and “L02 – Molten Salts & Ionic Liquids 24 in Memory of Yasuhiko Ito – Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division/Electrodeposition Division/Energy Technology Division/Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division”.

Prof. Vito Di Noto is also an active member of the American Chemical Society (ACS), of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE), of “Società Chimica Italiana – Divisione di elettrochimica” (Italian Chemical Society –Electrochemistry Division) and of “Associazione Italiana Chimica per Ingegneria” (Italian Association of Chemistry for Engineering). He is one of the founders of the Interdivisional Group of “Chemistry for the Storage and the Conversion of Electrochemical Energy – Acee” of the Italian Chemical Society. In 2020-2022 Prof. Di Noto was the President of the Electrochemistry Division of the Italian Chemical Society. Prof. Di Noto is an associated member of the “Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – Istituto per l’Energia e le Interfasi – IENI” (National Research Council – Institute for Energy and Interphases). He also belongs to the “Italian group for electrochemical energy storage – GISEL”.

Prof. Di Noto was the Conference Chairman of:
1. 12th International Symposium on Polymer Electrolytes (ISPE-12), which was held in Padova between 29 August and 3 September 2010 (250+ participants);
2. International meeting “7th GIJME” (7th German-Italian-Japanese Meeting of Electrochemists) held in Padova from 14 to 16 June 2014 (100+ participants);
3. International meeting “21st International Conference on Solid State Ionics – SSI-21” held in Padova from 18 to 23 June 2017 (1400+ participants).
4. International meeting “International Symposium on Beyond Li-Ion Batteries 2024 – BeLI24”, held in Padova between 1 and 6 September 2024 (300 participants).

Prof. Di Noto co-organized:
1. 13th International Symposium on Polymer Electrolytes (ISPE-13), which was held in Selfoss, Iceland on 26-31 August 2012;
2. 2014 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit, held in San Francisco, California (USA), on 21-25 April 2014, session “M – Fuel Cells, Electrolyzers and other Electrochemical Energy Systems”;
3. 20th International conference on Solid State Ionics (SSI-20), held in Keystone (Colorado, USA) on 14-19 June 2015, session B: “Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells & Electrolyzers”;
4. The First International Symposium on Magnesium Batteries (Mag-Batt), held in Blautal/Ulm, Germany, 21-22 July 2016 (as he is part of the Scientific Committee of the Meeting);
5. 15th International Symposium on Polymer Electrolytes (ISPE-15), which was held in Uppsala, Sweden on 15-19 August 2016;
6. The Second International Symposium on Magnesium Batteries (MagBatt II), held in Ulm, Germany, 27-28 September 2018 (as he is part of the Scientific Committee of the Meeting).
7. International Symposium on Electrocatalysis (Electrocat2018), held in Szczyrk, Poland from August 29th to September 1st 2018 as part of the International Steering and Advisory Board.
8. The 69th Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry (69th ISE Meeting), held in Bologna, Italy from 2 to 7 September 2018 as the Lead Organizer of Symposium 7 “Electrochemical Systems for Energy Conversion: Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers”.
9. The international conference “6th International Conference on Ionic Liquids for Electrochemical Devices”, held in Rome, Italy between 9th and 11th September 2018 as one of the Co-Chairs. URL: www.iled2018.it
10. The 21st Italian Electrochemical Meeting “Giornate dell’Elettrochimica Italiana – GEI 2019”, held in Padova, Italy between 8 and 12 September 2019. URL: http://www.chimica.unipd.it/GEI2019/
11. The workshop “Platinum Group Metal-free Electrocatalysts: Structure-to-Property Relations, Materials Synthesis and Integration in Catalysts Layers”, to be held in the Telluride Science Research Center, Colorado, USA, between 25 and 29 June 2019. URL: https://www.telluridescience.org/meetings/workshop-details?wid=782
12. The “First Italian Workshop on Energy Storage – (IWES 2021)”, held between 24 and 26 February 2021, http://www.giselnetwork.it/workshop-2021
13. The workshop “Italian Virtual Workshop on Fuel Cells 2021 – (IVWFC 2021)”, held between 16 and 19 March 2021, https://ivwfc.mater.unimib.it/
14. The 27th Congress of the Italian Chemical Sciety – (SCI2021) held between 14 and 23 September 2021, http://www.sci2020.org/ Specifically, he: (i) belonged to the Scientific Committee of the Congress; (ii) led the organization of the program of the Division of Electrochemistry; and (iii) co-organized the Satellite Event “La conversione e lo stoccaggio dell’energia chimica in energia elettrica, nella vita odierna e nella società futura – (The conversion and the storage of chemical energy into electrical energy, in today’s life and in the future society)”, http://www.sci2020.org/index.php/eventi-satellite
15. “SSES – Summer School on Energy Storage”, held in Padova, Italy between 17 July 2023 and 4 August 2023. URL: https://www.dii.unipd.it/sses-summer-school-energy-storage
16. The “Area E – Energy and Transportation” of the conference FEMS EUROMAT 2023, that took place between 3 and 7 September 2023 in Frankfurt, Germany, https://euromat2023.com/areas/e-energy-and-transportation
17. “2023 Summer School of ElectroCatalysis”, held in Trento, Italy between 10 and 15 September 2023. URL: http://elcats2023.unimi.it/
18. “Giornate dell’Elettrochimica Italiana – GEI 2023”, held in Cefalù, Italy between 17 and 21 September 2023. URL: https://gei2023.unipa.it/
19. Summer School of “Educational learning modules on Li-ion batteries” an Education project funded by EIT Raw Materials. The school was held in Padova, Italy between 29 July and 2 August 2024. URL: https://elmo-lion.com/summer-school/

