Sabrina Sartori, 2023 MRS President, University of Oslo
Sabrina Sartori works as full professor of physics at the University of Oslo, Norway, and leader of the section Energy Systems at the Department of Technology Systems. She studied physical chemistry at the University of Padova and graduated with a PhD degree in materials science and engineering from the University of Bologna in 2003. In 2006, after three years as a post-doc at the University of Padova, she moved to Norway, working as a research scientist at the Institute for Energy Technology before being appointed at the University of Oslo since 2013.
Her research interests are focused on solid-state physics and chemistry including synthesis and characterization of materials for energy conversion and storage, for instance using small-angle neutron and X-ray scattering, in situ and operando synchrotron radiation powder X-rays, and powder neutron diffraction. In particular, she is an expert on hydrogen storage and hydrogen-based systems for vehicular applications and for the integration of renewable energy sources in stationary applications, either grid connected or standalone.
Sartori is leading the master program Renewable Energy Systems at the University of Oslo and is engaged in interdisciplinary collaborative projects with academic and industrial partners for sustainable materials and technology development.
Sartori is active in various scientific committees and organizations and since 2013 is an expert member of IEA Hydrogen Implementing Agreement Task 40 (previous Task 32). Sartori served in the MRS Board of Directors for the period 2015-2017, and has been elected in the presidential line of the Materials Research Society for 2022-2024, serving as President in 2023.