12. November 2024
The members of Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) would like to commemorate the death of Professor Bruno Scrosati, who worked as a visiting professor in HIU between 2014 and 2016. He was giving a series of inspiring lectures, highly committed to giving advice to young PhD students and future scientists. His valuable lessons of how to build up a career in battery science remain in great memory.
Bruno Scrosati helped in shaping HIU from its foundation in several ways, among which contributing to the publication of the most cited manuscript from HIU and introducing a former PhD student, Stefano Passerini, to become professor and director of the Helmholtz Institute Ulm (presently retired). We would like to refer to his heartedly obituary published on Journal of Power Sources website.
Obituary: Bruno Scrosati (1937-2024)*
Bruno Scrosati, born in Ortisei (St. Ulrich in Gröden), Italy, in 1937, passed away on November 5, 2024 in his house in Rome, Italy.
Bruno Scrosati was a true pioneer in the field of electrochemical energy storage, publishing the first report dealing with the “rocking-chair” battery technology, later renamed lithium-ion batteries (M. Lazzari, B. Scrosati, J. Electrochem. Soc. 1980, 127, 773 – 774.). In 1982, Prof. Scrosati co-organised the first International Meeting on Lithium Batteries (IMLB) in Rome, which has since become the most relevant meeting on lithium batteries.
Bruno Scrosati is the recipient of The Research Award from the Battery Division and the De Nora Award, both awarded by the Electrochemical Society. The XVI edition of the Italgas Science and Environment Prize, and the title of Doctor in Science “honoris causa” from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, Chalmers University in Sweden and University of Ulm in Germany, are some of the awards Bruno Scrosati has received.
To all who had the privilege of knowing and working with Bruno Scrosati, he was an authentic leader and mentor, always demonstrating a genuine passion for science. Inspired by his enthusiasm, he helped forge two generations of scientists worldwide.
Source: Text by Prof. Stefano Passerini in Journal of Power Sources.