He chaired the following thematic sessions in the symposia above:
1. 2014 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit, held in San Francisco, California (USA), on 21-25 April 2014, session “M4 – AEM and PEM Membranes”;
2. 20th International conference on Solid State Ionics (SSI-20), held in Keystone (Colorado, USA) on 14-19 June 2015, session B: “Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells & Electrolyzers” (both oral and poster).
3. The 69th Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry (69th ISE Meeting), held in Bologna, Italy from 2 to 7 September 2018 in Symposium 7 “Electrochemical Systems for Energy Conversion: Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers”.
4. Symposium “E04 – Redox Flow Batteries”, of the FEMS EUROMAT 2023 conference, that takes place between 3 and 7 September 2023 in Frankfurt, Germany, https://euromat2023.com/areas/e-energy-and-transportation#session-1d2c72b9-3db2-4849-acac-bb3133583a4f
5. Symposium “E06 – Beyond Lithium Batteries”, of the FEMS EUROMAT 2023 conference, that takes place between 3 and 7 September 2023 in Frankfurt, Germany, https://euromat2023.com/areas/e-energy-and-transportation#session-1d2c72b9-3db2-4849-acac-bb3133583a4f
6. Symposium “E07 – Materials for Ion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers”, of the FEMS EUROMAT 2023 conference, that takes place between 3 and 7 September 2023 in Frankfurt, Germany, https://euromat2023.com/areas/e-energy-and-transportation#session-1d2c72b9-3db2-4849-acac-bb3133583a4f

