Elena Savinova

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Elena Savinova received her M. Sci. in Chemistry (Honor diploma) from the Department of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, Russia, in 1981, and her PhD (Candidate of Science) from the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis of the Russian Academy of Sciences (BIC SB RAS) in 1988, the title of Associate Professor (docent) from the Novosibrsk State University in 1995, and the title of Doctor of Sciences from the BIC SB RAS in 2006. She has worked as a senior research fellow at BIC SB RAS (Novosibirsk, Russia) and at Technische Universität München (Garching, Germany), as a visiting researcher at Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG (Berlin, Germany), and as associate professor at Novosibirsk State University. Since 2006 she has been invited professor, and since 2007 full professor at the University of Strasbourg. She is head of the group «Electrochemistry and Energy Conversion». In 2006 she was awarded Chair of Excellence in chemistry from the French National Research Agency and in 2014 became Fellow of the International Society of Electrochemistry. She served as Chair Elect/Chair/Past Chair of the Physical Electrochemistry Division of the ISE (2009 – 2014) and as member of the ISE Fellow Committee (since 2015). Savinova is specialist in interfacial electrochemistry, electrocatalysis and fuel cells. Her research interests are concerned with studies of reactions at electrified interfaces, investigations of the relationships between structure and reactivity of metal and metal oxide particles, and development of novel electrocatalysts and catalytic layers for polymer electrolyte fuel cells and electrolyzers. She is co-editor of a book (Marcel Dekker), co-author of seven invited book chapters, 120 articles in peer-reviewed journals, one patent, has given 120 invited and key-note lectures at international conferences and department seminars.