ECS President | 2003-2004
Bruno Scrosati was born in Ortisei, Italy, in 1937, and passed on November 5, 2024. Renowned for his work in electrochemical energy conversion and storage, he was among the pioneers of ion battery technology particularly the “rocking chair” battery, published in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society (M. Lazzari, B. Scrosati, J. Electrochem. Soc. 1980, 127, 773-774).
Dr. Scrosati received his PhD in Electrochemistry from the University of Rome. From 1964 to 1966, he was a Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois. In 1970 and 1971, he was a Summer Visiting Scientist at Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ. He became a Full Professor of Electrochemistry at the Sapienza University of Rome in 1980. In the fall of 1990, he was the George T. Piercy Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota. In the fall of 1991, he was a Visiting Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1996, he received the title of Doctor in Science “honoris causa” from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
For the term 1988-1991, he was vice-president and president of the International Society of Solid-State Ionics; in 1996-1998, president of the Italian Chemical Society; and since 1989, a member of the Italian Commission of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). He was elected in 2000 as a vice-president of The Electrochemical Society. In 1997, he received the Research Award of the ECS Battery Division. He is a member (2000-2002) of the Faraday Division of the Council of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
The Awarded ECS Life Member joined the Society in 1969 and served as the Society’s Vice President in 2000 and President for the 2003-2004 term. ECS acknowledged his pioneering research in lithium battery technology with the 2012 Vittorio De Nora Award, 2006 Europe Section Alessandro Volta Award, and 1997 Battery Division Research Award. He was named Fellow of The Electrochemistry Society in 2005 in recognition of his contributions to the Society and science. Dr. Scrosati delivered the ECS Lecture at the 221st ECS Meeting Plenary Session in May 2012.
From 1988 to 1991, Dr. Scrosati was Vice President and President of the International Society of Solid-State Ionics; in 1996-1998, President of the Italian Chemical Society; and starting in 1989, a member of the Italian Commission of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). He was a member (2000-2002) of the Faraday Division of the Council of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He served as European editor of the Journal of Power Sources and on the editorial boards of various international journals, which include Solid State Ionics, Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, Progress in Solid State Chemistry, Ionics, The Chemical Records, and La Chimica e l’Industria. Dr. Scrosati is listed among the ten thousand most cited chemists in the world. He is author of more than 700 scientific publications with an h-index of 108 and 71,604 citations, as well as nine books, 10 chapters in books, and 16 patents.