AWARDS
1. Prof. Vito Di Noto was awarded the “Premio Alceste Mion 2000” for the chemical research in the field of polymer electrolytes by the University of Padova, in 2000;
2. In occasion of the bicentenary of Volta’s discovery, Prof. Vito Di Noto was awarded the “Premio Focus 2000 Speciale” by the Italian scientific center “Alessandro Volta” for the development of magnesium batteries (9 May 2000);
3. He was awarded a fellowship by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) in the framework of the program “FY2001 JSPS Invitation Fellowship Program for Research in Japan (Short-term)” to carry out activity as a visiting professor at the Tokyo University of Science in Japan in 2002;
4. “Best Oral Presentation”, awarded to the following contribution:
V. Di Noto, M. Vittadello, J.R.P. Jayakody, A.N. Khalfan, S.G. Greenbaum.
Two new siloxanic proton conducting membranes. Part II: Proton conductivity mechanism and NMR study (Oral presentation).
9th International Symposium on Polymer Electrolytes, Mragowo, Poland, 22nd – 27th August 2004.
5. “Best Poster Presentation”, awarded to the following contribution:
S. Lavina, M. Piga, E. Negro, V. Di Noto.
Broadband dielectric spectroscopy: a tool to study the effects of nanofillers in hybrid membranes for application in PEMFCs (Poster).
E-MRS 2009 Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France, 8th – 12th June 2009 (Poster).
6. “The PCCP best poster award”, won by the following contribution:
A. Nale, E. Negro, Y. Herve Bang, K. Vezzù, F. Bertasi, C. Sun, G. Nawn, G. Pagot, G. Pace, S. Polizzi, V. Di Noto.
Hierarchical graphene-supported PtNix, AuNix and FeSnx “core-shell” carbon nitride electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (Poster).
21st International Conference on Solid State Ionics, Padova, Italy, 18th – 23rd June 2017.
7. 23 June 2017. He received a “Certificate of Appreciation” from the President of the International Society for Solid State Ionics, Prof. Han-Ill Yoo “for excellence in organizing the 21st International Conference on Solid State Ionics in Padova, Italy between 18th and 23rd June 2017.”
8. September 2017 – February 2018. He was honored with the assignment of the “Cátedra de Excelencia uc3m-Santander” (Chair of Excellence uc3m-Santander) in the University “Carlos III” of Madrid, Spain.
9. 12 February 2018. He received the prize “PREMIO “AMMINISTRAZIONE, CITTADINI, IMPRESE” 2018” (Prize for Public Administration, Citizens, Enterprises 2018, see http://www.italiadecide.it/ricerca/80-premio_amministrazione_cittadini_imprese_2018 ), for applied/demonstration research with the following motivation: “per le sue attività nell’ambito dello sviluppo di materiali funzionali avanzati e architetture innovative per dispositivi di conversione e di stoccaggio elettrochimico dell’energia” (for his activities in the field of the development of advanced functional materials and innovative architectures for electrochemical energy conversion and storage devices). The prize was bestowed by the association ITALIADECIDE ( http://www.italiadecide.it/ ). The prize was delivered in Montecitorio (the Italian House of the Representatives) by Federica Mogherini (the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) at the presence of the President of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, and the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Laura Boldrini. See http://webtv.camera.it/archivio?id=12511&position=0
10. 28 May 2019. He received a “Certificate of Recognition” from Prof. Wilson K. S. Chiu, the Lead Organizer of Symposium I05. The award is issued “in grateful appreciation of the contribution as a keynote speaker during 235th ECS meeting in Dallas, Texas held from May 26-30, 2019. The presentation of ‘Interplay between Properties, Electrical Response and Conductivity Mechanism in Hybrid Inorganic-Organic Ion-Exchange Membranes for Electrochemical Application’ added great value to the technical content of Symposium I05 Heterogeneous Functional Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage 2.”
11. He has been inducted to hold the title of “Fellow of the Electrochemical Society” during the 235th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society that was held in Dallas, TX, on 26-30 May 2019. He was officially bestowed this Award during the 236th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society in Atlanta, GA, on 13-17 October 2019.
12. He was assigned the “Cátedra de Excelencia uc3m-Santander” (Chair of Excellence uc3m-Santander) in the University “Carlos III” of Madrid, Spain. Prof. Di Noto will hold this position for three months during 2020.
13. He received the “ETD Award” for the year 2022 bestowed by the Energy Technology Division of the Electrochemical Society. He is receiving the Award during the 241st ECS Meeting in Vancouver, Canada from 29 May to 2 June 2022. The citation for the Award is: “For the development of innovative families of functional materials for application to both electrode configurations and electrolyte separators implemented in low-temperature fuel cells, covering breakthrough preparation procedures, the elucidation of crucial aspects of the various operation mechanisms and integration in prototype devices tested in operating conditions.”
14. On 26 November 2024 he received the “Italian Knowledge Leaders Award – IV edition”, for his efforts to bring congresses of global importance to Italy, strengthening it as a leading destination for conferences. https://conventionbureauitalia.com/news/turismo-congressuale-si-premiano-in-campidoglio-le-eccellenze-italiane-della-cono

COMMISSIONS OF TRUST
1. From September 2014 to September 2016 he was Member of the ETD Srinivasan Award Review Subcommittee, within the framework of the Electrochemical Society.
2. In 201s he was in the Committee evaluating the Regional Research Projects of Regione Veneto
3. From September 2014 to September 2016 he was Member of the ETD Graduate Student Award Review Subcommittee, within the framework of the Electrochemical Society.
4. From September 2016 to September 2017 he was Chair of the ETD Srinivssan Award Review Subcommittee, within the framework of the Electrochemical Society.
5. From September 2016 to September 2017 he was Chair of the ETD Graduate Student Award Review Subcommittee, within the framework of the Electrochemical Society.
6. Since 22 November 2017 to 10 June 2021 he was Vice-Coordinator of SubProgramme 1 – “Electrolytes” of the “Joint Research Programme on Fuel Cells and Hydrogen technologies (FCs&H2)” of the “European Energy Research Alliance (EERA)”.
7. Since 11 June 2021 he is the Coordinator of SubProgramme 1 – “Electrolytes” of the “Joint Research Programme on Fuel Cells and Hydrogen technologies (FCs&H2)” of the “European Energy Research Alliance (EERA)”.
8. Since 11 May 2022 he is the Vice-Coordinator of the of the “Joint Research Programme on Fuel Cells and Hydrogen technologies (FCs&H2)” of the “European Energy Research Alliance (EERA)”.
9. Since November 2020 he belongs to the “Joint Programme on Energy Storage” of the “European Energy Research Alliance (EERA)”.
10. Prof. Di Noto was the Treasurer of the International Society of Solid State Ionics (ISSI) in the years 2018-2019.
11. Since 2020 Prof. Vito Di Noto belongs to the Working Group 1 – “New and emerging battery technologies” and to the Working Group 3 – “Advanced materials” of Batteries Europe.
12. Prof. Di Noto was one of the two Chairpersons of the ISPE Meetings for the years 2018-2021.
13. Prof. Di Noto belongs to the Scientific Committee of the European Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Piero Lunghi Conference – EFC21, which will be virtually held on December 15-17, 2021.
14. Since June 2021 Prof. Di Noto represents UNIPD at Batteries Europe Partnership Association (BEPA), and belongs to the Technical Working Groups of BEPA, as follows: (i) WG1 – New and Emerging Technologies; (ii) WG2 – Raw materials and Recycling; (iii) WG3 – Advanced Materials; (iv) WG5 – Mobility Applications and Integration; (v) WG6 – Stationary Applications and Integration
15. Prof. Di Noto belongs to the “Strategic Technical Committee” (Comitato Tecnico Strategico) constituted by Veneto Sviluppo S.p.A. and Regione Veneto in compliance with the DGR n. 526 of 27 April 2021. The purpose of this Committee is to analyze the economic phenomena of the Venetian Region to define strategic guidelines in the post-COVID recovery timeframe. This will allow to devise plans to maximize the impact of the funds obtained through the Next Generation EU (Recovery Plan). The Committee will be tasked to carry out studies and planning to provide the Venetian Regional Government with evaluation and strategic guidelines in a medium- and long-term time framework.
16. Since July 2021 he was Member of the ETD Srinivasan Award Review Subcommittee, within the framework of the Electrochemical Society.
17. Since 2022 Prof. Di Noto represents UNIPD at Hydrogen Europe Research (HER).

INVITATIONS TO THEMATIC WORKSHOPS
1. V. Di Noto, M. Fauri. “Recenti sviluppi nel campo delle batterie al Magnesio”. Invited seminar at the ENI Research Center, S. Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy, 21 December 1999;
2. V. Di Noto, “Structure, properties and proton conductivity of Nafion/[(TiO2)(WO3)0.148]YTiO2 nanocomposite membranes”. 2nd TUS-International Collaboration Workshop, Tokyo, Japan, 10-11 December 2008;
3. V. Di Noto, “Hybrid inorganic-organic proton-conducting membranes based on Nafion and oxocluster nanofillers: structural features, relaxations and conductivity”. 4th TUS-International Collaboration Workshop, Tokyo, Japan, 8-10 December 2009;
4. V. Di Noto, “Development of Plurimetallic Nano-electrocatalysts based on Carbon Nitride Supports for the ORR Processes in PEM Fuel Cells”. 5th Japanese-Italian-German Meeting, Sendai, Japan, 24-26 October 2010;
5. V. Di Noto, E. Negro, “Nano-electrocatalysts based on Carbon Nitride Supports for the ORR and FOR in PEM Fuel Cells.” 4th Santa Fe Workshop on Materials for Energy Conversion: Catalysts for Ethanol Oxidation end Electro-oxidation. Santa Fe, USA, 4-6 November 2010 (invited by. Prof. P. Atanassov);
6. V. Di Noto, “Hybrid inorganic-organic polymer electrolytes: synthesis, structure and conductivity”. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, 2 September 2011 (invited by Prof. A. Herring);
7. V. Di Noto, “Interplay between nanostructure and proton conductivity of Nafion-based nanocomposite membrane”. Max Planck Institute for Solid-State research of Stuttgart, Germany, 20 January 2012 (invited by Prof. J. Maier);
8. V. Di Noto, “Hybrid inorganic-organic polymer electrolytes: synthesis, structure and conductivity”. Fraunhofer-Institut für Silicatforschung ISC di Wuerzburg, Germany, 29 February 2012, (invited by Prof. M. Popall);
9. V. Di Noto, “Interplay between nanostructure and proton conductivity of Nafion-based nanocomposite membranes”. Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germania, 2 March 2012 (invited by Prof. D. Stolten and W. Lehnert);
10. V. Di Noto, “Plurimetallic Nano-electrocatalysts based on Carbon Nitride Supports for the ORR Processes in PEM Fuel Cells”. 6th Japanese-Italian-German Meeting, Neu-Ulm, University of Ulm, Germany, 4-7 July 2012;
11. V. Di Noto, “Broadband electric spectroscopy: a powerful tool for the determination of charge transfer mechanisms in ion conductors”. Symposium on Ionic Materials, 14-15 March 2013, JAIST, Ishikawa, Japan (invited by prof. N. Matsumi);
12. V. Di Noto, “Hybrid inorganic-organic proton conducting membranes for PEMFCs: synthesis, properties and relaxations”. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee (USA), 22 October 2013 (invited by Prof. S. Paddison);
13. V. Di Noto, “Broadband electric spectroscopy: a powerful tool for the determination of charge transfer mechanisms in ion conductors”. National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee (USA), 23 October 2013 (invited by Prof. A. Sokolov);
14. V. Di Noto, “Plurimetallic alloys bonded in carbon nitride “shells” supported on “cores” of conducting nanoparticles as electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR)”. Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA), 6 November 2013 (invited by Prof. P. Atanassov);
15. V. Di Noto, “Charge transfer mechanisms in Anionic Membranes by Broadband Electric Spectroscopy”. 7th Bishop Lodge Workshop: Materials for Energy Conversion (Alkaline Membrane Fuel cell), University of New Mexico, Santa Fe (USA), 3-5 November 2013 (invited by prof. P. Atanassov);
16. V. Di Noto, “An innovative family of electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR): plurimetallic alloy nanoparticles embedded in carbon nitride “shells” supported on conducting nanostructured “cores” “, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston (USA), 16 May 2014 (invited by prof. S. Mukerjee);
17. V. Di Noto, “GRAFUS – Graphene and related materials as supports for innovative metal carbon nitride electrocatalysts for anion exchange membrane fuel cells” Graphene Flagship: WP9 Progress meeting, Dresden (Germania), 22 October 2014;
18. V. Di Noto, “Hybrid Electrolytes for secondary Li and Mg batteries”, Workshop on interfaces in batteries, Helmholtz Institute Ulm, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany), 20-21 November 2014 (invited by prof. S. Passerini);
19. V. Di Noto , “Next-Generation Ion-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells with Graphene-Based Electrocatalysts”, Graphene Study 2016, Les Houches (France), 17-22 January 2016 (invited by Dr. F. Bonaccorso);
20. V. Di Noto, F. Bertasi, K. Vezzù, E. Negro, G. Pagot, “Ionic Liquid -Based Electrolytes for Secondary Mg”, 2nd Graz Magnesium Battery, Graz, Austria, 27 – 28 September 2016 (invited by Prof. J. Garche);
21. V. Di Noto, “Transport Phenomena in Polymers and Hybrid Materials”, EPF 8th Summer School – XXXVIII Convegno-Scuola “Mario Farina”, Gargnano, Brescia (Italy), 14-19 May 2017. (invited by Prof. Jean-François Gerard).
22. V. Di Noto, “Advanced High-Performing Nanostructured Materials for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells” Israel-Italy Scientific Workshop in Nano-Materials & Nano Technologies in Clean-Tech Applications, Tel Aviv (Israel), 15 March 2018. Invited by the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Embassy of Italy and the Italy-Israel Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Israel; the workshop was delivered at the presence of Mr. Perez Vazan, Director General, Ministry of Science and Technology of Israel, and H.E. Gianluigi Benedetti, Ambassador of Italy in Israel.
23. V. Di Noto, “‘Closed’ and ‘Open’ systems in the field of electrochemical conversion and storage of energy”, the 1st Italian-Korean Bilateral Workshop on Electrochemical Energy Storage (ItaKa), University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy, 25-26 October 2018 (invited by Prof. Riccardo Ruffo, University of Milano-Bicocca).
24. V. Di Noto, “Interplay between Physicochemical Features and Electrochemical Performance in the ORR of ‘Platinum-Free’ Electrocatalysts Based on Hierarchical Graphene Supports”, talk delivered at the 3rd meeting of the Israel Fuel Cell Consortium, satellite workshop to the 6th International Smart Mobility Summit, 29-30 October 2018 (invited by Prof. David Zitoun, Bar-Ilan University).
25. V. Di Noto, “Graphene as key component in Electrocatalysts for Next-Generation Ion-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells”, talk delivered at the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Graphene Technology, Cambridge, UK, 3 May 2019 (Invited by Prof. Andrea Ferrari, University of Cambridge).
26. V. Di Noto, “Recent Advances in Lithium-Air Batteries”, talk delivered at the International Spring School of Electrochemistry, Castellammare del Golfo (TP), Italy, between 19 and 23 May 2019.
27. V. Di Noto, “PEM Fuel Cells – Focus on Electrocatalysts”, lecture delivered at the International Summer School Hydrogen Nancy, France, between 5 and 8 July 2021.
28. V. Di Noto, “The Pathway from Renewable Power to “Green Hydrogen” – Technologies for Water Electrolysis”, online seminar delivered on 26 January 2022 in the framework of a series of webinars on hydrogen and related technologies offered by The Electrochemical Society.
29. V. Di Noto, “The role of hydrogen in a clean energy system – production, distribution and implementation”, lecture delivered at the Avogadro Colloquia, Rome, 15-16 December 2022.
30. V. Di Noto, talk in the Symposium “Idrogeno, un ponte verso un futuro sostenibile”, Galileo, Festival della scienza ed innovazione, Padova, 20 May 2023.
31. V. Di Noto, “Charge Transfer Mechanisms in Ion-Conducting Materials”, lecture delivered at the Special Meeting of the Boston New England ECS Section (NESECS), chaired by Prof. Sanjeev Mukerjee, 31 May 2023. The lecture is delivered in the framework of NSF IUCRC “Center on Solid-state Electric Power Storage (CEPS)”, URL: https://greenCEPS.com
32. V. Di Noto, “Advanced functional materials as key enablers for the hydrogen economy”, contribution presented at the “EIT RawMaterials Expert Forum – Photovoltaic and hydrogen materials driving the net-zero transition”, 21 September 2023, Madrid, Spain. URL: https://eitrawmaterials.eu/expert-forum-madrid/
33. V. Di Noto, “Il ruolo dell’H2 in un sistema energetico pulito – Produzione, distribuzione ed Implementazione”, contribution presented at the Roundtable: “La Filiera dell’Idrogeno in Veneto: stato dell’arte e prospettive di sviluppo”, 13 October 2023, Venice, Italy. URL: https://vsf.foundation/biennale-della-sostenibilita-futuro-piu-green-grazie-allidrogeno-venezia-possibile-hub/
34. V. Di Noto “Production, distribution and applications of H2 in a clean energy system”, contribution presented at the EERA JP e3s Conference “Fostering changes in energy consumption: a pathway to demand reduction”. 26 October 2023, Padova, Italy.
35. V. Di Noto, participation as Panelist in the workshop: “Euorpean clean steel: stand up together for a future low emission industry”, 25 January 2024, Venice, Italy. URL: https://rea.ec.europa.eu/events/european-clean-steel-stand-together-future-low-emission-industry-hydrogen-powerful-ally-2024-01-25_en
36. V. Di Noto, participation to the workshop: “Hydrogen’s Role from basic research to industry”, 13 June 2024, Milan, Italy. Prof. Di Noto presented a contribution outlining the Italian Academic initiatives. URL: https://www.mater.unimib.it/en/events/hydrogens-role-academy-industry
37. V. Di Noto, participation to the workshop entitled: “E-Fuels”, organized by “Accademia dei Lincei”, 3-4 October 2024, Rome, Italy. Prof. Di Noto presented a contribution entitled: “Why is Green H2 the Solution for Energy transition?”. URL: https://www.lincei.it/it/manifestazioni/combustibili-di-sintesi

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE ITALIAN NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC HABILITATION
From 2017 to 2019, Prof. Vito Di Noto is one of the five members of the Commission awarding the Italian National Scientific Habilitation (“Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale) to both Associate Professors and Full Professors in the “Settore Concorsuale 03/B2 – Fondamenti Chimici delle Tecnologie” (Competition Area 03/B2 – Chemical basis of technology applications).

MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING
Since 2008 Prof. Vito Di Noto promoted the establishment of several Memoranda of Understanding between the University of Padova and other major academic and research institutions, including: Fraunhofer ISC, Juelich Research Centre, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, and Yokohama National University.

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE ENROLLMENT OF PERMANENT STAFF IN NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
1. Procedure for the enrollment of a tenured Assistant Professor in the Academic Discipline CHIM/03, (General and Inorganic Chemistry) at the Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” of the University of Bologna, Italy, August 2008;
2. Competition to bestow the Habilitation to become Assistant Professor at the University of Montpellier, France, September 2015;
3. Procedure for the enrollment of a full-time Full Professor (LAW 240/2010), in the Academic Discipline CHIM/07 (Chemical foundations of technologies) at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy, 2016;
4. Procedure for the enrollment of a full-time Type-B Assistant Professor (LAW 240/2010), in the Academic Discipline CHIM/07 (Chemical foundations of technologies) at the Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy, 2016;
5. Procedure for the enrollment of a full-time Type-B Assistant Professor (LAW 240/2010), in the Academic Discipline CHIM/07 (Chemical foundations of technologies) at the University of Brescia, Italy, 2016;
6. Procedure for the enrollment of a full-time Type-A Assistant Professor (LAW 240/2010), in the Academic Discipline CHIM/07 (Chemical foundations of technologies) at the University of Naples, Italy, 2016;
7. Procedure for the enrollment of a full-time Type-A Assistant Professor (LAW 240/2010), in the Academic Discipline CHIM/07 (Chemical foundations of technologies) at the Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy, 2016;
8. Procedure for the enrollment of a full-time Type-B Assistant Professor (LAW 240/2010), in the Academic Discipline CHIM/07 (Chemical foundations of technologies) at the University of Padova, Italy, 2017.
9. Procedure for the enrollment of a full-time Full Professor (LAW 240/2010), in the Academic Discipline CHIM/07 (Chemical foundations of technologies) at the Politecnico di Torino, Italy, 2018.
10. Procedure for the enrollment of a full-time Associate Professor (LAW 240/2010), in the Academic Discipline CHIM/07 (Chemical foundations of technologies) at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy, 2018.
11. Procedure for the enrollment of a full-time Full Professor (LAW 240/2010), in the Academic Discipline CHIM/07 (Chemical foundations of technologies) at the University of Pisa, Italy, 2018.
12. Procedure for the enrollment of a full-time Type-A Assistant Professor (LAW 240/2010), in the Academic Discipline CHIM/07 (Chemical foundations of technologies) at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy, 2020.
13. Procedure for the enrollment of a full-time Type-B Assistant Professor (LAW 240/2010), in the Academic Discipline CHIM/07 (Chemical foundations of technologies) at the “Politecnico di Milano”, Italy, 2020.
14. Procedure for the enrollment of a full-time Associate Professor (LAW 240/2010) in the Academic Discipline CHIM/07 (Chemical foundations of technologies) at the University of Palermo, Italy, 2021.
15. Procedure for the enrollment of a full-time Full Professor (LAW 240/2010) in the Academic Discipline CHIM/07 (Chemical foundations of technologies) at the University of Brescia, Italy, 2021.
16. Procedure for the enrollment of a full-time Type-A Assistant Professor (LAW 240/2010) in the Academic Discipline CHIM/07 (Chemical foundations of technologies) at the University of Naples, Italy, 2021.
17. Procedure for the enrollment of a full-time Type-A Assistant Professor (LAW 240/2010) in the Academic Discipline CHIM/07 (Chemical foundations of technologies) at the Polytechnic of Turin, Italy, 2021.
18. Procedure for the enrollment of a full-time Type-B Assistant Professor (LAW 240/2010) in the Academic Discipline CHIM/07 (Chemical foundations of technologies) at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” Italy, 2022.

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE FINAL PhD DISSERTATION IN NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
1. Title: “Proton conducting inorganic-organic matrices for fuel cells based on sulfonyl- and heterocyclic-functionalized polycondensates via sol-gel processing”; candidate: Dr Stephane Jacob; institution: Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, France; supervisor: Christiane Poinsignon; date: 8 November 2004;
2. Title: “Polymer Electrolyte Conductivity and the Vogel Equation”; candidate: Dr. Fred McKenna; institution: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, USA; supervisor: prof. John E. Moore Furneaux; date: 1 September 2004;
3. Title: “Mise en forme par extrusion de polymère fonctionnels conducteurs conducteur protoniques: polysulfones sulfones/liquides ioniques. Application dans le domaine des piles à combustible”; candidate: Dr. Yannick Molmeret; institution: University of Grenoble, France; supervisor: prof. Nadia El Kissi; date: 29 April 2010;
4. Title: “Compréhension par établissement de courbes d’étalonnage de la structure des membranes perfluorées sulfoniques pour pile à combustible”; candidate: Dr. Eddy Moukheiber; institution: University of Grenoble, France; supervisor: prof. Lionel Flandin; date: 5 July 2011;
5. Member of the Commission for the evaluation of the final exam of the Doctoral School in Chemistry of the University of Palermo, Italy, 14-15 November 2011;
6. Title: “Electrolytes for Magnesium-Air Batteries”; candidate: Dr. Timothy Seng Kiat Khoo; institution: Monash University, Australia; supervisor: prof. Maria Forsyth, date: 2012;
7. Title: “Nano-structured Polymer Electrolytes based on ionic Liquids for High-Temeprature PEMFCs”; candidate: Dr. Rakhi Sood; institution: University of Grenoble, France; supervisor: Dr. Christina Iojoiu; date: 6 December 2012;
8. Title: “Physical Properties and Interactions of Ionic Liquids and Ionic Liquid Li-salt Mixtures”; candidate: Dr. Jagath Pitawala; institution: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden; supervisors: prof. Aleksandar Matic and prof. Per Jacobsson; date: 23 November 2012;
9. Title: “Etude mécanistique de la réaction d’oxydation de l’éthanol sur électrocatalyseurs à base de Pt, Rh, SnO2 sur support carboné en milieu acide”; candidate: Dr. Antoine Bach Delpeuch; institution: Institute Polytechnique de Grenoble, France; supervisors: prof. Marian Chatenet and dr. Carsten Cremers; date: 24 November 2014;
10. Title: «Reactivity of Perfluoropolyether Peroxides on Carbon Based Materials and their Application in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells”; candidate: Dr. Massimo Gola; institution: Department of Chemistry Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta” of the Polytechnic of Milan, Italy; supervisor: prof. Walter Navarrini; date: 17 December 2014.
11. Title: «Non-Equilibrium Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Transition Metal Chalcogenides Catalysts for Electrochemical Fuels Production”; candidate: Dr. Giorgio Giuffredi; institution: Department of Chemistry Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta” of the Polytechnic of Milan, Italy; supervisor: Dr. Fabio Di Fonzo; date: 20 October 2020.
12. Title: «Structure of Cathode-Electrolyte interfaces and correlation with ionic conductivity in solid oxide fuel cell devices”; candidate: Dr. Alessandro Chiara; institution: Department of Physics and Chemistry, University of Palermo, Italy; supervisor: Prof. Antonino Martorana; date: December 2020.
Title: “Impact of degradation and aging on properties of PFSA membranes for fuel cells”; candidate: Dr. Mylène Robert; institution: University of Lorraine, France; supervisors: Prof. Olivier Lottin and Dr. Jean-Christophe Perrin; date: 12 January 2020.

Supervision

SUPERVISION OF DISSERTATIONS
1. Supervisor of several PhD Thesis of the School of Molecular Sciences, Materials Science and Chemical Engineering of University of Padova, Italy
2. Supervisor of numerous MS and BS thesis in Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Medicinal Chemistry and Technology at the University of Padova, Italy

SOME ALUMNI
PhD Students:
Davide Barreca (National Research Council, Italy); Michele Vittadello (Medgar Evers College, City University of New York), Maurizio Furlani (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden), Maria Viviani, Mariella D’Acunzi, Federico Bertasi (University of Padova), Nicola Boaretto, Matteo Piga, Silvia Gross (National Research Council, Italy), Chuanyu Sun, Gioele Pagot, Paolo Damioli, Afaaf Rahaat Alvi, Giovanni Crivellaro, Matteo Abruzzese and others.

Postdoctoral Scholars:
Vanni Zago, Simone Biscazzo, Vera Münchow (European Patent Office), Gwen Giffin (University of Oklahoma, USA), Savitha Thayumanasundaram (Bharathiar University, India), Malathi Jeyapandian (Bharathiar University, India), Enrico Negro (University of Padova, Italy), Keti Vezzù (University of Padova, Italy), Federico Bertasi (University of Padova, Italy), Ricardo Gonçalves Carvalho (University of Aveiro, Portugal), Susana Solano Arana, Antoine Bach Delpeuch (Grenoble Polytechnic Instute, France), Graeme Nawn (University of Victoria, Canada), Angeloclaudio Nale (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy), Chuanyu Sun (University of Padova, Italy), Gioele Pagot (University of Padova, Italy), Agnieszka Zlotorowicz (University of Warsaw, Poland), Bhushan Patil (India), Vikash Gajraj (Uttaranchal University, India), Pegah Roustazadeh Sheikhyousefi (Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran), Giovanna Paladin (University of Padova, Italy), Raul San Roman (University “Charles III”, Spain), Aldona Kostuch (University of Warsaw, Poland), Diana Orozco (University of Antioquia, Colombia), Federica Silvestri (University of Padova, Italy), Begum Yarar Kaplan (Sabanci University, Turkey), Stefano Rossetti (University of Ferrara, Italy) and others.